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Tableofcontents
1 UsingtheHelp 14
1.1 Findinginformation 14
1.2 PrintingtheHelp 14
2 Introduction 16
3 Systemoverview 19
3.1 Hardwarerequirements 19
3.2 Softwarerequirements 20
3.3 Licenserequirements 20
3.4 Supportedsystemstructures 20
4 Concepts 22
4.1 ConfigWizard 22
4.2 EnterpriseSystem 22
4.2.1 Scenarios 22
4.2.2 Permissions 25
4.2.3 Typesofusergroups 26
4.2.4 Licensing 26
4.3 ServerLookup 26
4.3.1 ServerList 28
4.4 Remoteaccess 28
4.5 iSCSIstoragepool 31
4.6 AutomatedNetworkReplenishment(ANR) 31
4.7 Dual/failoverrecording 33
4.8 VRMrecordingmodes 34
4.9 PlaybackofVRMrecordingsources 37
4.10 Alarmhandling 44
4.11 DVRdevices 46
4.12 MobileVideoService 46
4.13 AddingVideoIPdevicesfromBosch 47
4.14 RegionofInterest(ROI) 47
4.15 IntelligentTracking 48
4.16 Inactivitylogoff 48
4.17 Malfunctionrelay 49
4.18 Textdata 50
4.19 AllegiantCCLcommands 50
4.20 OfflineOperatorClient 50
4.20.1 WorkingwithOfflineMode 51
4.21 VersionindependentOperatorClient 53
4.21.1 WorkingwithCompatibilityMode 54
4.22 ONVIFevents 54
4.23 Recordingsettings 55
4.23.1 Basicstreamsettings(schedule-independent) 55
4.23.2 StreamassignmentforLive 55
4.23.3 ScheduledRecordingSettings 55
4.24 Viewingmodesofapanoramiccamera 58
4.24.1 360panoramiccamera-floor-orceilingmounted 58
4.24.2 180panoramiccamera-floor-orceilingmounted 60
4.24.3 360panoramiccamera-wallmounted 61
4.24.4 180panoramiccamera-wallmounted 62
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4.24.5 Croppedviewonapanoramiccamera 63
5 Supportedhardware 64
5.1 Installinghardware 65
5.2 InstallingaKBDUniversalXFkeyboard 65
5.3 ConnectingaBoschIntuiKeykeyboardtoBoschVMS 65
5.3.1 ScenariosforBoschIntuiKeykeyboardconnections 65
5.3.2 ConnectingaBoschIntuiKeykeyboardtoadecoder 67
5.3.3 UpdatingBoschIntuiKeykeyboardfirmware 68
5.4 ConnectingBoschAllegiantMatrixtoBoschVideoManagementSystem 69
5.4.1 BoschAllegiantConnectionOverview 69
5.4.2 Configuringthecontrolchannel 71
5.4.3 BoschAllegiantSatelliteSystemConcept 73
5.5 AllegiantCCLcommandssupportedinBoschVMS 73
6 Gettingstarted 76
6.1 Installingthesoftwaremodules 76
6.2 Scanningfordevices 76
6.3 UsingConfigWizard 80
6.4 Accessingthesystem 90
6.5 UsingServerLookup 91
6.6 Configuringremoteaccess 91
6.6.1 ConfiguringwithoutEnterpriseSystem 91
6.6.2 ConfiguringwithEnterpriseSystem 91
6.7 Activatingthesoftwarelicenses 92
6.8 StartingConfigurationClient 93
6.9 ConfiguringthelanguageofConfigurationClient 93
6.10 ConfiguringthelanguageofOperatorClient 93
6.11 Addinganewlicense 93
6.12 MaintainingBoschVMS 94
6.13 Replacingadevice 95
6.13.1 ReplacingaMS/EMS 95
6.13.2 ReplacingaVRM 96
6.13.3 Replacinganencoderordecoder 97
6.13.4 ReplacinganOperatorClient 100
6.13.5 Finaltests 100
6.13.6 RecoveringDivarIP3000/7000 100
6.14 Configuringtimesynchronization 100
6.15 Configuringthestoragemediaofanencoder 100
6.16 CreatinganEnterpriseSystem 101
6.16.1 ConfiguringtheServerListforEnterpriseSystem 101
6.16.2 CreatinganEnterpriseUserGroup 103
6.16.3 CreatinganEnterpriseAccount 104
6.17 Configuringthemountingpositionofapanoramiccamera 105
7 CreatinganEnterpriseSystem 107
7.1 ConfiguringtheServerListforEnterpriseSystem 107
7.2 CreatinganEnterpriseUserGroup 109
7.3 CreatinganEnterpriseAccount 109
8 ConfiguringtheServerListforEnterpriseSystem 112
9 ConfiguringServerLookup 114
9.1 ExportingtheServerList 115
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9.2 ImportingaServerList 115

10 ManagingVRMstorage 116
10.1 ScanningforVRMdevices 116
10.2 AddingaPrimaryVRMmanually 117
10.3 AddingaSecondaryVRMmanually 117
10.4 AddingaMirroredVRMmanually 118
10.5 AddingaFailoverVRMmanually 118
10.6 AddingaVRMpool 119
10.7 AddinganiSCSIdevice 119
10.8 Configuringautomaticrecordingmodeonapool 119
10.9 AddingaDSAE-SeriesiSCSIdevice 119
10.10 ConfiguringaniSCSIdevice 120
10.11 MovinganiSCSIsystemtoanotherpool 121
10.12 AddingaLUN 121
10.13 FormattingaLUN 122
10.14 ChangingthepasswordofaVRMdevice 122
10.15 ConfiguringdualrecordingintheDeviceTree 123
11 Managingencoders/decoders 124
11.1 AddinganencodertoaVRMpool 124
11.2 Movinganencodertoanotherpool 125
11.3 Addingaliveonlyencoder 125
11.4 Addingalocalstorageencoder 126
11.5 Configuringanencoder/decoder 127
11.6 Updatingthedevicecapabilities 127
11.7 Configuringfailoverrecordingmodeonanencoder 128
11.8 Configuringmultipleencoders/decoders 129
11.9 Changingthepasswordofanencoder/decoder 129
11.10 Providingthedestinationpasswordforadecoder 130
11.11 Configuringthestoragemediaofanencoder 131
11.12 ConfiguringONVIFevents 131
12 ManagingVideoStreamingGateway 133
12.1 AddingaVideoStreamingGatewaydevice 133
12.2 MovingaVSGtoanotherpool 134
12.3 AddingacameratoaVSG 134
12.4 Configuringmulticast 135
12.5 Configuringlogging 135
12.6 AssigninganONVIFprofile 136
12.7 ConfiguringONVIFevents 136
13 Managingvariousdevices 138
13.1 Addingdevices 138
13.2 AddingaVIDOSNVR 142
13.3 ConfiguringadecoderforusewithaBoschIntuiKeykeyboard 142
13.4 ConfiguringtheintegrationofaDiBossystem 143
13.5 ConfiguringtheintegrationofaDVR 143
13.6 ConfiguringaBoschAllegiantdevice 144
13.7 ConfiguringastartupCommandScript 145
13.8 Changingthenetworkaddressofaworkstation 145
13.9 EnablingForensicSearchonaworkstation 145
13.10 Assigningananalogmonitorgrouptoaworkstation 146

13.11 Configuringananalogmonitorgroup 146

13.12 Addingamonitorwall 146
13.13 Configuringacommunicationdevice 147
13.14 Configuringaperipheraldevice 147
13.15 ConfiguringanSNMPtrapreceiver 148
13.16 ConfiguringaBoschIntuiKeykeyboard(workstation) 148
13.17 ConfiguringaBoschIntuiKeykeyboard(decoder) 148
13.18 ConfiguringanI/Omodule 149
13.19 ConfiguringanAllegiantCCLemulation 149
13.20 AddingaMobileVideoService 149
14 Configuringthestructure 151
14.1 ConfiguringtheLogicalTree 151
14.2 AddingadevicetotheLogicalTree 151
14.3 Removingatreeitem 151
14.4 Managingresourcefiles 152
14.5 AddingaCommandScript 153
14.6 Managingpre-configuredcamerasequences 153
14.7 Addingacamerasequence 155
14.8 Addingafolder 155
14.9 Addingamap 155
14.10 Addingalinktoanothermap 156
14.11 Assigningamaptoafolder 156
14.12 Managingdevicesonamap 157
14.13 Addingadocument 157
14.14 Addingamalfunctionrelay 158
15 Configuringschedules 159
15.1 ConfiguringaRecordingSchedule 159
15.2 AddingaTaskSchedule 160
15.3 ConfiguringastandardTaskSchedule 160
15.4 ConfiguringarecurringTaskSchedule 160
15.5 RemovingaTaskSchedule 161
15.6 Addingholidaysandexceptiondays 161
15.7 Removingholidaysandexceptiondays 162
15.8 Renamingaschedule 162
16 Configuringcamerasandrecordingsettings 164
16.1 Copyingandpastingintables 164
16.2 ExportingtheCameraTable 165
16.3 Configuringstreamqualitysettings 165
16.4 Configuringcameraproperties 166
16.5 Configuringrecordingsettings(onlyVRMandLocalStorage) 166
16.6 Configuringrecordingsettings(NVRonly) 167
16.7 ConfiguringPTZportsettings 168
16.8 ConfiguringPTZcamerasettings 169
16.9 ConfiguringtheROIfunction 169
16.10 ConfiguringpredefinedpositionsfortheROIfunction 169
16.11 ConfiguringtheANRfunction 170
16.12 ConfiguringdualrecordingintheCameraTable 170
17 Configuringeventsandalarms 172
17.1 Copyingandpastingintables 173

17.2 Removingatablerow 173

17.3 Managingresourcefiles 173
17.4 Configuringanevent 173
17.5 Duplicatinganevent 174
17.6 Logginguserevents 174
17.7 Configuringusereventbuttons 175
17.8 CreatingaCompoundEvent 175
17.9 EditingaCompoundEvent 176
17.10 Configuringanalarm 177
17.11 Configuringsettingsforallalarms 177
17.12 Configuringthepre-andpost-alarmdurationforanalarm 178
17.13 Triggeringalarmrecordingwithtextdata 178
17.14 Addingtextdatatocontinousrecording 179
17.15 Protectingalarmrecording 179
18 ConfiguringCommandScripts 180
18.1 ManagingCommandScripts 180
18.2 ConfiguringaCommandScripttobestartedautomatically 181
18.3 ImportingaCommandScript 181
18.4 ExportingaCommandScript 181
18.5 ConfiguringastartupCommandScript 182
19 Configuringusers,permissionsandEnterpriseAccess 183
19.1 Creatingauser 183
19.2 Creatingagrouporaccount 184
19.3 Creatingadualauthorizationgroup 185
19.4 ConfiguringLDAPsettings 185
19.5 AssociatinganLDAPgroup 186
19.6 Schedulinguserlogonpermission 186
19.7 Configuringoperatingpermissions 187
19.8 Configuringuserinterfacesettings 187
19.9 ConfiguringpermissionsforLogicalTree 188
19.10 Configuringpermissionsforeventsandalarms 188
19.11 Configuringcamerapermissions 189
19.12 Configuringdecoderpermissions 189
19.13 Configuringvariouspriorities 189
19.14 Copyingusergrouppermissions 190
20 Managingconfigurationdata 191
20.1 Activatingtheworkingconfiguration 191
20.2 Activatingaconfiguration 192
20.3 Exportingconfigurationdata 192
20.4 Importingconfigurationdata 193
20.5 ExportingconfigurationdatatoOPC 193
20.6 Checkingthestatusofyourencoders/decoders 194
20.7 ConfiguringSNMPmonitoring 194
21 Configurationexamples 195
21.1 AddingaBoschATM/POSbridge 195
21.2 AddingaBoschAllegiantinputalarm 196
21.3 Addingandconfiguring2DinionIPcameraswithVRMrecording 196
22 GlobalConfigurationClientwindows 198
22.1 Configurationwindow 198

22.2 Menucommands 199

22.3 ActivationManagerdialogbox 200
22.4 ActivateConfigurationdialogbox 201
22.5 ProtectDeviceswithGlobalDefaultPassworddialogbox 202
22.6 LicenseManagerdialogbox 202
22.7 LicenseActivationdialogbox 203
22.8 AlarmSettingsdialogbox 203
22.9 Optionsdialogbox 203
22.10 RemoteAccessSettingsdialogbox 204
22.10.1 PortMappingTabledialogbox 204
22.11 DeviceMonitordialogbox 205
22.12 SNMPSettingsdialogbox 205
22.13 LicenseInvestigatordialogbox 206
23 Devicespage 207
23.1 ServerList/AddressBookpage 207
23.1.1 AddServerdialogbox 208
23.2 InitialDeviceScandialogbox 209
23.3 NVR&DecoderScandialogbox 209
23.4 IPDeviceConfigurationdialogbox 209
23.5 SetIPAddressesdialogbox 210
23.6 SetDisplayNamesdialogbox 211
23.7 VidosNVRspage 211
23.8 DiBospage 211
23.8.1 AddDiBosSystemdialogbox 212
23.8.2 Settingspage 212
23.8.3 Cameraspage 212
23.8.4 Inputspage 212
23.8.5 Relayspage 213
23.9 DVR(DigitalVideoRecorder)page 213
23.9.1 AddDVRdialogbox 213
23.9.2 Settingstab 213
23.9.3 Camerastab 214
23.9.4 Inputstab 214
23.9.5 Relaystab 214
23.10 MatrixSwitchespage 214
23.10.1 Connectionpage 214
23.10.2 Cameraspage 215
23.10.3 Outputspage 215
23.11 Workstationpage 216
23.11.2 AssignedAnalogMonitorGroupspage 218
23.12 Decoderspage 218
23.12.1 AddEncoder/AddDecoderdialogbox 218
23.12.2 EditEncoder/EditDecoderdialogbox 219
23.12.3 Enterpassworddialogbox 221
23.13 AnalogMonitorGroupspage 222
23.13.2 AdvancedConfigurationpage 223

23.14 MonitorWallpage 224

23.14.1 AddMonitorWalldialogbox 224
23.15 CommunicationDevicespage 225
23.15.1 E-mail/SMTPServerdialogbox 225
23.15.2 AddSMSDevicedialogbox 225
23.15.3 SMTPServerpage 225
23.15.4 SendTestE-maildialogbox 226
23.15.5 GSMSettings/SMSCSettingspage 226
23.16 POS+ATMpage 227
23.16.1 AddBoschATM/POS-Bridgedialogbox 228
23.16.2 BoschATM/POS-Bridgepage 228
23.16.4 DTPSettingspage 229
23.16.5 ATMSettingspage 229
23.17 FoyerCardReaders 229
23.17.1 AddFoyerCardReaderdialogbox 230
23.17.2 SettingsforFoyerCardReaderpage 230
23.18 VirtualInputspage 230
23.18.1 AddVirtualInputsdialogbox 231
23.19 SNMPpage 231
23.19.1 AddSNMPdialogbox 231
23.19.2 SNMPTrapReceiverpage 232
23.19.3 SNMPTrapLoggerdialogbox 232
23.20 AssignKeyboardpage 233
23.21 I/OModulespage 234
23.21.1 ADAMpage 234
23.21.3 Relayspage 235
23.22 AllegiantCCLEmulationpage 235
23.23 MobileVideoServicepage 235
23.23.1 AddMobileVideoServicedialogbox 236
23.24 IntrusionPanelspage 236
23.24.1 AddIntrusionPaneldialogbox 236
23.25 VRMDevicespage 237
23.25.1 AddVRMdialogbox 237
23.25.2 AddFailoverVRMdialogbox 238
23.26 VRMSettingspage 238
23.26.1 SNMPpage 239
23.26.2 Advancedpage 239
23.27 Poolpage 239
23.27.1 AddEncoder/AddDecoderdialogbox 240
23.27.2 EditEncoder/EditDecoderdialogbox 241
23.27.3 ChangePoolfordialogbox 243
23.27.4 AddStreamingGatewaydialogbox 243
23.28 iSCSIdevicepage 244
23.28.1 AddiSCSIDevicedialogbox 244
23.28.2 AddDSAE-SeriesDevicedialogbox 244
23.28.3 LoadBalancingdialogbox 245

23.28.4 BasicConfigurationpage 245

23.28.5 iqn-Mapperdialogbox 247
23.28.6 LUNspage 247
23.28.7 AddLUNdialogbox 247
23.29 VideoStreamingGatewaydevicepage 247
23.29.1 Multicasttab(VideoStreamingGateway) 248
23.29.2 Advancedtab(VideoStreamingGateway) 248
23.29.3 AddBoschEncoderdialogbox 249
23.29.4 AddONVIFEncoderdialogbox 250
23.29.5 AddJPEGCameradialogbox 251
23.29.6 AddRTSPEncoderdialogbox 252
23.30 LiveOnlypage 252
23.31 ONVIFEncoderpage 253
23.32 ONVIFEncoderEventspage 253
23.32.1 Add/RenameONVIFMappingTabledialogbox 254
23.33 ONVIFEventSourcepage 255
23.34 LocalStoragepage 256
23.35 BoschVMSScanWizard 256
24 BoschEncoder/Decoderpage 259
24.1 Enterpassworddialogbox 260
24.2 UnitAccesspage 261
24.2.1 Identification/Cameraidentification 261
24.2.2 Cameraname 261
24.2.3 Versioninformation 261
24.3 Date/Timepage 261
24.4 VideoInputpage 262
24.4.1 Cameranamestamping 262
24.4.2 Timestamping 262
24.4.3 Displaymilliseconds 262
24.4.4 Alarmmodestamping 262
24.4.5 Alarmmessage 263
24.4.6 Transparentstamping 263
24.5 PicturesettingsScenemode 263
24.5.1 Currentmode 263
24.5.2 ModeID 263
24.5.3 Copymodeto 263
24.5.4 RestoreModeDefaults 263
24.5.5 Scenemodefactorydefaults 263
24.6 PicturesettingsColor 265
24.6.1 Whitebalance 265
24.7 PicturesettingsALC 267
24.7.1 ALCmode 267
24.7.2 ALClevel 267
24.7.3 Saturation(av-pk) 267

24.7.4 Exposure/framerate 267

24.7.5 Day/night 268
24.8 PicturesettingsEnhance 269
24.8.1 WDR 269
24.8.2 Sharpnesslevel 269
24.8.3 BacklightCompensation 269
24.8.4 Contrastenhancement 269
24.8.5 IntelligentDNR 269
24.8.6 Intelligentdefog 269
24.9 EncoderRegionspage 269
24.10 PicturesettingsScenemodescheduler 270
24.11 Installer/Initializationmenu 270
24.11.1 Applicationvariant 270
24.11.2 Baseframerate 270
24.11.3 CameraLED 270
24.11.4 Mirrorimage 270
24.11.5 Flipimage 270
24.11.6 Menubutton 270
24.11.7 Heater 270
24.11.8 Rebootdevice 270
24.11.9 Factorydefaults 270
24.11.10 LensWizard 271
24.12 RecordingManagementpage 271
24.13 Recordingpreferencespage 271
24.14 VCApage 271
24.14.1 Motiondetector(MOTION+only) 273
24.14.2 SelectAreadialogbox 274
24.14.3 Tamperdetection 274
24.15 PrivacyMaskspage 275
24.16 Camerapage 276
24.16.1 ALC 278
24.16.2 Scenemode 279
24.16.3 SceneModeScheduler 279
24.16.4 WDR 280
24.16.5 Sharpnesslevel 280
24.16.6 BacklightCompensation 280
24.16.7 Contrastenhancement 280
24.16.8 IntelligentDNR 280
24.16.9 Intelligentdefog 280
24.17 Lenspage 281
24.17.1 Focus 281
24.17.2 Iris 281
24.17.3 Zoom 281
24.18 PTZpage 282
24.19 PrepositionsandTourspage 282
24.20 Sectorspage 283
24.21 Miscpage 283
24.22 Logspage 283
24.23 Audiopage 283

24.24 Relaypage 284

24.25 Peripherypage 284
24.25.1 COM1 284
24.26 NetworkAccesspage 285
24.26.1 JPEGposting 286
24.26.2 FTPserver 287
24.27 Advancedpage 287
24.27.1 SNMP 287
24.27.2 802.1x 288
24.27.3 RTSP 288
24.27.4 UPnP 288
24.27.5 TCPmetadatainput 288
24.27.6 QualityofService 288
24.28 Multicastpage 288
24.29 IPv4Filter 289
24.30 Licensespage 289
24.31 Decoderpage 290
24.31.1 Decoderprofile 290
24.31.2 Monitordisplay 290
25 MapsandStructurepage 291
25.1 ResourceManagerdialogbox 292
25.2 SelectResourcedialogbox 292
25.3 SequenceBuilderdialogbox 293
25.4 AddSequencedialogbox 293
25.5 AddSequenceStepdialogbox 294
25.6 AddURLdialogbox 294
25.7 SelectMapforLinkdialogbox 294
25.8 MalfunctionRelaydialogbox 295
26 Schedulespage 296
26.1 RecordingSchedulespage 296
26.2 TaskSchedulespage 297
27 CamerasandRecordingpage 298
27.1 Cameraspage 298
27.2 ScheduledRecordingSettingsdialogbox(onlyVRMandLocalStorage) 301
27.3 Recordingsettingspages(NVRonly) 303
27.4 StreamQualitySettingsdialogbox 304
27.5 PTZ/ROISettingsdialogbox 305
28 Eventspage 307
28.1 CommandScriptEditordialogbox 308
28.2 CreateCompoundEvent/EditCompoundEventdialogbox 309
28.3 SelectScriptLanguagedialogbox 310
28.4 EditPrioritiesofEventTypedialogbox 310
28.5 SelectDevicesdialogbox 310
28.6 TextDataRecordingdialogbox 310
29 Alarmspage 311
29.1 AlarmSettingsdialogbox 312
29.2 SelectImagePaneContentdialogbox 312
29.3 SelectResourcedialogbox 313
29.4 AlarmOptionsdialogbox 313

30 UserGroupspage 317
30.1 NewUserGroup/EnterpriseAccountdialogbox 318
30.2 UserGroupPropertiespage 319
30.3 UserPropertiespage 320
30.4 AddNewDualAuthorizationGroupdialogbox 320
30.5 LogonPairPropertiespage 321
30.6 SelectUserGroupsdialogbox 321
30.7 CameraPermissionspage 322
30.8 ControlPriorities 323
30.9 CopyUserGroupPermissionsdialogbox 324
30.10 DecoderPermissionspage 324
30.11 EventsandAlarmspage 325
30.12 LDAPServerSettingsdialogbox 325
30.13 Credentialspage 327
30.14 LogicalTreepage 328
30.15 OperatorFeaturespage 328
30.16 Prioritiespage 330
30.17 UserInterfacepage 331
30.18 ServerAccesspage 332
31 Troubleshooting 333
31.1 ConfiguringthedesiredlanguageinWindows 335
31.2 ReestablishingtheconnectiontoaBoschIntuiKeykeyboard 335
31.3 ReducingthenumberofAllegiantcameras 335
31.4 Usedports 336
31.5 EnablingloggingforONVIFevents 341
Glossary 342
Index 353

14 en|UsingtheHelp BoschVideoManagementSystem
1 UsingtheHelp
TofindoutmoreabouthowtodosomethinginBoschVMS,accesstheonlineHelpusingany
ofthefollowingmethods.
TousetheContents,Index,orSearch:
4 OntheHelpmenu,clickHelp.Usethebuttonsandlinkstonavigate.
Togethelponawindowordialog:
4 Onthetoolbar,click .
OR
4 PressF1forhelponanyprogramwindowordialog.
1.1 Findinginformation
YoucanfindinformationintheHelpinseveralways.
TofindinformationintheOnlineHelp:
1. OntheHelpmenu,clickHelp.
2. Iftheleft-handpaneisnotvisible,clicktheShowbutton.
3. IntheHelpwindow,dothefollowing:
Click: To:
Contents DisplaythetableofcontentsfortheOnlineHelp.Clickeachbookto
displaypagesthatlinktotopics,andclickeachpagetodisplaythe
correspondingtopicintheright-handpane.
Index Searchforspecificwordsorphrasesorselectfromalistofindex
keywords.Double-clickthekeywordtodisplaythecorrespondingtopic
intheright-handpane.
Search Locatewordsorphraseswithinthecontentofyourtopics.Typethe
wordorphraseinthetextfield,pressENTER,andselectthetopicyou
wantfromthelistoftopics.
Textsoftheuserinterfacearemarkedbold.
4 Thearrowinvitesyoutoclickontheunderlinedtextortoclickanitemintheapplication.
RelatedTopics
4 Clicktodisplayatopicwithinformationontheapplicationwindowyoucurrentlyuse.
Thistopicprovidesinformationontheapplicationwindowcontrols.
Concepts,page22providesbackgroundinformationonselectedissues.
Caution!
Mediumrisk(withoutsafetyalertsymbol):Indicatesapotentiallyhazardoussituation.
Ifnotavoided,thismayresultinpropertydamageorriskofdamagetotheunit.
Cautionarymessagesshouldbeheededtohelpyouavoiddatalossordamagingthesystem.
Notice!
Thissymbolindicatesinformationoracompanypolicythatrelatesdirectlyorindirectlytothe
safetyofpersonnelorprotectionofproperty.
1.2 PrintingtheHelp
WhileusingtheOnlineHelp,youcanprinttopicsandinformationrightfromthebrowser
window.

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ToprintaHelptopic:
1. Right-clickintherightpaneandselectPrint.
ThePrintdialogboxopens.
2. ClickPrint.Thetopicisprintedtothespecifiedprinter.

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2 Introduction
ClickthelinktoaccesstheOpenSourceSoftwarelicensesusedbyBoschVMSandtheMobile
App:
http://www.boschsecurity.com/oss/
1 Menubar Allowsyoutoselectamenucommand.
2 Toolbar Displaystheavailablebuttons.Pointtoanicontodisplayatooltip.
3 Playbackcontrols Allowsyoutocontrolinstantplaybackoracamerasequenceor
alarmsequence.
4 Performancemeter DisplaystheCPUusageandthememoryusage.
5 Timezoneselector Selectanentryforthetimezonetobedisplayedinmosttime
relatedfields.
OnlyavailableifatleastoneManagementServerintheLogical
TreeislocatedinanothertimezoneasyourOperatorClient.
6 ControlsforImagepanes AllowsyoutoselecttherequirednumberofImagepanesandto
closeallImagepanes.
7 Imagewindow DisplaystheImagepanes.AllowsyoutoarrangetheImagepanes.

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8 Imagepane Displaysacamera,amap,animage,adocument(HTMLfile).
9 Displaysallalarmsthatthesystemgenerates.
Allowsyoutoacceptorclearanalarmortostartaworkflow,for
AlarmListwindow example,bysendinganE-mailtoamaintenanceperson.
TheAlarmListisnotbeingdisplayed,whentheconnectiontothe
ManagementServerislost.
10 Displaystheconfiguredanalogmonitorgroups.
Allowsyoutoswitchtothenextorpreviousanalogmonitorgroup
Monitorswindow(only ifavailable.
availableifatleastoneanalogmonitor Note:
grouphasbeenconfigured) TheMonitorstabisnotvisibleifyourOperatorClientis
connectedtomorethanoneManagementServer.
AllowsyoutocontrolaPTZcamera.
PTZControlwindow
11 Displaysthedevicesyourusergrouphasaccessto.Allowsyouto
selectadeviceforassigningittoanImagepane.
LogicalTreewindow
AllowsyoutoorganizethedevicesoftheLogicalTreeasrequired.
FavoritesTreewindow
Allowstomanagebookmarks.
Bookmarkswindow
Displaysasitemap.Allowsyoutodragthemaptodisplaya
particularsectionofthemap.
Mapwindow Ifactivated,amapisdisplayedautomaticallyforeachcamera
displayedinanImagepane.Inthiscase,thecameramustbe
configuredonamap.
Thismanualguidesyouthroughthebasicstepsoftheconfigurationandoperationwith
BoschVMS.
Fordetailedhelpandstep-by-stepinstructionsreadtheConfigurationManualandthe
OperatorsManualorusetheOnlineHelp.YoufindthemanualsasPDFfilesonyour
SetupCD.
BoschVMSintegratesdigitalvideo,audioanddataacrossanyIPnetwork.
Thesystemconsistsofthefollowingsoftwaremodules:
ManagementServer
VRMrecording(VideoRecordingManager)
OperatorClient(VRMrecording/DiBosDVRs/iSCSIrecording/VIDOSNVRs/local
recording)
ConfigurationClient
Toachievearunningsystem,youmustperformthefollowingtasks:
Installservices(ManagementServerandVRM)
InstallOperatorClientandConfigurationClient
Connecttonetwork
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Connectdevicestonetwork
Basicconfiguration:
Adddevices(e.g.bydevicescan)
Buildlogicalstructure
Configureschedules,cameras,events,andalarms
Configureusergroups
BoschVMSArchivePlayerdisplaysexportedrecordings.

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3 Systemoverview
IfyouplantoinstallandconfigureBoschVMS,participateinasystemtrainingonBoschVMS.
RefertotheReleaseNotesofthecurrentBoschVMSversionforsupportedversionsof
firmwareandhardwareandotherimportantinformation.
SeedatasheetsonBoschworkstationsandserversforinformationoncomputerswhere
BoschVMScanbeinstalled.
TheBoschVMSsoftwaremodulescanoptionallybeinstalledononePC.
Importantcomponents
ManagementServer(selectableinSetup):Streammanagement,alarmmanagement,
prioritymanagement,Managementlogbook,usermanagement,devicestatemanagement.
AdditionalEnterpriseSystemlicense:ManagingEnterpriseUserGroupsandEnterprise
Accounts.
ConfigWizard:Easyandfastsetupofarecordingsystem.
ConfigurationClient(selectableinSetup):Systemconfigurationandadministrationfor
OperatorClient.
OperatorClient(selectableinSetup):Livemonitoring,storageretrievalandplayback,
alarmandaccessingmultipleManagementServercomputerssimultaneously.
VideoRecordingManager(selectableinSetup):DistributingstoragecapacitiesoniSCSI
devicestotheencoders,whilehandlingloadbalancingbetweenmultipleiSCSIdevices.
StreamingplaybackvideoandaudiodatafromiSCSItoOperatorClients.
MobileVideoService(selectableinSetup):Providesatranscodingservicethat
transcodestheliveandrecordedvideostreamfromacameraconfiguredinBoschVMSto
theavailablenetworkbandwidth.ThisserviceenablesvideoclientslikeaniPhoneora
Webclienttoreceivetranscodedstreams,forexampleforunreliablenetwork
connectionswithlimitedbandwidth.
WebClient:YoucanaccessliveandplaybackvideosviaWebbrowser.
MobileApp:YoucanusetheMobileApponiPhoneoriPadtoaccessliveandplayback
video.
BoschVideoStreamingGateway(selectableinSetup):Providestheintegrationof3rd
partycamerasandNVR-likerecording,e.g.inlow-bandwidthnetworks.
CameoSDK(selectableinSetup):TheCameoSDKisusedtoembedBoschVMSliveand
playbackImagepanestoyourexternalthird-partyapplication.TheImagepanesfollowthe
BoschVMSbaseduserpermissions.
TheCameoSDKprovidesasubsetoftheBoschVMSOperatorClientfunctionalitiesthat
enablesyoutocreateapplicationssimilartotheOperatorClient.
ClientEnterpriseSDK:TheClientEnterpriseSDKismeanttocontrolandmonitorthe
behaviourofOperatorClientofanEnterpriseSystembyexternalapplications.TheSDK
allowstobrowsedevicesthatareaccessiblebytherunning,connectedOperatorClient
andtocontrolsomeUIfunctionalities.
ClientSDK/ServerSDK:TheServerSDKisusedtocontrolandmonitortheManagement
Serverbyscriptsandexternalapplications.Youcanusethoseinterfaceswithavalid
administratoraccount.
TheClientSDKisusedtocontrolandmonitortheOperatorClientbyexternal
applicationsandscripts(partoftherelatedserverconfiguration).
3.1 Hardwarerequirements
SeethedatasheetforBoschVMS.DatasheetsforplatformPCsarealsoavailable.

20 en|Systemoverview BoschVideoManagementSystem
3.2 Softwarerequirements
SeethedatasheetforBoschVMS.
BoschVMSmustnotbeinstalledonacomputerwhereyouwanttoinstallBoschVMSArchive
Player.
3.3 Licenserequirements
SeethedatasheetforBoschVMSfortheavailablelicenses.
3.4 Supportedsystemstructures
Anoperatororinstallercanberesponsibleforthefollowingsystemstructures:
Singleserversystem
Multiserversystem(EnterpriseSystem)
Multisystemenvironment
Systemwithaccesspointforlogon
Singleserversystem,
Systemaccesspoint:ManagementServer
EnterpriseSystem,
Systemaccesspoint:EnterpriseManagementServer

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1 Multisystemenvironment 4 Systemaccesspoint:
Serveronwhichlogonrequestofanoperatoror
installerisprocessed.
2 Singleserversystem 5 ManagementServer
3 Multiserversystem 6 EnterpriseManagementServer
Usecasesformultisystemaccess
TwoBoschVMSfeaturesvalidformultisystemenvironmentsareavailable:
EnterpriseSystem
ServerLookup
Anoperatormightwanttoaccessamultisystemenvironmentforthefollowingreasons:
Configuremultiplesystems(ServerLookup)
Maintenanceandmonitoringofmultiplesystems(ServerLookup)
Alert(SMS,Email3rdparty)drivenon-demandmonitoringofmultiplesystems(Server
Lookup)
Simultaneousconnectiontomultipleserversforseamlessoperationofonedistributed
system(EnterpriseSystem)
Seealso
EnterpriseSystem,page22
ServerLookup,page26

22 en|Concepts BoschVideoManagementSystem
4 Concepts
Thischapterprovidesbackgroundinformationonselectedissues.
4.1 ConfigWizard
IntendeduseforConfigWizardisthequickandeasyconfigurationofasmallersystem.Config
WizardhelpsyoutoachieveaconfiguredsystemincludingVRM,iSCSIsystem,MobileVideo
Service,cameras,recordingprofilesandusergroups.
YoumustaddiSCSIsystemsmanuallyonastandardsoftwareinstallation.
Usergroupsandtheirpermissionsareconfiguredautomatically.Youcanaddorremoveusers
andsetpasswords.
ConfigWizardcanaccessManagementServeronlyonthelocalcomputer.
Youcansaveanactivatedconfigurationforbackuppurposesandimportthisconfiguration
later.Youcanchangethisimportedconfigurationafterimport.
ConfigWizardaddsthelocalVRMautomaticallybothonastandardsoftwareinstallationand
onDIVARIP3000andDIVARIP7000.
OnaDIVARIP3000andonaDIVARIP7000thelocaliSCSIdeviceisalsoaddedautomatically
ifnotalreadyavailable.
OnaDIVARIP3000andonaDIVARIP7000,alocalMobileVideoServiceisadded
automaticallyifnotalreadyavailable.
Notice!
Ifyouwanttousedecodersinyoursystem,makesurethatallencodersusethesame
passwordfortheuserauthorizationlevel.
Seealso
UsingConfigWizard,page80
4.2 EnterpriseSystem
ThetargetofaBoschVMSEnterpriseSystemistoenableauserofOperatorClientto
simultaneouslyaccessmultipleManagementServers.
Seealso
CreatinganEnterpriseSystem,page101
ConfiguringtheServerListforEnterpriseSystem,page101
Configuringusers,permissionsandEnterpriseAccess,page183
Accessingthesystem,page90
4.2.1 Scenarios
Thefollowingthreescenariosarecovered.
Scenario1:AdedicatedserverplaystheroleofEnterpriseManagementServer.This
serverhastheonlytasktomanagethesimultaneousaccessofanOperatorClient
workstationtomultipleManagementServers.
AnOperatorClientworkstationlogsontoEnterpriseManagementServer.Aftersuccessful
logontheuserofOperatorClienthasaccesstothedevicesofallconfigured
ManagementServersaccordingtothepermissionsinhisEnterpriseUserGroup.

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Figure4.1:EnterpriseScenario1
ManagementServer
OperatorClient
ConfigurationClient
IPcamera/encoder
EnterpriseManagementServer

Scenario2:CombinationofEnterpriseManagementServerandManagementServerrole.
InthiscasetheownManagementServermustalsobepartoftheEnterpriseManagement
Serverconfiguration.
ManagementServer/EnterpriseManagementServer
OperatorClient
ConfigurationClient
IPcamera/encoder
Scenario3:Theclassicclient-serverarchitectureremainssupported.

Figure4.2:ClassicScenario3
ManagementServer
OperatorClient
ConfigurationClient
IPcamera/encoder
4.2.2 Permissions
PermissionsonanEnterpriseSystem
ForanEnterpriseSystemyouconfigurethefollowingpermissions:
OperatingpermissionsofOperatorClientdefiningtheuserinterfaceforoperatinginthe
EnterpriseSystem,forexampletheuserinterfaceofthealarmmonitor.
UseanEnterpriseUserGroup.ConfigureitontheEnterpriseManagementServer.

DevicepermissionsthatshouldbeavailableforoperatinginanEnterpriseManagement
ServeraredefinedoneachManagementServer.
UseEnterpriseAccounts.ConfigureitoneachManagementServer.
PermissionsonasingleManagementServer
FormanagingtheaccesstooneoftheManagementServers,usethestandardusergroup.You
configureallpermissionsonthisManagementServerinthisusergroup.
YoucanconfiguredualauthorizationusergroupsforstandardusergroupsandforEnterprise
UserGroups.
4.2.3 Typesofusergroups
Type Contains Availableconfiguration Wheredoyou
settings configure?
Usergroup Users Operatinganddevice Management

permissions Server
EnterpriseUser Users Operatingpermissions Enterprise

Group PerManagement Management
Server:Nameofthe Server
corresponding
EnterpriseAccess
Accountswithlogon
credentials
EnterpriseAccess Devicepermissions Management

Accountpassword Server
Dualauthorization Usergroups Seeusergroups Seeusergroups

usergroup
Enterprisedual EnterpriseUser SeeEnterpriseUser SeeEnterprise

authorization Groups Groups UserGroups
4.2.4 Licensing
BoschVMSEnterprise(MBV-BENT)versionlicenseisrequiredateachEnterpriseManagement
Servertoenablethefeature.
ForeachManagementServerassignedtooneormoreEnterpriseUserGroups,1license
(MBV-XSUB)isrequired.
ToupdateanexistingMBV-BPROBaselicensetoanEnterpriseSystem,youneedan
EnterpriseUpgradelicense(MBV-FEUP).
EachWorkstationconnectingtoanEnterpriseManagementServerrequestsoneMBV-XWST
thatislicensedatEnterpriseManagementServer.NoadditionalMBV-XWSTlicenseisrequired
oneachManagementServerifaccessedviaEnterpriseManagementServer.
4.3 ServerLookup
AsingleuserofConfigurationClientorOperatorClientmaywanttoconnecttomultiple
systemaccesspointssequentially.ThisaccessiscalledServerLookup.Systemaccesspoints
canbeManagementServerorEnterpriseManagementServer.
ServerLookupsupportsyouinlocatingsystemaccesspointsbytheirnamesordescriptions.
Theuserretrievesthelistofsystemaccesspointsduringlogon.Heneedstoconnecttothe
serverhostingtheconfigurationwithServerList/AddressBook.

WhenauserofOperatorClientlogsonusingServerLookupinofflinestate,theServerListof
thelastsuccessfullogonisdisplayed.OfflinestateheremeansthattheOperatorClient
workstationdoesnothaveanetworkconnectiontotheservercontainingtheServerList.
AsofBoschVMS5.5:
AuserofOperatorClientcanlogontoaManagementServerwithanotherversion.The
operatorcandisplaytheServerList/AddressBookofthisserver.
Iftheserverhasanewerversionthantheclient,theclientisupdatedautomaticallybyNo-
touchdeploymentifthelastsuccessfulconnectionoftheclienthasbeenestablishedtothis
serverbeforeitsupgrade.
YoucanaddfurthercolumnsintheServerListaccordingtoyourrequirements.Theuserthen
hasmoresearchcriteriatofindaspecificserverintheServerLookupdialogbox.Theadded
columnsarealsovisibleontheServerAccesspage(Mainwindow> UserGroups>
EnterpriseUserGroupstab> >ServerAccesstab).
ThefollowingimageshowsanexampleforServerLookupinamultisystemenvironment:
1 Multisystemenvironment ManagementServer
2 Singleserversystem EnterpriseManagementServer
3 Multiserversystem OperatorClient

4 Systemaccesspoint: ConfigurationClient
Serveronwhichlogonrequestof
OperatorClientorConfigurationClientis
processed.
WhenaclientlogsontoEnterpriseManagementServer,itispossibletogetaccesstoall
ManagementServersofthisEnterpriseSystemsimultaneously.
RelatedTopics
ConfiguringServerLookup,page114
ServerList/AddressBookpage,page207
UsingServerLookup,page91
ExportingtheServerList,page115
ImportingaServerList,page115
4.3.1 ServerList
YoucanexportorimportacsvfilewithaServerListandallconfiguredproperties.Ifyou
importacsvfilewithaServerList,allpreviouslyconfiguredserversintheServerList/
AddressBookpageareoverwrittenwiththeserversinthecsvfile.Butifyouimportaserver
withthenameofanalreadyconfiguredserver,thesettingsoftheServerAccesspageare
retained(Mainwindow> UserGroups>EnterpriseUserGroupstab> >

ServerAccesstab).
WhenyouedittheexportedcsvfileinMicrosoftExcel,savethefileasCSVfiletype(Windows
ANSI),notasUnicodefiletype.Whenusinganexternaleditorforeditingtheexportedcsvfile,
makesurethatthiseditorcansaveyourcsvfilewithWindowsANSIcharacterencodingor
withUTF-8(withBOM)characterencoding.WindowsANSIencodingisusedforallWestern
Europeanlanguages,UTF-8isusedforallotherlanguages.
ThelistseparatorthatisconfiguredintheRegionalSettingsofyourOperatingSystem,isused
asseparatorforthecsvfile.Windows7asanexample:
4 ClickStart>ControlPanel>RegionandLanguage>AdditionalSettings>IntheList
separator:list,selectthedesiredcharacter.
4.4 Remoteaccess
Caution!
TopreventunauthorizedaccesstovideodatathroughtheInternet,westronglyrecommend
thatyouprotectallusersanddevicesinthesystemwithanappropriatepassword.
Protectalllevelsofacamera/encoder(service/user/live)withapassword.
RelatedTopicsforchangingpasswords
UserPropertiespage,page320
Changingthepasswordofanencoder/decoder,page129
ChangingthepasswordofaVRMdevice,page122
ThetargetofremoteaccessinBoschVMSistoconnectdifferentprivatenetworkstopublic
networks.
Multiplenetworkswithprivate(local)networkaddressescanbeaccessedsimultaneouslyor
sequentiallybyOperatorClientcomputersviapublicinterfaces(routers).Taskoftherouteris
totranslatetheincomingpublicnetworktraffictothecorrespondingprivatenetworkaddress.

TheusersofOperatorClientcanaccessManagementServerorEnterpriseManagementServer
andtheirdevicesviaremoteaccess.
Youcannotaccessthefollowingdevices/featuresviaremoteaccess:
Playbackoflocalstorage
ONVIF
DiBos
DirectiSCSIreplay
ThefollowingimageshowsanexampleofremoteaccesstoBoschVMSdevicesinasingle
system:
1 Firewall 6 IPcamera/encoder
2 Router 7 EnterpriseManagementServer
3 ManagementServer 8 Decoder
4 OperatorClient 9 DynDNSServer
5 ConfigurationClient 10 WorldWideWeb
A Remotenetwork B Localnetwork
ThefollowingimageshowsanexampleofremoteaccessfromprivatenetworkwithEnterprise
SystemtoremoteBoschVMSsystems:

1 Firewall 6 IPcamera/encoder
2 Router 7 EnterpriseManagementServer
Portforwarding Enterpriseserverlist
3 ManagementServer 8 Decoder
Portmapping
4 OperatorClient 9 DynDNSServer
Logonto Dynamicnaming
5 ConfigurationClient 10 WorldWideWeb
Logonto
ToenabletheremoteaccessofanOperatorClienttodevicesinaremotenetwork,each
deviceisassignedapublicportnumberinadditiontothepublicnetworkaddressofthe
router.Foraccess,OperatorClientusesthispublicportnumbertogetherwiththepublic
networkaddress.Intheprivatenetworktheincomingtrafficforthepublicportnumberis
forwardedtotheprivatenetworkaddressandportnumberofthecorrespondingdevice.
YouconfiguretheportmappinginConfigurationClientforusebyOperatorClient.
Notice!
Additionallythenetworkadministratormustconfiguretheportforwardingontherouterof
theprivatenetwork.Thenetworkadministratormustensurethatremoteaccessviathese
portsisrunningoutsideofBoschVMSenvironment.

Seealso
Configuringremoteaccess,page91
RemoteAccessSettingsdialogbox,page204
PortMappingTabledialogbox,page204
4.5 iSCSIstoragepool
AsofVRMv.3.0,iSCSIstoragepoolsareintroduced.Astoragepoolisacontainerforoneor
moreiSCSIstoragesystemsthatsharethesameloadbalancingproperties.Theencoders/IP
camerasthatareassignedtoastoragepool,arerecordedwiththesecommonloadbalancing
settings.
AstoragepoolcanbeusedtohavealogicalmappingofthenetworktopologytotheVRM,for
exampleifyouhavetwobuildings,bothcontainingstorageanddevices,youwanttoavoid
routingthenetworktrafficfromonebuildingtotheother.
Storagepoolscanalsobeusedtogroupcamerasandstoragesystemsbyanimportantaspect
ofview.Forexampleasystemcontainsofsomeveryimportantcamerasandalotofless
importantones.Inthiscaseitispossibletogroupthemintotwostoragepools,onewithalot
ofredundancyfeaturesandonewithlessredundancy.
Youcanconfigurethefollowingloadbalancingpropertiesforastoragepool:
Recordingpreferences(AutomaticorFailover)
Secondarytargetusage
SecondarytargetisusedincaseofFailovermodeiftheassignedprimarytargetfails.If
thisoptionisturnedoff,therecordingstopsonalldevicesassignedtothisfailedprimary
target.
IncaseofAutomaticmode:ifonetargetfails,VRMServerperformsanautomatic
reassignoftherelateddevicestootherstorages.IfVRMServerisdownwhileatarget
fails,therecordingisstoppedonthedevicescurrentlyrecordingonthefailedtarget.
Blockreservationfordowntime
Sanitycheckperiod
Notice!
AsofBoschVMSv.4.5.5,multiplestoragepoolsperVRMaresupported.
Seealso
Poolpage,page239
4.6 AutomatedNetworkReplenishment(ANR)
Intendeduse
Whenafailureofthenetworkorthecentralstorageoccurs,theANRfunctionensuresthatthe
encodertransmitsthelocallybufferedrecordingofthemissingtimeperiodtothecentral
storageafterthefailureisfixed.
Thefollowinggraphicshowsthetransmissionofvideodataafteranetworkorstoragefailure
isfixed.

1 Video 5 IPnetwork
2 Encoder 6 iSCSItarget(centralstorage)
3 Writetobufferimmediately
4 SDcard(ringbuffer)
Example:Workaroundnetworkfailure
Ifthenetworkfailsunexpectedly,theANRfunctioncompletesthecentralstoragewiththe
locallybufferedrecordingwhenthenetworkisavailableagain.
Example:Storevideodatawhennetworkisnotavailable
Asubwayhasnonetworkconnectiontothecentralstoragewhenlocatedbetweenstations.
Onlyduringregularstopsthebufferedrecordingcanbetransmittedtothecentralstorage.
Ensurethatthetimeperiodthatisrequiredfortransferringthebufferedrecording,doesnot
exceedthetimeperiodofastop.
Example:ANRforalarmrecording
Thepre-alarmrecordingisstoredlocally.Onlyincaseofanalarm,thispre-alarmrecordingis
transmittedtothecentralstorage.Ifnoalarmoccurs,theobsoletepre-alarmrecordingisnot
transmittedtothecentralstorageand,hence,doesnotburdenthenetwork.
Limitations
Notice!
Youcannotuseplaybackfromthelocalstoragemediawhenthepasswordsforùserànd
`liveàresetontheencoder.Removethepasswordsifrequired.
TheANRfunctiononlyworkswithVRMrecording.
YoumusthaveconfiguredthestoragemediaofanencodertousetheANRfunction.
TheencoderforwhichyouconfiguretheANRfunctionmusthavefirmwareversion5.90or
later.NotallencodertypessupporttheANRfunction.
YoucannotusetheANRfunctionwithdualrecording.
YouriSCSIstoragesystemmustbeproperlyconfigured.
ThefollowinglistcontainsthepossiblereasonsifyoucannotconfiguretheANRfunction:
Encoderisnotreachable(wrongIPaddress,networkfailure,etc.).
Storagemediaoftheencodernotavailableorread-only.

Wrongfirmwareversion.
EncodertypedoesnotsupporttheANRfunction.
Dualrecordingisactive.
Seealso
ConfiguringaniSCSIdevice,page120
ConfiguringtheANRfunction,page170
Configuringthestoragemediaofanencoder,page100
4.7 Dual/failoverrecording
Intendeduse
APrimaryVRMmanagesthenormalrecordingofthecamerasofyoursystem.Youusea
SecondaryVRMtoachievedualrecordingofyourcameras.
Dualrecordingallowsyoutorecordvideodatafromthesamecameratodifferentlocations.
Dualrecordingisusuallyperformedwithdifferentstreamsettingsandrecordingmodes.Asa
specialcaseofdualrecordingyoucanconfiguremirroredrecording:thesamevideosignalis
recordedtwicetodifferentlocations.
Dualrecordingisrealizedbyusing2VRMserversmanagingmultipleiSCSIdevicesthatcanbe
locatedatdifferentlocations.
ASecondaryVRMcanmanagethesecondaryrecordingformultiplePrimaryVRMs.
TheusercanselectbetweentherecordingsmanagedbythePrimaryVRMandthosemanaged
bytheSecondaryVRM.Forasinglecamera,theusercanswitchovertotherecordingsofthe
Secondary/PrimaryVRM.Theusercanalsodisplaytherecordingsofthesamecamera
managedbyPrimaryVRMandSecondaryVRMsimultaneously.
Fordualrecording,youmustinstallaSecondaryVRMduringSetup.
AFailoverVRMisusedforcontinuingtherecordingofafailedPrimaryVRMorafailed
SecondaryVRMcomputer.
Thefollowinggraphicshowsanexampleofadualrecordingscenario:
1 2 3
1 Site1 Encoder

2 Centralsite iSCSIstoragedevice
3 Site2 Controlconnection
PrimaryVRM Videostream
SecondaryVRM
Limitations
YoucannotusedualrecordingtogetherwithANR.
Youcannotexport,deleteorprotectrecordingsmanagedbyaSecondaryVRM.
CameoSDKonlysupportstheplaybackofprimaryrecording.
Seealso
ConfiguringdualrecordingintheCameraTable,page170
AddingaPrimaryVRMmanually,page117
AddingaSecondaryVRMmanually,page117
AddingaMirroredVRMmanually,page118
AddingaFailoverVRMmanually,page118
Cameraspage,page298
4.8 VRMrecordingmodes
ThischaptershowsgraphicstoillustratethepossibleVRMrecordingmodes.
ListofpossibleVRMrecordingmodes:
PrimaryVRMrecording
MirroredVRMrecording
SecondaryVRMrecording
FailoverVRMrecording
ForANRrecording,seechapterAutomatedNetworkReplenishment(ANR),page31.

PrimaryVRMrecording
PrimaryVRM Controlconnection
iSCSIstoragedevice Videostream
Encoder
MirroredVRMrecording

PrimaryVRM SecondaryVRM
iSCSIstoragedevice Controlconnection
Encoder Videostream
SecondaryVRMrecording
iSCSIstoragedevice Controlconnection
Encoder Videostream

FailoverVRMrecording
iSCSIstoragedevice PrimaryFailoverVRM
Encoder SecondaryFailoverVRM
Controlconnection Videostream
4.9 PlaybackofVRMrecordingsources
ThefollowinggraphicsshowImagepaneswithplaybackfromallpossibleVRMrecording
sources.Eachgraphicdisplaysthestoragedevice,theVRMinstance(ifavailable),anda
sectionofanImagepaneasexampleoftheplayback.Ifapplicable,therecordingsourceis
indicatedbyanappropriateiconontheImagepanebar.
Playbackofsinglerecording,page37
PlaybackofdualVRMrecording,page39
PlaybackofPrimaryVRMrecordingwithoptionalFailoverVRM,page40
PlaybackofSecondaryVRMrecordingwithoptionalFailoverVRM,page42
AutomaticNetworkReplenishment,page44
Playbackofsinglerecording
ThisImagepaneisdisplayedwhenonlyaPrimaryVRMisconfigured.Youcannotselect
anotherrecordingsource.
:Ifconfiguredforthisworkstation,playbackisprovideddirectlybytheiSCSIstorage
device.

iSCSIstoragedevice
PrimaryVRM

PlaybackofdualVRMrecording
APrimaryVRMandaSecondaryVRMareconfigured.Clicktherecordingsourceiconto
displayprimaryorsecondaryplayback.
Ifconfiguredforthisworkstation,playbackisprovideddirectlybytheiSCSIstoragedevice.
iSCSIstoragedevice
PrimaryVRM
SecondaryVRM

PlaybackofPrimaryVRMrecordingwithoptionalFailoverVRM
WhilethePrimaryVRMisworking,itprovidesplayback.TheFailoverVRMrunsinidlestate.
IfaSecondaryVRMorANRrecordingisconfigured,youcanswitchtherecordingsource.
WhenthePrimaryVRMisnotconnected,theconfiguredFailoverVRMprovidesplayback.
ClosetheImagepaneanddisplaythecameraagaininanImagepane:
WhenthePrimaryVRMandtheoptionalPrimaryFailoverVRMarebothnotconnected,the
encoderprovidesplayback.ClosetheImagepaneanddisplaythecameraagaininanImage
pane:

iSCSIstoragedevice
PrimaryVRM
PrimaryFailoverVRM
Encoder
Encoderplaybackcanonlyaccessalimitedrecordingperiod.

PlaybackofSecondaryVRMrecordingwithoptionalFailoverVRM
WhiletheSecondaryVRMisworking,itprovidesplayback.TheFailoverVRMrunsinidlestate.
WhentheSecondaryVRMisnotconnected,theconfiguredFailoverVRMprovidesplayback.
ClosetheImagepaneanddisplaythecameraagaininanImagepane:
WhentheSecondaryVRMandtheoptionalSecondaryFailoverVRMarebothnotconnected,
theencoderprovidesplayback.ClosetheImagepaneanddragthecameraagaintoanImage
pane:
X
X
iSCSIstoragedevice

PrimaryVRM
SecondaryFailoverVRM
Encoder
Encoderplaybackcanonlyaccessalimitedrecordingperiod.

AutomaticNetworkReplenishment
ANRisconfigured.Clicktherecordingsourceicontodisplayprimaryplayback(primary
failoverplayback,primaryencoderplayback)orANRplayback.
iSCSIstoragedevice
PrimaryVRM
SDcard
4.10 Alarmhandling
Alarmscanbeindividuallyconfiguredtobehandledbyoneormoreusergroups.Whenan
alarmoccurs,itappearsintheAlarmListofallusersintheusergroupsconfiguredtoreceive
thatalarm.Whenanyoneoftheseusersstartstoworkonthealarm,itdisappearsfromthe
AlarmListofallotherusers.
Alarmsaredisplayedonaworkstationsalarmmonitorandoptionallyonanalogmonitors.This
behaviorisdescribedinthefollowingparagraphs.
Alarmflow
1. Analarmoccursinthesystem.
2. AlarmnotificationsappearintheAlarmListsofallusersconfiguredforthisalarm.Alarm
videoisimmediatelydisplayedonconfiguredmonitors.Ifitisanautomaticallydisplayed
alarm(autopop-up),thealarmvideoisalsoautomaticallydisplayedonthe
OperatorClientworkstationsalarmmonitors.
Ifthealarmisconfiguredasanauto-clearalarm,thealarmisremovedfromtheAlarmList

aftertheauto-cleartime(configuredintheConfigurationClient).
Onanalogmonitors,anyquadviewsfromVIPXDsaretemporarilyreplacedbyfull-screen
displays.
3. Oneoftheusersacceptsthealarm.Thealarmvideoisthendisplayedonthisuser's
workstation(ifitisnotalreadydisplayedviaautopop-up).Thealarmisremovedfromall
otherAlarmListsandalarmvideodisplays.
4. Theuserwhoacceptedthealarminvokesaworkflowthatcanincludereadinganaction
planandenteringcomments.Thisstepisoptional-requirementsforworkflowcanbe
configuredbytheadministrator.
5. Finally,theuserclearsthealarm.ThisremovesthealarmfromhisAlarmListandalarm
display.
Onananalogmonitorgroup,themonitorsreturntothecamerasthatweredisplayed
beforethealarmoccurred.
AlarmImagewindow
1. Todisplayalarmvideo,theAlarmImagewindowreplacestheLiveorPlaybackImage
windowonthemonitorthathasbeenconfiguredforalarmdisplay.
2. EachalarmgetsarowofImagepanes.Upto5Imagepanescanbeassociatedwitheach
alarm.TheseImagepanescandisplaylivevideo,playbackvideo,ormaps.
Onananalogmonitorgroup,eachalarmcancallupcamerasonarowofanalogmonitors.
Thenumberofcamerasintherowislimitedbythenumberofcolumnsintheanalog
monitorgroup.Monitorsintherowthatarenotusedforalarmvideocanbeconfiguredto
eithercontinuewiththeircurrentdisplayortodisplayablankscreen.
3. Higherpriorityalarmsaredisplayedabovelowerpriorityalarmsonbothanalogmonitor
rowsandtheOperatorClientworkstationdisplayalarmrows.
4. IftheAlarmImagewindowiscompletelyfullofAlarmImagerowsandanadditionalalarm
mustbedisplayed,thelowestpriorityalarms"stackup"inthebottomrowoftheAlarm
Imagewindow.Youcanstepthroughthestackedalarmswiththecontrolsattheleftside
ofthealarmrow.
Youcanstepthroughthealarmstacksonanalogmonitorgroupswithcontrolbuttonsin
theMonitorswindowoftheOperatorClientworkstationdisplay.Analogmonitorsin
alarmareindicatedbyrediconswithblinking"LEDs".
Thealarmtitle,time,anddatecanbeoptionallybedisplayedonallanalogmonitors,or
onlythefirstmonitorinthealarmrow.
5. Forequalpriorityalarms,theadministratorcanconfiguretheorderbehavior:
Last-in-First-out(LIFO)mode:inthisconfiguration,newalarmsareinsertedabove
olderalarmsofthesamepriority.
First-in-First-out(FIFO)mode;inthisconfiguration,newalarmsareinsertedbelow
olderalarmsofthesamepriority.
6. Analarm'sImagerowcanappearintheAlarmImagewindowinoneoftwoways:
Whenitisgenerated(autopop-up).Thisoccurswhenthealarmpriorityishigher
thandisplaypriority.
Whenthealarmisaccepted.Thisoccurswhenthealarmpriorityislowerthan
displaypriority.
Autopop-upalarms
Alarmscanbeconfiguredtoautomaticallydisplay(popup)intheAlarmImagewindow,based
onthealarmpriority.Eachusergroup'sliveandplaybackdisplaysarealsoassignedpriorities.
Whenalarmsarereceivedwithpriorityhigherthanthatoftheuser'sdisplay,thealarm

automaticallydisplaysitsalarmrowintheAlarmImagewindow.IftheAlarmImagewindowis
notcurrentlydisplayed,itautomaticallyreplacestheLiveorPlaybackImagewindowonthe
alarm-enabledmonitor.
Althoughautopop-upalarmsaredisplayedintheAlarmImagewindow,theyarenot
automaticallyaccepted.Theycanbedisplayedonmultipleusers'displayssimultaneously.
Whenauseracceptsanautopop-upalarm,itisremovedfromallotherusersAlarmListsand
alarmdisplays.
Seealso
Configuringthepre-andpost-alarmdurationforanalarm,page178
4.11 DVRdevices
ThischaptergivesbackgroundinformationontheDVRdevicesthatyoucanintegratein
BoschVMS.
SomeDVRmodels(e.g.DHR-700)supportrecordingfromencoders/IPcameras.OtherDVR
modelssupportonlyanalogcameras.
Anencoder/IPcamerashouldnotbeintegratedintotheconfigurationoftwovideosystems
(DVRsorvideomanagementsystems).
Ifencoders/IPcamerasareconnectedtoaDVRwhichisalreadyintegratedinBoschVMS,
theseencoders/IPcamerasarenotdetectedbytheBoschVMSnetworkdevicescan.This
holdstrueforthenetworkscanstartedfromwithinConfigurationClientorstartedfrom
withinConfigWizard.
IfaDVRwithconnectedencoders/IPcamerasisintegratedinBoschVMSandthese
encoders/IPcamerasarealreadyaddedtoBoschVMS,awarningisdisplayed.Removethese
encoders/IPcamerasfromtheDVRorfromBoschVMS.
ConfigWizarddoesnotaddDVRdeviceswithconflictingIPcamerastotheconfiguration.
DVRdevicessupportalimitednumberofsimultaneousconnections.Thisnumberdefinesthe
maximumnumberofOperatorClientusersthatcansimultaneouslydisplayvideosfromthis
DVRwithoutblackImagepanesbeingdisplayed.
RelatedTopics
DVR(DigitalVideoRecorder)page
4.12 MobileVideoService
MobileVideoServiceistranscodingvideostreamsfromthesourcetotheavailablebandwidth
ofconnectedclients.TheinterfacesoftheMobileVideoServicearedesignedtosupport
clientsonmultipleplatforms,forexampleMobiledevices(IOS;iPad,iPhone)andWindows
InternetExplorerHTMLclient.
MobileVideoServiceisbasedonMicrosoftInternetInformationService.
Onemobileservicemayserveseveralclientssynchronously.
ForlimitsrefertodatasheetandtheTechnicalNoteMobileVideoServiceavailableinthe
OnlineProductCatalogforBoschVMS.
InternetInformationService
ConfigurethesettingsforInternetInformationServiceonthecomputerwhereyouplanto
installMVSforBoschVMS.
Installationnotes
YoucannotaddaMobileVideoServiceinConfigurationClientwhenthetimebetweenthe
ConfigurationClientcomputerandtheMobileVideoServicecomputerisnotsynchronized.
Pleaseensurethatthetimeissynchronizedbetweentheaffectedcomputers.

InstallandconfigureInternetInformationService(IIS)beforeyouinstallMobileVideoService
(MVS).IfIISisnotinstalled,BoschVMSSetuptoinstallMobileVideoServiceaborts.
YouselecttheMobileVideoServicecomponentforinstallationduringBoschVMSSetup.
YoucannotinstallVideoRecordingManager(VRM)andMobileVideoServiceonthesame
computer.
WerecommendthatyoudonotinstallMobileVideoServiceonthesamecomputerwhereyou
installManagementServer.
WithMobileAppyoucanperformthefollowingtasks:
Displayingvideo
Live
Playback
Sendinglivevideo
Recordingandsendingrecordedvideo
Alarmrecording
Monitoringnetworkandserver
RelatedTopics
AddingaMobileVideoService,page149
MobileVideoServicepage,page235
4.13 AddingVideoIPdevicesfromBosch
AsofBoschVMSversion4.5.5andfirmwareversion5.70youcanaddallVideoIPdevices
fromBoschtoyoursystem.Youusethe<AutoDetect>selectionforaddingthesedevices.An
encoderthatyouaddwiththe<AutoDetect>selection,mustbeavailableinthenetwork.The
devicecapabilitiesoftheencoderareretrievedanddefaultstreamqualitiesareapplied.
Notice:
Youcannotaddadevicewiththe<AutoDetect>selectiontoanNVR.
RelatedTopics
Addingdevices,page138
Updatingthedevicecapabilities,page127
AddEncoder/AddDecoderdialogbox,page218
EditEncoder/EditDecoderdialogbox,page219
4.14 RegionofInterest(ROI)
Intendeduse
IntendeduseofROIistosavenetworkbandwidthwhenzoomingintoasectionofthecamera
imagewithafixedHDcamera.ThissectionbehaveslikeaPTZcamera.
Functionaldescription
TheROIfeatureisonlyavailableforstream2.
FixedHDcamerasprovideROIstreamswithSDresolution.
WhenaTCPconnectionisusedinLiveMode,theencoderadaptstheencodingqualitytothe
networkbandwidth.Thebestadaptedqualityneverexceedstheconfiguredqualityofthe
stream.
Inadditiontothattheencoderstreamsonlytheareaselectedbytheuser(throughzooming
andpanningactions).
TheusageofROIhasthefollowingadvantages:
Decreasednetworkbandwidthusage
Decreaseddecodingperformancerequiredontheclient

AuserwithahigherpriorityforPTZcontrolcantakeoverthecontrolofROIandcanchange
theimagesection.Therecordingofstream2hasthehighestpriority.Thismeansthata
continuousrecordingofstream2makesthecontrolofROIimpossible.Ifalarmrecordingof
stream2isconfigured,youcannotcontrolROIwhenaneventoccursthattriggersalarm
recording.
Limitations
YoucanuseROIonlywithfixedHDcameras.
YoucanuseROIonlyinLiveMode.
TheROIfeatureisavailableontheNevadaandA5HWplatformwithfirmwareversion5.60or
higher.
EnableTCPmodeforthiscameratoadaptthenetworkbandwidth.Theencoderadaptsthe
encodingqualitytothenetworkbandwidth.Wheneverasecondclientisrequestingthesame
stream(forexampleforrecording),thebandwidthadaptionisturnedoff.
Additionallytherequiredperformanceofthedecodingprocessontheclientisdecreased.
Ifstream2isconfiguredtoH.264MPSDROIontheCamerasandRecordingpagebutnotyet
setontheencoder,thePTZcontroldoesnotwork.Activatetheconfigurationtosetthis
propertyontheencoder.
Seealso
Cameraspage,page298
CameraPermissionspage,page322
4.15 IntelligentTracking
Intendeduse
IntendeduseofIntelligentTrackingistoenableacameratofollowaselectedobject.Youcan
configurewhethertheselectionofanobjectisautomaticallyormanually.Thecameracanbea
PTZcameraorafixedHDcamera(onlywithROIenabled).
Thefollowing3modesareavailable:
Off:IntelligentTrackingisturnedoff.
Auto:IntelligentTrackingturnedon,thelargestobjectisautomaticallyselectedfor
tracking,recommendeduse:rarelymovingobjectsintheimage.
Click:Userselectsobjecttobetracked.
Afterselectingtheobjecttobetracked,aPTZcameramovestofollowtheobjectuntilthis
objectleavesthevisibleareaofthecameraortheoperatorstopstracking.
AfixedHDcamerawiththeIntelligentTrackingfeatureenableddefinesasurroundingregion
closetothebordersoftheselectedobjectandzoomsintotheimagetodisplayonlythe
region.Thentheregionismovedaccordingtothemovementoftheobject.
Limitations
IntelligentTrackingcanonlybeusedforLiveoperations.YoucannotuseIntelligentTracking
laterinrecordedvideos.
ForaPTZcameratobeusedforIntelligentTracking,werecommendconfiguringtoreturnto
adefinedprepositionafteralongerperiodofinactivity.OtherwiseitcanhappenthataPTZ
camerafollowsanautomaticallyselectedobjectandaftertheobjecthavingdisappeared,the
PTZcamerashowsanirrelevantimage.
4.16 Inactivitylogoff
Intendeduse
IntendeduseofinactivitylogoffistoprotectanOperatorClientorConfigurationClientduring
theabsenceoftheoperatororadministrator.
YoucanconfigureperusergroupthatOperatorClientshallbeloggedoffautomaticallyaftera
specifiedtimeperiodwithoutactivity.
ForConfigurationClientnousergroupsareavailable.Theinactivitylogoffsettingisvalidonly
fortheadminuser.
Alloperationswithkeyboard,mouseandCCTVkeyboardaffectthespecifiedtimeperiodfor
inactivitylogoff.AutomaticactivitiesofOperatorClientdonotaffectthetimeperiod.
AutomaticactivitiesofConfigurationClientlikefirmwareuploadoriSCSIsetuppreventthe
inactivitylogoff.
YoucanalsoconfiguretheinactivitylogoffforaBoschVMSWebClient.
Shortbeforeaninactivitylogoff,adialogboxremindstheusertoactivelypreventthe
inactivitylogoff.
TheLogbookrecordsanoccurredinactivitylogoff.
Example
Ifaworkstationislocatedinapublicarea,theinactivitylogoffminimizestheriskthatonan
unattendedworkstationOperatorClientisaccessedbyanunauthorizedperson.
Anadministratorgroupmembershalllogoffautomaticallyafterinactivitybutadeskofficer
(operatorgroup)mightjustwatchvideowithoutoperatingthesystemanddoesnotwantan
inactivitylogoff.
Limitations
ClientSDKactivitydoesnotsupporttheinactivitylogoff,thismeansthattheactivityof
ClientSDKdoesnotaffectthespecifiedtimeperiod.
Seealso
Optionsdialogbox,page203
OperatorFeaturespage,page328
4.17 Malfunctionrelay
Intendeduse
Amalfunctionrelayisintendedtoswitchincaseofanyseveresystemerrortotriggeran
externalalert(strobe,siren,etc.).
Theusermustresettherelaymanually.
Themalfunctionrelaycanbeonefromthefollowinglist:
BVIPencoderordecoderrelay
ADAMrelay
Example
Ifsomethinghappensthatseverelyaffectsthesystemfunctioning(forexampleaharddisk
failure)oranincidentoccursthatendangersthesecurityofasite(forexampleafailing
referenceimagecheck),themalfunctionrelayisactivated.Thiscanforexampletriggeran
audiblealarmorcanclosedoorsautomatically.
Youcanconfigureasinglerelaytoactasamalfunctionrelay.Themalfunctionrelaygets
activatedautomaticallywhenaneventfromasetofuser-definedeventsistriggered.
Activationofarelaymeansthatacommandwillbesenttotherelaytocloseit.The
subsequentRelayClosedeventisdecoupledfromthecommandandwillonlybegenerated
andreceivediftherelaystateisphysicallychanged!Forexamplearelaybeingclosedbefore,
willnotsendthisevent.

Apartfrombeingautomaticallytriggeredbythesetofuser-definedevents,themalfunction
relayistreatedlikeanyotherrelay.Therefore,theuserisabletodeactivatethemalfunction
relayinOperatorClient.TheWebClientalsoallowsdeactivatingthemalfunctionrelay.
Becausetheregularaccesspermissionsapplytothemalfunctionrelayaswell,allclientsneed
toconsiderthepermissionsofthelogged-onuser.
Seealso
MalfunctionRelaydialogbox,page295
4.18 Textdata
Intendeduse
Theoperatorcansearchfortextdatatofindthecorrespondingrecordings.Thetextdatamust
bestoredintheLogbook.
Textdataisdeliveredbysystemslikefoyercardreaders,automatictellermachinesorpointof
sales.Textdatacontainstextualtransactiondatalikeaccountnumbersandbankrouting
codes.
Textdataofadeviceisrecordedtogetherwiththecorrespondingvideodata.
Limitations
Forsearchingrecordingswithtextdata,thetextdatamustbeconfiguredtobestoredinthe
Logbook.
Theencoderforwhichyouconfiguretherecordingtextdatafunction,musthavefirmware
version5.92orlater.
Thetextdataofmaximum32differentdevicescanberecordedsynchronouslyforonecamera.
Maximum3000bytesoftextdatacanbestoredonanencoderperevent.
Seealso
Triggeringalarmrecordingwithtextdata,page178
TextDataRecordingdialogbox,page310
4.19 AllegiantCCLcommands
YouuseCCLcommandsforswitchingIPcamerasorencoderstoIPdecodersbothconfigured
inBoschVMS.YoucannotuseCCLcommandstodirectlycontrolanalogcamerasorthe
Allegiantmatrixitself.
TheAllegiantCCLemulationstartsaninternalBoschVMSservicethattranslatesCCL
commandsoftheMatrixSwitchintoBoschVMS.YouconfigureaCOMportofthe
ManagementServertolistentotheseCCLcommands.TheCCLemulationhelpstoexchange
existingAllegiantdeviceswithBoschVideoManagementSystemortouseBoschVideo
ManagementSystemwithapplicationsthatsupporttheAllegiantCCLcommands.Old
AllegianthardwareconfiguredinBoschVMScannotbecontrolledwiththesecommands.
4.20 OfflineOperatorClient
WiththefeatureoftheOfflineOperatorClientthefollowingusecasesarepossible:
OperatorClientcontinuesoperationforLive,PlaybackandExportwithoutconnectionto
theManagementServercomputer.
IfaworkstationwasconnectedoncetotheManagementServercomputer,itcanlogon
offlineanytimewithanyuser.
ForOfflineModeBoschVMSmusthaveversion3.0orlater.

IfanOperatorClientworkstationisdisconnectedfromtheManagementServercomputer,itis
possibletocontinueworking.Somemainfunctionsarestillavailable,forexampleliveand
playbackvideo.
AsofBoschVMSV5.5anOperatorClientworkstationcanworkofflinewithaconfigurationof
BoschVMSV5.0.5.
Caution!
WhenapasswordchangeontheManagementServeroccursduringtheperiodwhen
OperatorClientisoffline,thispasswordchangeisnotpropagatedtothisOperatorClient.
WhenOperatorClientisonline,theusermustlogonusingthenewpassword.
WhenOperatorClientisoffline,theusermustagainusetheoldpasswordforlogon.Thisis
notchangeduntilanewconfigurationisactivatedandtransferredtotheOperatorClient
workstation.
Caution!
Whenacameraiscalledupfordisplayinananalogmonitorgroupwithaworkstation
connectedBoschIntuikeykeyboard,andtheworkstationisoffline,thekeyboarddoesnot
sendanerrortone.
4.20.1 WorkingwithOfflineMode
WhenOperatorClientisdisconnectedfromaManagementServer,arespectiveoverlayiconis
displayedintheLogicalTreeonthedisconnectedManagementServer.Youcancontinue
workingwithOperatorClientevenifthedisconnectionlastslonger,butsomefunctionsare
notavailable.
IftheconnectiontotheManagementServerisreestablished,arespectiveoverlayiconis
displayed.
IfanewconfigurationonaManagementServerhasbeenactivated,arespectiveiconis
displayedintheLogicalTreeontheiconoftheaffectedManagementServerandadialogbox
isdisplayedforsomeseconds.Acceptorrefusethenewconfiguration.
IfyourOperatorClientinstanceisscheduledtologoffataspecificpointintime,thislogoff
occursevenwhentheconnectiontotheManagementServerisnotreestablishedatthispoint
intime.
WhenauserofOperatorClientlogsonusingServerLookupinofflinestate,theServerListof
thelastsuccessfullogonisdisplayed.OfflinestateheremeansthattheOperatorClient
workstationdoesnothaveanetworkconnectiontotheservercontainingtheServerList.
Functionsnotavailableduringdisconnection
WhendisconnectedfromManagementServerthefollowingfunctionsarenotavailablein
OperatorClient:
AlarmList:
Thisincludeshandlingalarms.Thealarmlistisemptyandwillautomaticallybefilledon
reconnection.
Allegiant:
Thetrunklinehandlingisnotavailable.Inearlierversions,Allegiantcameraswere
automaticallyclosedwithamessage-boxwhenatrunklinehandlingwasunavailable.With
BoschVMSV3.0wewillshowamoreuserfriendlyImagepaneinformingtheuserabout
theimpossibilitytodisplaythiscamerarightnow.
AMG:
ItisnotpossibletodragcamerasontheAMGcontrol.Thecontrolisdisabledandwill
automaticallybeenabledonreconnection.
PTZpriorities:

WithoutaconnectiontoManagementServer,anofflineOperatorClientcanconnecta
PTZcameraaslongasthePTZcameraitselfisnotlocked.Thedomeprioritieswill
automaticallybeupdatedonreconnection.
Input:
Inputcannotbeswitched.
Logbook:
TheLogbookisnotavailableandcannotbeopened.AnopenedLogbooksearchwindow
isnotclosedautomatically.Existingsearchresultscanbeusedandexported.
OperatorClientSDK:
OperatorClientSDKfunctionswithIServerApicannotbeprocessed.
CreatingaRemoteClientApiisnotpossible.
SomemethodsthatareonlyavailableatclientAPIdonotwork,forexample
ApplicationManager(tryGetUserName()).
Passwordchange:
Theoperatorisnotabletochangehispassword.
Relay:
Relayscannotbeswitched.
ServerScript:
TheservermethodsoftheIServerApiwillbeprocessedbutcannotbesenttotheClient
whichare:
AlarmManager
AnalogMonitorMananger
CameraManager
CompoundEventManager
DecoderManager
DeviceManager
DomeCameraManager
EventManager
InputManager
LicenseManager
Logbook
MatrixManager
RecorderManager
RelayManager
ScheduleManager
SendManager
SequenceManager
VirtualInputManager
Stateoverlays:
Nostateoverlaysofcameras,inputsorrelaysareavailable.
StatesofOperatorClient
ABoschVMSOperatorClientgivesyouavisualandtextualfeedbackofitsstates.
FollowingOperatorClientstatesarepossible:

TheOperatorClientisconnectedtotheManagementServer.

TheOperatorClientisnotconnectedtotheManagementServer.Onereasoncanbea
physicaldisconnectionfromtheManagementServertothenetwork.

ThisstatecanonlybedisplayedafterareestablishedconnectiontotheManagement
Server.Allaffectedfunctionsareback,buttheconfigurationoftheOperatorClientis
outdatedduetoanewerconfigurationavailableinthesystem.Logonagaintoupdatethe
configuration.

ThisstateiconisdisplayedwhentheManagementServerhasanearlierBoschVMS
versionthantheOperatorClientworkstation.
Devicestateoverlay
Thedevicestates(recordingdot,toonoisy,toodark,...)areprocessedbytheManagement
Server.OndisconnectionbetweenClientandServerthestatescannotbeupdatedinthe
Client.Anewstateoverlaywillgiveyouavisualfeedbackthatalldevicestatesarenot
availableatthemoment.Iftheclienthasanestablishedconnectiontotheserveragain,the
stateoverlaysareupdatedautomatically.
Stateunknown
ThestateoverlayofadeviceintheLogicalTreeoronamapwhenclientisdisconnected
fromtheManagementServercomputer.
Reasonsfordisconnection
ReasonsfordisconnectionbetweenOperatorClientandManagementServercanbe:
Physicalconnectionisbroken.
Passwordofloggedonuserhaschangedduringofflinetime.
ManagementServerhasgivenawayfloatingworkstationlicensetoanotheronline
OperatorClientwhilethenowdisconnectedOperatorClientwasoffline.
OperatorClientandManagementServerhavedifferentversions(ManagementServer
earlierthanversion5.5).
4.21 VersionindependentOperatorClient
ForCompatibilityModebothOperatorClientandManagementServermusthavea
versionlaterthan5.5.
AuserofOperatorClientcansuccessfullylogontoaManagementServerwhereaprevious
softwareversionisrunning.
IftheserverprovidesanewerconfigurationthanavailableontheOperatorClientworkstation,
thisconfigurationisautomaticallycopiedtotheOperatorClientworkstation.Theusercan
decidetodownloadthenewconfiguration.
OperatorClientprovidesareducedfeaturesetandisconnectedtothisManagementServer.
ThefollowingManagementServerrelatedfeaturesareavailableafterlogontoaManagement
Serverwithapreviousversion:
Userpreferences
Startmanualrecording
Displayofdevicestates
Togglingrelaystates
SearchingtheLogbook
Searchforeventsisnotpossible.
ServerLookup
Remoteexport

4.21.1 WorkingwithCompatibilityMode
Thisfeatureisavailableinversionslaterthan5.5.
ABoschVMSOperatorClientgivesyouavisualandtextualfeedbackofitsstates.
FollowingOperatorClientstatesarepossible:

TheOperatorClientisconnectedtotheManagementServer.

TheOperatorClientisnotconnectedtotheManagementServer.Onereasoncanbea
physicaldisconnectionfromtheManagementServertothenetwork.

ThisstatecanonlybedisplayedafterareestablishedconnectiontotheManagement
Server.Allaffectedfunctionsareback,buttheconfigurationoftheOperatorClientis
outdatedduetoanewerconfigurationavailableinthesystem.Logonagaintoupdatethe
configuration.

ThisstateiconisdisplayedwhentheManagementServerhasanearlierBoschVMS
versionthantheOperatorClientworkstation.
4.22 ONVIFevents
Intendeduse
IntendeduseisthemappingofONVIFeventstoBoschVMSevents.ONVIFeventscanthen
triggerBoschVMSalarmsandrecording.
YoucandefinedefaulteventmappingsvalidonlyforaspecificONVIFdevice,forallONVIF
devicesofthesamemanufacturerandmodel,orforallONVIFdevicesofthesame
manufacturer.DefaulteventmappingsareautomaticallyassignedtoallaffectedONVIF
encodersthatareaddedusingtheBoschVMSScanWizard.
WhenyouaddanONVIFencodertotheBoschVMSconfigurationwithoutaconnectiontothis
ONVIFencoder,noeventmappingsareassigned.YoucanupdatesuchanONVIFencoderwith
eventmappingsfromanONVIFencoderofthesamemanufacturerand/ormodelthatyou
alreadyhaveadded.
Youdefineeventmappingsspecificforeachofthefollowingsources:
ONVIFencoder
CamerasofthisONVIFencoder
RelaysofthisONVIFencoder
InputsofthisONVIFencoder
Example
InanONVIFcameraamotiondetectioneventoccurs.ThiseventshalltriggeraMotion
DetectedeventinBoschVMS.
Toachievethis,youconfigureforthisONVIFcamera:
ONVIFtopic(MotionDetection)
ONVIFdataitem(motion)
ONVIFdatatype(boolean)
ONVIFdatavalue(true)
Note:ItisnotsufficienttoonlyconfiguretheMotionDetectedevent.Pleaseconfigurealso
theMotionStoppedevent.Youalwaysmustconfigureapairofevents.

ImportorexportofaMappingTable
YoucanexportaMappingTableonacomputerwhereyouhavecreateditandimportthis
Mappingtableonanothercomputerwheretherequiredmappingtableisnotavailable.
Troubleshooting
Youcancreatelogfilesfortroubleshooting.
Seealso
ConfiguringONVIFevents,page131
EnablingloggingforONVIFevents,page341
ONVIFEncoderEventspage,page253
4.23 Recordingsettings
RecordingsettingsinBoschVMSconsistofbasicsettings(non-scheduled)andscheduled
recordingsettings.
Usethebasicsettingsfortheinitialconfigurationofstreams.
Usethescheduledrecordingsettingsforassigningthesestreamstodifferentuse-cases,such
ascontinuousrecording,pre-alarmrecording,oralarmrecording.Therecordingsettingsare
arrangedintheScheduledRecordingSettingsdialogboxaccessibleontheCamerasand
Recordingpage.
4.23.1 Basicstreamsettings(schedule-independent)
YoucanconfiguredifferentcodecprofilesintheCamerasandRecordingpageof
ConfigurationClient.
CodecsandHDresolution
Codecsarepartofthebasicstreamsettings.BoschVMSgivesyoudefaultsettingsforall
codecsandqualities.Youcanchangethesesettings.
Itdependsonthecameradevicetypewhichcodecyoucanselect.
4.23.2 StreamassignmentforLive
Youcanassigneitherstream1orstream2forLive.Thequalityandcodecofthebasicstream
settingsareused.
4.23.3 ScheduledRecordingSettings
TodisplaytheScheduledRecordingSettingsdialogbox,clickEditscheduledrecording
settingsinthetoolbaroftheCamerasandRecordingpage.
Camerasaretypicallygroupedbylocationand/orschedule(e.g.AlarmRecordingNightand
Weekend),andnotbytechnicaldifferencesbetweencameramodels.
YoucanmapthesegroupsastemplatesintheScheduledRecordingSettingsdialogbox.You
performallrecordingconfigurationsinthisdialogbox.
Continuous,AlarmRecordingisthedefaultsettingforacamerathatisaddedtoBoschVMS.

Inthedialogyouconfigureforadevicefamilyandaschedulewhichstreamfortheselected
recordingmodeistobeused.Usuallyyoushouldnotconfigurethequalityfordevicesof
DeviceFamily2orDeviceFamily3inthisdialogbox.Selectthequalityforeachcamera
individuallyintheRecordingTable.Thequalitysettingsofthedialogareonlyactivefor
SecondaryRecording,whenonthestreamnoPrimaryRecordingisactive.ForDeviceFamily1
werecommendconfiguringaqualitysettinginthedialog,notintheRecordingTable.
IntheScheduledRecordingSettingsdialogbox,youconfiguretherecordingsettingsofthe
devices.BoschVMSdisplayspre-definedrecordingsettings(templates).Youcanmodifythese
templatestoyourneedsoryoucanaddtemplates.
Youcanconfiguretherecordingsettingsperdevicefamilyindependentlyperschedule.
Possiblerecordingsettingsare:
DeviceFamily1 DeviceFamily2 DeviceFamily3
RecordingSettings
Recording On/Off(settingvalidforalldevicefamilies)
ContinuousorPre-alarmRecording

DeviceFamily1 DeviceFamily2 DeviceFamily3
RecordingMode Continuous Continuous Continuous

Pre-alarm Pre-alarm Pre-alarm
Stream Stream1 Stream1 Stream1

Stream2 Stream2
I-Frameonly(fromStream1)
Quality Nomodification Nomodification Nomodification

Pre-defined/user-defined (recommended) (recommended)
qualities(recommended) Pre-defined/user-defined Pre-defined/user-defined
qualities qualities
Duration(Pre- 10s-3h 10s-3h 10s-3h

alarm) Forpre-alarmrecordingof Forpre-alarmrecordingof Forpre-alarmrecordingofless
lessthan10secondsthe lessthan10secondsthe than10secondstheRAMof
RAMofthecameraisused. RAMofthecameraisused. thecameraisused.
AlarmRecording
AlarmRecording On/Off(settingvalidforall On/Off(settingvalidforall On/Off(settingvalidforall

devicefamilies) devicefamilies) devicefamilies)
MotionAlarm On/Off(settingvalidforall On/Off(settingvalidforall On/Off(settingvalidforall

devicefamilies) devicefamilies) devicefamilies)
Stream Stream1 Stream1 Stream1

Stream2 Stream2
I-Frameonly(fromStream1)
Quality Good Nomodification Nomodification

(recommended) (recommended) (recommended)
Pre-defined/user-defined Pre-defined/user-defined Pre-defined/user-defined
qualities qualities qualities
Duration(Post- 1s-3h 1s-3h 1s-3h

alarm)
EnteradescriptivenameforyourconfigurationwhichisthendisplayedintheAvailable
RecordingSettingslist.
YoucanselectallconfiguredrecordingsettingsintheRecording-Settingcolumn.Assignone
recordingsettingpercamera.Youcancopyandpasteonesettingtoallcamerasforfast
configuration.
Changingqualitiesinschedules
Youcanconfigurestreamqualitiesperrecordingschedule.Dependingontheuseddevice
family,youcanmodifythequalityproperties.
DeviceFamily1 DeviceFamily2orDeviceFamily3
Streams AlarmRecording
Youcanchangerecordingqualities(incl. Youcanmodifytheexistingstreamwiththe
resolutionchange)foralarmrecording. settingsofanotherstreamquality.Butonlythe
ImageencodingintervalvalueandtheTargetbit
rate[Kbps]valuearemodified.Othersettings
liketheresolutionarenotmodified.

DeviceFamily1 DeviceFamily2orDeviceFamily3
Notes
FortheXFM4platformpossible Possiblerecordinggapscanbeupto12frames,
recordinggapscanbeupto4frames, with1IPSupto12secondsonschedulechange
133/160ms(NTSC/PAL)onalarm ifactiverecordingqualitydiffersfromoldtonew
recordingandschedulechangeifactive schedule.
recordingqualitydiffers.
Examples
Stream2isselectedfornormalrecordingand
configuredwithNormalquality.Foranalarm,the
Excellentqualityisselected.Whenanalarm
occurs,allsettingsoftheNormalqualityare
usedexcepttheImageencodingintervalvalue
andtheTargetbitrate[Kbps]valuewhichare
modifiedwiththevaluesofExcellent.
4.24 Viewingmodesofapanoramiccamera
Thischapterillustratestheviewingmodesofapanoramiccamerawhichareavailablein
BoschVMS.
AllviewingmodesarecreatedbythedewarpingprocessinBoschVMS.Edgedewarpingisnot
used.
Theadministratormustconfigurethemountingpositionofapanoramiccamerain
Thefollowingviewingmodesareavailable:
Panoramaview
Croppedview
YoucanresizetheImagepaneofacameraasrequired.TheImagepaneratioisnotrestricted
tothe4:3or16:9aspectratio.
Seealso
Configuringthemountingpositionofapanoramiccamera,page105
4.24.1 360panoramiccamera-floor-orceilingmounted
Thefollowingfigureillustratesthedewarpingofa360camerawhichisfloor-orceiling
mounted.

1 Fullcircleimage 3 Dewarping
2 Snippingline(operatorcanchangeitsposition 4 Panoramaview
whennotzoomedin)

4.24.2 180panoramiccamera-floor-orceilingmounted
Thefollowingfigureillustratesthedewarpingofa180camerawhichisfloor-orceiling
mounted.
1 Fullcircleimage 3 Dewarping
2 Snippingline(operatorcanchangeitsposition 4 Panoramaview
whennotzoomedin)

4.24.3 360panoramiccamera-wallmounted
Thefollowingfigureillustratesthedewarpingofa360camerawhichiswallmounted.
1 Fullcircleimage 3 Panoramaview
2 Dewarping

4.24.4 180panoramiccamera-wallmounted
Thefollowingfigureillustratesthedewarpingofa180camerawhichiswallmounted.
2 Dewarping

4.24.5 Croppedviewonapanoramiccamera
Thefollowingexamplefigureillustratesthecroppingofa360camerawhichisfloor-orceiling
mounted.
Therectilinearsectionusedforcroppingisfixed.Youcanchangethesectioninthecropped
ImagepaneusingtheavailablePTZcontrols.
2 Snippingline(operatorcanchangeitsposition 5 Cropping
whennotzoomedin)
3 Dewarping 6 CroppedImagepane

64 en|Supportedhardware BoschVideoManagementSystem
5 Supportedhardware
Caution!
DonotconnectadevicetomorethanoneBoschVMS!Thiscanleadtorecordinggapsand
! otherundesiredeffects.
YoucanconnectthefollowinghardwaretoBoschVMS:
MobilevideoclientslikeiPhoneoriPadviaDynDNS
VariousIPcameras.encodersandONVIFcameras(liveonlyorviaVideoStreaming
Gateway)
Connectedvianetwork
Liveonlyencoderswithlocalstorage
Connectedvianetwork
iSCSIstoragedevices
Connectedvianetwork
VIDOSNVRcomputer
Connectedvianetwork
Analogcameras
Connectedtoencoders,BRS/DiBosdevices
Decoders
Connectedvianetwork
Analogmonitors
Connectedtoadecoder,toaBoschAllegiantmatrix,toaBoschVMSClientworkstation
BRS/DiBosdevices(seethedatasheetforBoschVMSforsupportedsoftwareversions)
Connectedvianetwork
BoschAllegiantmatrix(Firmwareversion:8.75orgreater,MCSversion:2.80orgreater)
ConnectedtoaCOMportoftheManagementServerortoaremotecomputerandtoan
IPencoderonthenetwork.
KBDUniversalXFkeyboard
ConnectedtoaUSBportofaBoschVMSworkstation.
BoschIntuiKeykeyboard
ConnectedtotheCOMportofaBoschVMSworkstation(Firmwareversion:1.82or
greater)ortoahardwaredecoder(VIPXD).
Ifyouconnectthekeyboardtoaworkstation,theusercancontrolthecompletesystem
withthekeyboard.IfyouconnectthekeyboardtoaVIPXDdecoder,theusercanonly
controlanalogmonitorswiththekeyboard.
SMSdevice
ConnectedtoaCOMportoftheManagementServer
SMTPE-mailserver
Connectedvianetwork
POS
Connectedvianetwork
ATM
Connectedvianetwork
Networkmonitoringdevice
Connectedvianetwork
I/Omodules
Connectedvianetwork
OnlyADAMdevicesaresupported.

BoschVideoManagementSystem Supportedhardware|en 65
Alldevicesconnectedvianetworkareconnectedtoaswitch.Thecomputersofthe
BoschVMSarealsoconnectedtothisdevice.
5.1 Installinghardware
BoschVMSsupportsthefollowinghardwarecomponents:
KBDUniversalXFkeyboard
BoschAllegiantmatrixwithcamerasandmonitor:ConnectedtoaCOMportofoneofthe
computersofthenetworkandtoIPencodersconnectedtothenetwork
Encoderswithanalogcameras
Localstorageencoders
IPcamerasandIPAutoDomes
Monitorsconnectedtoadecoder(analogmonitorgroupsforalarmprocessingare
possible)
DiBosSystemswithcameras
DVRSystemswithcameras
ATM/POSdevices
I/Omodules
OnlyADAMdevicesaresupported.
5.2 InstallingaKBDUniversalXFkeyboard
RefertotheInstructionsManualdeliveredwithyourKBDUniversalXFkeyboardavailableat
thefollowingwebsite:www.videotec.com/dcz.
Installmanufacturer'sdriverbeforeattachingthekeyboard.
5.3 ConnectingaBoschIntuiKeykeyboardtoBoschVMS
ThischapterprovidesbackgroundinformationonconfiguringaBoschIntuiKeykeyboard.
5.3.1 ScenariosforBoschIntuiKeykeyboardconnections
YoucanconnectaBoschIntuiKeykeyboardtotheCOMportofaBoschVMSworkstation
(scenario1)ortoahardwaredecoder(e.g.VIPXD,scenario2).
IfyouconnectthekeyboardtoaBoschVMSworkstation,youcancontrolthecomplete
system.Ifyouconnectthekeyboardtoadecoder,youcanonlycontroltheanalogmonitorsof
thesystem.
IfyouconnectthekeyboardtoanEnterpriseOperatorClient,youcancontrolthecamerasofa
specificManagementServerbyfirstpressingtheserverkeytotypeinthenumberofthis
serverandthentypethecameranumber.
Notice!
ForconnectingtheBoschIntuiKeykeyboardwithaBoschVMSworkstation,usethespecified
Boschcable.
ForconnectingtheBoschIntuiKeykeyboardwithaVIPXDdecoder,youneedacablewhich
connectsaserialCOMportofthekeyboardwiththeserialinterfaceofthedecoder.See
ConnectingaCCTVkeyboardtoadecoderforconnections.

BoschIntuiKeykeyboardconnectedtoaBoschVMSworkstation
Figure5.1:Scenario1:BoschIntuiKeykeyboardconnectedtoaBoschVideoManagementSystem
workstation
1 Variouscamerasconnectedtonetworkviaencoders
2 BoschVMSworkstation
3 BoschIntuiKeykeyboard
4 BoschVMSnetwork
5 Decoder
6 Analogmonitors

BoschIntuiKeykeyboardconnectedtoadecoder
Figure5.1:Scenario2:BoschIntuiKeykeyboardconnectedtoadecoder
1 Variouscamerasconnectedtonetworkviaencoders
2 BoschVMSworkstation
3 BoschVMSnetwork
4 BoschIntuiKeykeyboard
5 Decoder
6 Analogmonitors
Followthesereferencestogetdetailedinformationontheavailablewindows:
AssignKeyboardpage,page233
Followthesereferencestogetdetailedinformationontheavailablestep-by-stepinstructions:
ConfiguringaBoschIntuiKeykeyboard(workstation),page148
ConfiguringaBoschIntuiKeykeyboard(decoder),page148
ConfiguringadecoderforusewithaBoschIntuiKeykeyboard,page142
Seealso
5.3.2 ConnectingaBoschIntuiKeykeyboardtoadecoder
Configuringthedecoder
SeeConfiguringadecoderforusewithaBoschIntuiKeykeyboard,page142fordetails.
ConnectionsbetweenCOMportandVIPXDdecoder
ThefollowingtableliststheconnectionsbetweenanRS232adapterandaserialinterfaceofa
VIPXDdecoder:
RS232adapter SerialinterfaceofaVIPXDdecoder
1
RS232adapter SerialinterfaceofaVIPXDdecoder
2 TX
3 RX
5 GND
7 CTS
8 RTS
ThefollowingillustrationshowsthepinoutofastandardRS232adapter(1)andthepinoutof
thedecodersserialadapter(2):
1 2
5 4 3 2 1
9 8 7 6
5.3.3 UpdatingBoschIntuiKeykeyboardfirmware
1. OnanyPC,installtheIntuiKeydownloader.
2. StartIntuiKeyFirmwareUpgradeUtility.
3. Connectthekeyboardwithavalidserialcable(refertoBoschSupportifsuchacableis
notavailable)tothisPC.
4. Onthekeyboard,pressKeyboardControlsoftkey,thenFirmwareUpgrade.
5. Enterthepassword:0and1simultaneously.
Thekeyboardisinbootloadermode.
6. OnthePC,clickBrowsetoselectthefirmwarefile:forexamplekbd.s20
7. SettheCOMport.
8. ClicktheDownloadbuttontodownloadthefirmware.
Onthekeyboarddisplay,Programmingisdisplayed.
DonotpresstheClrkeynow.Otherwisethekeyboardisnotusableafterrestart(see
Noticebelow).
9. ClickBrowsetoselectthelanguage:forexample8900_EN_..82.s20
Onthekeyboarddisplay,Programmingisdisplayed.
10. CloseIntuiKeyFirmwareUpgradeUtility.
11. Onthekeyboard,pressClrkeytoexit.
Thekeyboardrestarts.Waitsomesecondsuntilthemenuforselectingthekeyboard
languageappears.
12. Selectthedesiredlanguagewithasoftkey.
Thedefaultstartdisplayappears.

Notice!
Forstartingthebootloadermodedirectly,youcanunplugthepowersupplyfromthe
keyboard,press0and1simultaneously,plugInthepowersupplyagain,release0and1.
5.4 ConnectingBoschAllegiantMatrixtoBoschVideo
ManagementSystem
TheBoschVMSAllegiantMatrixinterfaceprovidesseamlessaccesstoanalogmatrixcameras
intheOperatorClientinterface.AllegiantcamerasappearalmostidenticaltoIPcameras.The
onlydifferenceisasmallgridsymbolonthecameratoindicatethatitisaAllegiantcamera.
YoucandisplaycamerasusingthesametasksasforIPcameras.Theyareincludedbothinthe
LogicalTreeandthesitemaps,anduserscanaddthemtotheirFavoritesTrees.In-video-
windowcontrolforAllegiant-connectedPTZcamerasissupported,andyoucaneasilydisplay
AllegiantcamerasonanalogmonitorsconnectedtoIPdecoders.
BoschVMSprovidesaninterfacetothematrixswitchviatheAllegiantMCS(MasterControl
Software)application).TheMCS,inthiscase,runsinvisiblyinthebackground.Thissoftware
providesanefficient,event-driveninterfacetotheAllegiant.Itprovidesfast,real-timeevent
responsefromtheAllegianttoBoschVMS.So,forexample,ifadefectivecoaxcableresultsin
videolossintheAllegiant,animmediatenotificationissenttoBoschVMS.Also,youcan
programBoschVMStorespondtoAllegiantalarms.
5.4.1 BoschAllegiantConnectionOverview
ToachieveaconnectionbetweenBoschVMSandanAllegiantmatrixswitchingsystem,you
configureacontrolchannelbetweentheBoschVMSandtheAllegiantmatrix.
Twoscenariosarepossible:
Localconnection
TheManagementServercontrolstheAllegiantmatrix.
Remoteconnection
AdedicatedBoschAllegiantPCconnectedtothenetworkcontrolstheAllegiantmatrix.

Localconnection
Figure5.1:BoschVideoManagementSystemlocalconnectiontoaBoschAllegiantmatrixswitch
1 BoschVMSClientworkstations
2 ManagementServerwithMasterControlSoftware
3 RS-232connection
4 Allegiantmatrix
5 encoders
6 Network
Remoteconnection

Figure5.1:BoschVideoManagementSystemremoteconnectiontoaBoschAllegiantmatrixswitch
3 Network
4 AllegiantPCwithMasterControlSoftware
5 RS-232connection
6 encoders
7 Allegiantmatrix
5.4.2 Configuringthecontrolchannel
Performthefollowingtaskstoconfigurethecontrolchannel:
Wiring
Installingthesoftware
CreatingAllegiantconfigurationfile
AddingtheAllegiantmatrixtoBoschVMS
Configuringusernames
Wiring
ToconfigurethecontrolchannelbetweenBoschVMSandtheAllegiantmatrix,connectone
PCthroughanRS-232serialporttotheAllegiant'sconsoleport(usethespecifiedBoschcable
forconnection).ThiscanbetheBoschVMSManagementServer,oranyotherPConthe
network.

InstallingAllegiantMasterControlSoftware
1. StoptheManagementServerserviceifrunning(Start>ControlPanel>Services>Right-
clickBoschVMSManagementServer>Stop)
2. InstalltheAllegiantMasterControlSoftwareontheManagementServerandonthe
AllegiantPC(ifpresent).
3. OnanremoteAllegiantPCconfigureittostarttheAllegiantNetworkHostprogram
(ld_alghw.exe)onstartup.ThisstartsthenecessaryAllegiantservicestoallowotherPCs
onthenetworktoaccesstheAllegiant.Thesoftwarerunsinvisibly.Itisnotnecessaryto
haveadongleattachedtothiscomputer.
Tohavetheservicestartedoncomputerstartupautomatically,copyalinkto
ld_alghw.exetotheStartupfolderofyourcomputer.
CreatingaBoschAllegiantconfigurationfile
1. UsingtheAllegiantMasterControlSoftware,createaAllegiantconfigurationfilethat
specifiesthecomputerattachedtotheAllegiantmatrix.Forthistask,theMasterControl
dongleisrequired.
2. OntheTransfermenu,clickCommunicationSetup.IntheCurrentHostlist,enterthe
DNSnameofthecomputerconnectedtotheAllegiantmatrix,andentertheserialport
parameters(COMportnumber,baudrate,etc.)oftheAllegiant-connectedserialport.
ThisallowstheMasterControlSoftwareontheManagementServerorPCtogoon-line
withtheAllegiantsystem.Ifthisisnotsuccessful,ensurethateithertheMasterControl
SoftwareortheAllegiantNetworkHostprogramisrunningonthecomputerattachedto
theAllegiantmatrix,andthatthenetworksecurityisconfiguredtoallowremoteaccess
tothiscomputer.
3. OntheTransfermenu,clickUpload.SelectalltablesandclickUpload.Tosavethe
configurationfile,selectadirectory.
4. ExittheMasterControlSoftware.
AddingtheBoschAllegiantmatrixtoBoschVMS
1. StarttheBoschVMSManagementServerservice,starttheConfigurationClient,andadd
theAllegiantdevicebyaddingthisconfigurationfile(seeAddingdevices,page138forthe
step-by-stepinstruction).
2. EnsurethattheAllegiantMasterControlSoftwareconfigurationfileusedinBoschVMS
matchesthecurrentAllegiantconfiguration.
BoschVMSrunstherequiredcomponentsofMasterControlSoftwareinvisiblyinthe
background.
ConfiguringtheusernameforloggingontheAllegiantservices
IftheAllegiantmatrixisconnectedtoaPCinthenetworkandnottotheManagementServer,
ensurethattheAllegiantservicesonthisPCandontheManagementServerlogonwiththe
sameuseraccount.Thisusermustbememberofanadministratorsgroup.
Furthernotesinthedocumentation
Followthesereferencestogetdetailedinformationontheavailablewindows:
MatrixSwitchespage,page214
Followthesereferencestogetdetailedinformationontheavailablestep-by-stepinstructions:
ConfiguringaBoschAllegiantdevice,page144
Seealso
MatrixSwitchespage,page214

5.4.3 BoschAllegiantSatelliteSystemConcept
TheAllegiantmatrixswitchallowsmultipleAllegiantsystemstobetiedtogetherusingthe
Satelliteconcept.Inthiscase,multipleAllegiantsystemscanappeartotheBoschVMSasone
largesystem,providingaccesstoallcamerasonallsystems.
InanAllegiantSatelliteSystem,monitoroutputsofaslaveAllegiantaretiedtovideoinputson
themasterAllegiant.Thisconnectioniscalledatrunkline.Inaddition,acontrolchannelis
establishedbetweenthemasterandtheslave.WhenacamerafromaslaveAllegiantis
requestedfromthemasterAllegiant,acommandissenttotheslaveinstructingittoswitch
therequestedcameratoatrunkline.Atthesametime,themasterAllegiantswitchesthe
trunkinputtotherequestedmasterAllegiantmonitoroutput.Thiscompletesthevideo
connectionfromtherequestedslavecameratothedesiredmastermonitor.
Figure5.1:BoschAllegiantsystemextendedwithSatelliteswitches
3 Network
4 AllegiantPCwithMasterControlSoftware
5 RS-232connection
6 encoders
7 Allegiantmatrix
8 AllegiantSatellitematrix
YoucanapplytheSatelliteconceptsuchthatanAllegiantcanbebothamasterandaslave.In
thisway,eachAllegiantcanviewcamerasfromtheothers.Itisonlynecessarytoconnect
trunklinesandcontrollinesinbothdirections,andtoproperlyconfiguretheAllegianttables.
Theconceptcanbefurtherextended,withnopracticallimit,tomultipleAllegiantsystems.An
Allegiantcanhavemanyslaves,anditcanbeaslavetomanymasters.Youcanprogramthe
Allegianttablestoallowordisallowuseraccesstocameraviewsasrequiredbysitepolicies.
5.5 AllegiantCCLcommandssupportedinBoschVMS
TousetheCCLcommandsyouneedtheCCLUserGuide.Thismanualisavailableinthe
OnlineProductCataloginthedocumentsectionofeachLTCAllegiantMatrix.

Supportedcommand Description Remarks

Switching/Sequence
LCM SwitchLogicalCamerato LCM,LCM+andLCM-are

Monitor equivalent.
LCMP SwitchLogicalCamerato
MonitorwithPre-position
Call
MON+CAM SwitchPhysicalCamerato
Monitor
MON-RUN RunSequencebyMonitor
Number
MON-HOLD HoldSequencebyMonitor
Number
SEQ-REQ SequenceRequest
SEQ-ULD SequenceUnload
Receiver/Driver
R/D BasicControlcommands
REMOTE-ACTION SimultaneousPan/Tilt/
ZoomControlcommands
REMOTE-TGL TogglePan/Tilt/Zoom
Controlcommands
PREPOS-SET SetPre-position
PREPOS CallPre-position
AUX-ON AuxiliaryControl
AUX-OFF commands
AuxiliaryOn
AuxiliaryOff
VARSPEED_PTZ VariableSpeedControl
commands
Alarm Usedtocontrolvirtualinputs.For
example"+alarm1"closesvirtual
input1,"-alarm1"opensvirtual
input1
+ALARM Activateanalarm Opensavirtualinputin

BoschVMS.
-ALARM Deactivateanalarm Closesavirtualinputin

BoschVMS.
System
TC8x00>HEX SetHexadecimalMode

Supportedcommand Description Remarks

Switching/Sequence
TC8x00>DECIMAL SetDecimalMode

76 en|Gettingstarted BoschVideoManagementSystem
6 Gettingstarted
ThischapterprovidesinformationonhowtogetstartedwithBoschVMS.
6.1 Installingthesoftwaremodules
Caution!
CloseConfigurationClientbeforeyoustarttheBoschVMSSetup.
Caution!
DonotinstallDiBosWebclientonanyBoschVMScomputer.
Installeverysoftwaremoduleonthecomputerthatissupposedtobeusedforthismodule.
Toinstall:
1. InserttheproductCD-ROM.
2. StartSetup.exeorstarttheBoschVMSSetupontheWelcomescreen.
3. Inthenextdialogbox,selectthemodulestobeinstalledonthiscomputer.
4. Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.
6.2 Scanningfordevices
Mainwindow> Devices
YoucanscanforthefollowingdevicestoaddthemwiththehelpoftheBoschVMSScan
Wizarddialogbox:
VRMdevices
Encoders
Liveonlyencoders
LiveonlyONVIFencoders
Decoders
VideoStreamingGateway(VSG)devices
DVRdevices
VIDOSNVRs
Seealso
ToaddVRMdevicesviascan:,page76
Toaddencodersviascan:,page77
ToaddBoschliveonlydevicesviascan:,page77
ToaddONVIFliveonlydevicesviascan:,page78
Toaddlocalstorageencodersviascan:,page78
ToaddVSGdevicesviascan:,page78
ToaddDVRdevicesviascan:,page79
ToaddVIDOSNVRsviascan:,page79
ToaddVRMdevicesviascan:
1. Right-click andclickScanforVRMDevices.
TheBoschVMSScanWizarddialogboxisdisplayed.
2. Selectthedesiredcheckboxesforthedevicesthatyouwanttoadd.

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3. IntheRolelist,selectthedesiredrole.
ItdependsonthecurrenttypeoftheVRMdevicewhichnewroleyoucanselect.
IfyouselectMirroredorFailover,thenextconfigurationstepisadditionallyrequired.
4. ClickNext>>.
TheAuthenticateDevicesdialogboxofthewizardisdisplayed.
5. Typeinthepasswordforeachdevicethatisprotectedbyapassword.
Passwordcheckisperformedautomatically,whenyoudonotenterafurthercharacterin
thepasswordfieldforafewsecondsoryouclickoutsidethepasswordfield.
Ifthepasswordsofalldevicesareidentical,youcanenteritinthefirstPasswordfield.
Thenright-clickthisfieldandclickCopycelltocolumn.
IntheStatuscolumn,thesuccessfullogonsareindicatedwith .
Thefailedlogonsareindicatedwith .
6. ClickFinish.
ThedeviceisaddedtoyourBoschVMS.
Toaddencodersviascan:
1. Right-click andclickScanforEncoders.
2. Selecttherequiredencoders,selectthedesiredVRMpoolandclickAssigntoassign
themtotheVRMpool.
3. ClickNext>>.
5. ClickFinish.
ToaddBoschliveonlydevicesviascan:
1. Right-click andclickScanforLiveOnlyEncoders.
3. ClickNext>>.

5. ClickFinish.
ToaddONVIFliveonlydevicesviascan:
1. Right-click andclickScanforLiveOnlyONVIFEncoders.
3. ClickNext>>.
5. ClickFinish.
Toaddlocalstorageencodersviascan:
1. Right-click andclickScanforLocalStorageEncoders.
3. ClickNext>>.
5. ClickFinish.
ToaddVSGdevicesviascan:
1. Right-click andclickScanforVideoStreamingGateways.

2. SelecttherequiredVSGdevices,selectthedesiredVRMpoolandclickAssigntoassign
themtotheVRMpool.
3. ClickNext>>.
5. ClickFinish.
ToaddDVRdevicesviascan:
1. Right-click andclickScanforDVRDevices.
3. ClickNext>>.
5. ClickFinish.
ToaddVIDOSNVRsviascan:
1. Right-click andclickStartVidosNVRScan.
3. ClickNext>>.

5. ClickFinish.
Seealso
BoschVMSScanWizard,page256
6.3 UsingConfigWizard
TostartConfigurationWizard:
4 ClickStart>AllPrograms>BoschVMS>ConfigWizard.
TheWelcomepageisdisplayed.
RelatedTopics
ConfigWizard,page22
Availablepages
Welcomepage,page81
Networkpage,page82
Timepage,page83
Basicpage,page84
Devicespage,page85
Authenticationpage,page86
Recordingpage,page87
Storagepage,page88
Userspage,page89
Finishpage,page90

Welcomepage
4 ClickNextbuttontocontinue.

Networkpage
Notice!
OnlyavailableonDIVARIP3000andDIVARIP7000.
Youconfigurethenetworksettingsoftheoperatingsystem.
AssoonasyouclickNextbutton,thesettingsareactivated.

Timepage
Notice!
OnlyavailableonDIVARIP3000andDIVARIP7000.
Youconfigurethetimesettingsoftheoperatingsystem.
Note:
Wehighlyrecommenddefiningatimeserverinavideosurveillanceenvironment.

Basicpage
Thispagedisplaysthelatestsavedconfiguration.YoucanimportaBoschVMSfileasachange
totheexistingconfiguration.ThischangeissavedbutnotactivatedwhenyouclickNext.
Youcanselectthenetworkadapterofyourcomputerthatisconnectedtothevideodevices
(IPcameras,encoders,decoders,iSCSIstoragesystems)ofyoursystem.TheIPaddressof
thisnetworkadapterisusedasIPaddressoftheVRM,theVSGandthelocaliSCSIstorage
system.
ClickPortMappingtospecifythepublicIPaddressorDNSnameifthesystemshallbe
accessedviaInternet.

Devicespage
Note:
Thescanfordevicescantakeatime.Youcancancelthescan.Alldevicesthatwerealready
scanned,aredisplayedinthetable.
Thispagedisplaysallvideodevicesthatarenotincludedinthelatestsavedconfiguration.
Deselectthedevicesthatshouldnotbeaddedtotheconfiguration,thenclickNext.
IftheselecteddevicesarenotlocatedinthesameIPrangeastheDIVARIPsystem,thedevice
IPaddresscanbechangedbyspecifyingastartaddressforthedeviceIPrange.

Authenticationpage
Thispageisusedtoauthenticateatvideodevicesprotectedbypassword.Foreasy
authenticationwiththesamepasswordformultipledevicesyoucanusetheclipboard(CTRL
+C,CTRL+V):
4 Selectarowwithasuccessfullyauthenticateddevice(greenlockisdisplayed),press
CTRL+C,selectmultiplerowsdisplayingaredlockandpressCTRL+V).
Passwordcheckisperformedautomatically,whenyoudonotenterafurthercharacterinthe
passwordfieldforafewsecondsoryouclickoutsidethepasswordfield.

Recordingpage
Onlythosecamerasaredisplayedonthispagewhichwerenewlyadded.Assoonasyou
activatethisconfiguration,youcannotchangetheprofileassignmentofthesecameras.

Storagepage
ThispageallowstheadditionoffurtheriSCSIstoragedevices

Userspage
Youcanaddusersandpasswords.UseConfigurationClienttoaddusergroupsandtochange
permissions.

Finishpage
Beforeyoucanactivateyourconfigurationyoumustperformthefollowingtasks:
Provideaglobaldefaultpasswordforalldevicesthatarenotcurrentlyprotectedbya
password.
Activateyourlicensepackageifrequired.
Globaldefaultpassword
IfinConfigurationClienttheoptionEnforcepasswordprotectiononactivation(Settings->
Options)isdisabled,youarenotforcedtoprovideaglobaldefaultpasswordtoactivate.
Licensing
ExpandLicensingandclickLicenseWizardtocheckoractivateyourlicensepackage.
AfterclickingSaveandactivate,theconfigurationisactivated.
Aftersuccessfulactivation,theFinishpageisdisplayedagain.Nowyoucanstoreabackupof
theconfigurationifdesired:ClickSavebackupcopy.
Thispageisusedforprovidingaglobaldefaultpasswordforalldevicesthatarenotcurrently
protectedbyapassword.
AfterclickingSaveandactivate,theconfigurationisactivated.
Aftersuccessfulactivation,theFinishpageisdisplayedagain.Nowyoucanstoreabackupof
theconfigurationifdesired:ClickSavebackupcopy.
6.4 Accessingthesystem
Youaccessasystemperformingthefollowingsteps:
1. Performoneofthefollowingstepstoselectthenetworkaddressofthedesiredsystem:
Clickapreselectedlistentry.
Enteranetworkaddressmanually.
SelectanetworkaddressusingServerLookup.
2. Logontothedesiredsystem:
Singleserversystem
EnterpriseSystem

6.5 UsingServerLookup
AsingleuserofConfigurationClientorOperatorClientmaywanttoconnecttomultiple
systemaccesspointssequentially.ThisaccessiscalledServerLookup.Systemaccesspoints
canbeManagementServerorEnterpriseManagementServer.
ServerLookupsupportsyouinlocatingsystemaccesspointsbytheirnamesordescriptions.
Theuserretrievesthelistofsystemaccesspointsduringlogon.Heneedstoconnecttothe
serverhostingtheconfigurationwithServerList/AddressBook.
Toaccess:
1. StartOperatorClientorConfigurationClient.
Thelogondialogboxisdisplayed.
2. IntheConnection:list,select<Browse...>forConfigurationClientor<AddressBook...>
forOperatorClient.
IfprivateandpublicIPaddresshasbeenconfiguredforaserver,thisisindicated.
Ifyouselect<Browse...>or<AddressBook...>forthefirsttime,theServerLookup
dialogboxisdisplayed.
3. Inthe(Enterprise)ManagementServerAddress:field,typeinavalidnetworkaddressof
thedesiredserver.
4. Enteravalidusernameandpassword.
5. Ifrequired,clickRememberSettings.
6. ClickOK.
TheServerLookupdialogboxisdisplayed.
7. Selectthedesiredserver.
8. ClickOK.
9. Iftheselectedserverhasbothaprivateandapublicnetworkaddress,amessageboxis
displayedaskingwhetheryouareusingacomputerlocatedintheprivatenetworkofthe
selectedserver.
TheservernameisaddedtotheConnection:listinthelogondialogbox.
10. SelectthisserverintheConnection:listandclickOK.
IfyouhaveselectedtheRememberSettingscheckbox,youcanselectthisserverdirectly
whenyouagainwanttoaccessthisserver.
6.6 Configuringremoteaccess
YoucanconfigureremoteaccesseitherforasinglesystemwithoutEnterpriseSystemorfor
anEnterpriseSystem.
6.6.1 ConfiguringwithoutEnterpriseSystem
Toconfigure:
1. ConfigureremoteaccesssettingsintheRemoteAccessSettingsdialogbox.
2. Configuretherouter.
RelatedTopics
6.6.2 ConfiguringwithEnterpriseSystem
Toconfigure:
1. ConfiguretheServerList.
2. ConfigureEnterpriseUserGroupsandEnterpriseAccounts.
3. ConfigureremoteaccesssettingsintheRemoteAccessSettingsdialogbox.
4. Configuretherouter.

RelatedTopics
Creatingagrouporaccount,page184
6.7 Activatingthesoftwarelicenses
Mainwindow
WhenyouinstallBoschVMSforthefirsttime,youmustactivatethelicensesforthesoftware
packagesthatyouhaveordered,includingthebasepackageandanyexpansionsand/or
optionalfeatures.
ToobtaintheActivationKeyforalicense,youneedtheAuthorizationNumber.Thisnumberis
includedinyourproductbox.
WithaBundleInformationfileyoucaneasetheprocessofactivating.
Caution!
Thecomputersignatureisusedforlicensing.Thiscomputersignaturecanchangeafter
exchanginghardwareontheManagementServercomputer.Whenthecomputersignatureis
changed,thelicenseforthebasepackagebecomesinvalid.
Toavoidlicensingproblems,finishthehardwareandsoftwareconfigurationbeforeyou
generatethecomputersignature.
Thefollowinghardwarechangescanmakethebaselicenseinvalid:
Exchangingthenetworkinterfacecard.
AddingaVMWareorVPNvirtualnetworkinterface.
AddingoractivatingaWLANnetworkinterface.
SwitchoverofaStratusservermainboardwithoutteamingsettings.
Toactivatethesoftware:
1. StartConfigurationClient.
2. OntheToolsmenu,clickLicenseManager....
TheLicenseManagerdialogboxisdisplayed.
3. Clicktochecktheboxesforthesoftwarepackage,thefeatures,andtheexpansionsthat
youwanttoactivate.Fortheexpansions,enterthenumberoflicenses.
IfyouhavereceivedaBundleInformationfile,clickImportBundleInfotoimportit.
4. ClickActivate.
TheLicenseActivationdialogboxisdisplayed.
5. Writedownthecomputersignatureorcopyandpasteitintoatextfile.
6. OnacomputerwithInternetaccess,enterthefollowingURLintoyourbrowser:
https://activation.boschsecurity.com
IfyoudonothaveanaccounttoaccesstheBoschLicenseActivationCenter,either
createanewaccount(recommended)orclickthelinktoactivateanewlicensewithout
loggingon.Ifyoucreateanaccountandlogonbeforeactivating,theLicenseManager
keepstrackofyouractivations.Youcanthenreviewthisatanytime.
FollowtheinstructionstoobtaintheLicenseActivationKey.
7. ReturntotheBoschVMSsoftware.IntheLicenseActivationdialogbox,typetheLicense
ActivationKeyobtainedfromtheLicenseManagerandclickActivate.
Thesoftwarepackageisactivated.
Seealso
LicenseManagerdialogbox,page202
LicenseActivationdialogbox,page203

6.8 StartingConfigurationClient
OnlytheusercalledAdmincanlogontoConfigurationClient.
Note:
YoucannotstartConfigurationClientwhenanotheruseronanothercomputerinthesystem
hasalreadystartedConfigurationClient.
TostartConfigurationClient:
1. FromtheStartmenu,selectPrograms>BoschVMS>ConfigClient.
Thedialogboxforloggingonisdisplayed.
2. IntheUserName:field,typeyourusername.
Whenyoustarttheapplicationforthefirsttime,enterAdminasusername,nopassword
required.
3. InthePassword:field,typeyourpassword.
4. ClickOK.
Theapplicationstarts.
6.9 ConfiguringthelanguageofConfigurationClient
YouconfigurethelanguageofyourConfigurationClientindependentlyofthelanguageofyour
Windowsinstallation.
Toconfigurethelanguage:
1. OntheSettingsmenu,clickOptions....
TheOptionsdialogboxisdisplayed.
2. IntheLanguagelist,selectthedesiredlanguage.
IfyouselectSystemlanguage,thelanguageofyourWindowsinstallationisused.
3. ClickOK.
Thelanguageisswitchedafterthenextrestartoftheapplication.
6.10 ConfiguringthelanguageofOperatorClient
YouconfigurethelanguageofyourOperatorClientindependentlyofthelanguageofyour
WindowsinstallationandofyourConfigurationClient.Thisstepisperformedinthe
Toconfigurethelanguage:
1. ClickUserGroups> .ClicktheUserGroupPropertiestab.
2. IntheLanguage:list,selectthedesiredlanguage.
3. Click tosavethesettings.
4. Click toactivatetheconfiguration.
RestartOperatorClient.
6.11 Addinganewlicense
Mainwindow
HavetheActivationLetterathandthatyoureceivedfromBosch.
Toaddanewlicense:
1. OntheToolsmenu,clickLicenseManager....
TheLicenseManagerdialogboxisdisplayed.
2. Selectthesoftwarepackagethatyouwanttoactivate.

3. ClickActivate.
TheLicenseActivationdialogboxisdisplayed.
4. TypetheLicenseActivationKeythatyoufindintheActivationLetter.
5. ClickActivate.
Thesoftwarepackageisactivated.
6. Repeatthisprocedureforeachsoftwarepackagethatyouwanttoactivate.
RelatedTopics
LicenseManagerdialogbox,page202
LicenseActivationdialogbox,page203
6.12 MaintainingBoschVMS
ThischapterprovidesinformationonhowtomaintainajustinstalledorupgradedBoschVMS.
Performthefollowingtasksformaintainingthesystem:
ExportBoschVMSconfigurationandusersettings.Theversionhistory(allversionsofthe
configurationthatwereactivatedearlier)isnotexported.Itisrecommendedtoactivate
yourconfigurationbeforeexporting.
SeeToexportconfigurationdata:,page94fortheprocedure.
Or
Performabackupoftheelements.bvms.Thisisrequiredifyouwanttorestorean
(Enterprise)ManagementServerincludingtheversionhistory.Usersettingsarenot
included.
SeeToperformabackup:,page94fortheprocedure.
SaveVRMconfigurationfile(config.xml)
SeeTosaveVRMconfiguration:,page95fortheprocedure.
Thisexportedconfigurationdoesnotkeepthesystemshistory.Norollbackispossible.
Theentiresystemconfigurationincludingthecompletehistoryofsystemchangesisstoredin
onefile:
C:\ProgramData\Bosch\VMS\Elements.bvms.
Toexportconfigurationdata:
1. OntheSystemmenu,clickExportConfiguration....
TheExportConfigurationFiledialogboxisdisplayed.
Note:Ifyourcurrentworkingcopyconfigurationisnotactivated( isactive),you
exportthisworkingcopyandnottheactivatedconfiguration.
2. ClickSave.
3. Enterafilename.
Thecurrentconfigurationisexported.A.zipfilewithdatabaseanduserdataiscreated.
Toperformabackup:
1. StoptheserviceBoschVMSCentralServeronthe(Enterprise)ManagementServer.
2. Copythefileelements.bvmstothedesireddirectoryforbackup.
3. StarttheserviceBoschVMSCentralServeronthe(Enterprise)ManagementServer.
TheVRMconfigurationisstoredinasingleencryptedfileconfig.xml.
ThefilecanbecopiedandstoredforbackupwhiletheVRMserviceisupandrunning.
ThefileisencryptedandcontainsallVRMrelevantdatasuchas:
Userdata
AllsystemdevicesandtheirVRMrelevantsettings

PartsoftheVRMconfigurationarealsostoredintheBoschVMSconfiguration.Whenyou
changesomethingwithinthesedata,itiswrittentoconfig.xmlafteractivatingtheBoschVMS
configuration.
ThefollowingsettingsarenotstoredintheBoschVMSconfiguration:
VRMSettings>MainSettings
Network>SNMP
Service>Advanced
Recordingpreferences
LoadBalancing
Whenyouchangesomethingononeofthesepages,itiswrittenimmediatelytotheVRM
ServerandnotsavedintheBoschVMSconfiguration.
TosaveVRMconfiguration:
4 CopyConfig.xmltosafelocation.
YoucanfindthisfileinthefollowingdirectoryforaPrimaryVRM:
C:\ProgramFiles(x86)\Bosch\VideoRecordingManager\primary\VRMServer
YoucanfindthisfileinthefollowingdirectoryforaSecondaryVRM:
C:\ProgramFiles(x86)\Bosch\VideoRecordingManager\secondary\VRMServer
6.13 Replacingadevice
Thischapterprovidesinformationonhowtorepairthesystemforexamplewhendevicesfail
andmustbereplaced.
Prerequisite
Themaintenancetaskshavebeenperformed.
Seealso
MaintainingBoschVMS,page94
6.13.1 ReplacingaMS/EMS
ThereisnodifferencebetweenManagementServerandEnterpriseManagementServer
replacement.
YoucaneitherrestoretheconfigurationoftheoldManagementServerorEnterprise
ManagementServeroryoucanimporttheexportedconfiguration.
Whenyourestoretheconfiguration,theServerIDremainsunchanged.
Whenyouimporttheconfiguration,theServerIDofthenewsystemisused.Youneedanew
ServerIDifyouwanttocreateanEnterpriseSystemusinganexportedconfigurationthatyou
importineachManagementServerasatemplate.EachManagementServerinthisEnterprise
SystemmusthaveauniqueServerID.
Youcanimportanexportedconfigurationandtheusersettingsofthisconfiguration.Theuser
settingscontaintheusersthatwereaddedinthisconfigurationandtheirsettingsin
OperatorClientlikewindowsizesandfavorites.
Note:Importingaconfigurationdoesnotrestoretheversionhistoryoftheoldconfiguration.
Whenyouimportaconfiguration,nousersettingsareimported.Youmustmanuallyrestore
theexportedusersettings.
Toimporttheconfiguration:
1. OntheSystemmenu,clickImportConfiguration....
TheImportConfigurationFiledialogboxisdisplayed.
2. SelectthedesiredfileforimportandclickOpen.
TheImportConfiguration...dialogboxisdisplayed.

3. EntertheappropriatepasswordandclickOK.
TheConfigurationClientisrestarted.Youmustlogonagain.
TheimportedconfigurationisnotactivatedbuteditableinConfigurationClient.
Torestoretheexportedconfiguration:
Youcanonlyaccess(copy,delete)thisfilewhentheBoschVMSCentralServerserviceis
stopped.
1. StoptheserviceBoschVMSCentralServeronthe(Enterprise)ManagementServer.
2. Ifrequired,renamethebackupfiletoElements.bvms.
3. ReplacetheexistingElements.bvms.
4. StarttheserviceBoschVMSCentralServeronthe(Enterprise)ManagementServer.
Note:Toresetthesystemtoanemptyconfiguration,stoptheserviceanddeletethe
Elements.bvms.
Furtherconfigurationfiles:
Elements.bvms.bak(fromV.2.2on):Automaticbackupfileofthelastactivationincluding
versionhistory.Laterchangesoftheconfigurationbeingnotactivated,arenotincluded.
Elements_Backup******.bvms:Configurationfromanolderversion.Thisfileiscreated
afterasoftwareupdate.
Torestoretheexportedusersettings:
1. Extractthezipfilethatwascreatedduringthemaintenanceexport.
Theexport.bvmsfileandtheUserDatadirectoryareextracted.
2. Onthedesired(Enterprise)ManagementServer:CopytheUserDatadirectorytoC:
\ProgramData\Bosch\VMS\.
6.13.2 ReplacingaVRM
ToreplacetheVRMdevicefromwithinBoschVMS:
PrerequisiteisaninstalledOSwithcorrectnetworksettingsandthecorrectversionofVRM
(forexamplefromthesuitableBoschVMSSetupDVD).
1. StartBoschVMSConfigurationClient.
2. IntheDeviceTree,selecttheVRMdevice.
3. Performthesettingsonthefollowingpages,thensaveandactivatetheconfiguration:
Mainwindow>Devices>Expand >Expand >
Mainwindow>Devices>Expand >Expand >VRMSettings>MainSettings
Mainwindow>Devices>Expand >Expand >Network>SNMP
Mainwindow>Devices>Expand >Expand >Service>Advanced
Mainwindow>Devices>Expand >Expand > > >Advanced

Settings>RecordingPreferences
Mainwindow>Devices>Expand >Expand > > >LoadBalancing

ToreplacetheVRMdevicewithoutBoschVMS:
PrerequisiteisaninstalledOSwithcorrectnetworksettingsandthecorrectversionofVRM
(e.g.fromthesuitableBoschBoschVMSSetupDVD).
Youusetheoriginalbackupconfig.xmlfromtheVRMdevice,containingallconfiguration
settings(nofurthersettingsarerequired).
1. StoptheVideoRecordingManagerservice.
2. Copyconfig.xmltothenewserver.
3. StarttheVideoRecordingManagerservice.
ToreplaceaniSCSIdevice(plannedfailover):
1. AddthenewiSCSIdevice.
2. UsingConfigurationManager,ontheiSCSIdevicetobereplaced,configureallLUNsas
read-only.
Note:YoucanremovetheoldiSCSIdevicewhentheoldrecordingsarenolongerrequired.
6.13.3 Replacinganencoderordecoder
Caution!
DonotremoveadevicefromtheDeviceTreeifyouwanttoretainitsrecordings.For
replacingthisdevice,exchangethehardware.
Replacinganencoder/decoderofthesametype
Prerequisiteisafactorydefaultdevice(IPAddress=192.168.0.1).
1. Disconnecttheolddevicefromthenetwork.
2. DonotdeletethedevicefromtheDeviceTreeintheBoschVMSConfigurationClient!
WhendeletingthedevicefromVRM,recordingislost.
3. Connectthenewdeviceofthesametypetothenetwork.
Caution!
ThenextstepsrequiretheabovementioneddefaultIPaddress.WithDHCPassignedIP
addressesyoucannotperformtheinitialdevicescan.
4. ConfigurationClient:OntheHardwaremenu,clickInitialDeviceScan....
TheInitialDeviceScandialogboxisdisplayed.
5. Clickacelltochangethedesiredaddress.Forchangingmultipledevices,selectthe
desiredrows.YoucanselectmultipledevicesbypressingtheCTRL-ortheSHIFT-key.
Thenright-clicktheselectedrowsandclickSetIPAddresses...orclickSetSubnet
Mask...tochangethecorrespondingvalues.
YoumustenterthecorrectsubnetmaskandIPaddress.
SubnetmaskandIPAddressmustbeidenticaltothereplaceddevice.
6. ClickOK.
7. AfterafewsecondsyoucanaccessthedevicesettingintheDeviceTree.
8. ChangeallrequireddevicesettingsthatarenotcontrolledbyBoschVMS(referto
informationbelow).
9. Saveandactivate.
Notes:
TheinitialdevicescanonlyfindsdeviceswithdefaultIPaddresses(192.168.0.1)or
duplicateIPaddresses.
DonotusetheVRMorNVRscantoscandefaulteddevicessinceyouwillnotbeableto
changetheIPaddressafterwards.
ReplacinganencoderwithDHCPassignedIPaddress:
Prerequisiteisafactorydefaultencoder(DHCPassignedIP).
1. ConnecttheencodertotheEthernetportofyourcomputerdirectly.
2. WritedownthenetworkadapterconfigurationforTCP/IPv4torestoreitlater.

3. Onthenetworkadapterofyourcomputer,configurethefollowingfixedIPaddressand
subnetmaskforyournetworkadapter:
192.168.0.2
255.255.255.0
4. StartInternetExplorer.
5. IntheAddressbar,typein192.168.0.1.
TheWebpageofthedeviceisdisplayed.
6. ClickSettings,thenclickNetwork.
7. OntheNetworkpage,intheDHCPlist,selectOff.
8. IntheIPaddressfield,intheSubnetmaskfieldandintheGatewayaddressfield,type
intherequiredvaluesvalidforyournetwork.
9. ClickSetandReboot.
10. Restorethenetworkadapterconfiguration.
Replacinganencoder/decoderofanotherdevicetype
Disconnecttheolddevicefromthenetwork.
DonotdeletethedevicefromtheDeviceTreeintheBoschVMSConfigurationClient!
WhendeletingthedevicefromanNVR,recordingislost.
Connectthenewdeviceofthenewtypetothenetwork.
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand >Expand >Right-click >Click

EditEncoder>EditEncoderdialogbox
or
Mainwindow> Devices>Right-click >ClickEditEncoder>EditEncoder

dialogbox
or

dialogbox
or

or
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand >Right-click >ClickEditDecoder>

EditDecoderdialogbox
Afteranupgradeofthedevice,youcanupdateitsdevicecapabilities.Amessagetextinforms
youwhethertheretrieveddevicecapabilitiesmatchthedevicecapabilitiesstoredin
BoschVMS.

Toupdate:
1. ClickOK.
Amessageboxisdisplayedwiththefollowingtext:
Ifyouapplythedevicecapabilities,therecordingsettingsandtheeventsettingsfor
thisdevicemaychange.Checkthesesettingsforthisdevice.
2. ClickOK.
Thedevicecapabilitiesareupdated.
ReplacingaVSGcamera
WhenyoureplaceaVSGcamera,ensurethatthereplacedcamerahasthesametype,the
sameIPaddressandthesameONVIVprofileastheoldcamera.
AdditionallyyoumustperformthefollowingsettingsonanewAXIScameraviatheWeb
interfaceoftheVSGcamerabeforereplacingtheoldAXIScamera:
Setapasswordforuserroot
Configuretimesynchronization
Disablelink-localaddress
CreateanONVIFuser
Disablereplayattackprotection
SettingscontrolledbyBoschVMS
EncodersanddecodersconfiguredinaBoschVMSsystemarecontrolledbytheBoschVMS
Serverandthuscannotbesharedwithotherapplications.
YoucanusetheBoschVMSDeviceMonitortocheckwhichdeviceshowamismatching
configurationdeviatingfromtheBoschVMSconfiguration.
BoschVMSConfigurationClientoffersconfigurationpagesforallBVIPdevices.
ThescaleofsettingsdependsontheparticularBVIPmodel(e.g.VIPX1600XFM4).
BoschVMSkeepscontrolofallBVIPsettingsrequiredforaseamlessintegrationintoa
BoschVMSsystem.
SettingscontrolledbyBoschVMS:
Cameraname
Timeserversettings
RecordingManagement(profiles,retentiontimes,schedules)
Definitionsofqualitysettings
Passwords
StoredintheBoschVMSconfigurationbutnotchangedonthedevices:
IPaddress(youcanchangeIPaddresseswithBoschVMSIPDeviceConfiguration)
Relay/inputnames(differencebetweennamesinthedeviceandnamesconfiguredin
BoschVMSisdisplayed)
Systemeventsformismatchingdeviceconfiguration
SystemInfoeventsaregenerated,oncetheconfigurationofadevicehasbeenfixed
duringaperiodiccheck.
SystemWarningeventsaregenerated,onceamismatchingconfigurationhasbeen
detectedonadeviceforthefirsttime.Subsequentchecksdonotraisethiseventuntil
theconfigurationhasbeencorrectedbyanactivationoraperiodicfix.
SytemErroreventsaregenerated,onceanerrorregardingconfigurationhasbeen
detectedduringactivationorperiodicchecks.Subsequentchecksdonotraisethisevent
untiltheconfigurationhasbeencorrectedbyanactivationoraperiodicfix.

6.13.4 ReplacinganOperatorClient
ToreplaceanOperatorClientworkstation:
1. Replacethecomputer.
2. StarttheBoschVMSSetuponthenewcomputer.
3. Inthelistofcomponentstobeinstalled,selectOperatorClient.
Ifrequired,selectothercomponentsthatwereinstalledonthereplacedcomputer.
4. Installthesoftware.
6.13.5 Finaltests
TocheckMS/EMSreplacementandOperatorClientreplacement:
1. Activatetheconfiguration.
2. StartOperatorClient.
3. ChecktheLogicalTreeinOperatorClient.
ItmustbeidenticalwithLogicalTreeinConfigurationClient.
TocheckVRMreplacement:
4 StartVRMMonitorandchecktheactiverecordings.
6.13.6 RecoveringDivarIP3000/7000
RefertotheInstallationManualsofDIVARIP3000orDIVARIP7000.Inthechapteron
recoveringtheunityoufindhowtoproceed.
6.14 Configuringtimesynchronization
Notice!
EnsurethatthetimeoftheallcomputersofBoschVMSissynchronizedwithManagement
Server.Otherwiseyoucanlooserecordings.
ConfigurethetimeserversoftwareonManagementServer.Ontheothercomputers,
configuretheIPaddressofManagementServerastimeserverusingstandardWindows
procedures.
6.15 Configuringthestoragemediaofanencoder
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand >Expand > > >Advanced

Settings>RecordingManagement
Note:EnsurethatthedesiredcamerasofthisencoderareaddedtotheLogicalTree.
YoumustconfigurethestoragemediaofanencodertousetheANRfunction.
Note:Ifyouwanttoconfigurethestoragemediaofanencoderthathasalreadybeenaddedto
yoursystemandisrecordedviaVRM,clicktocheckRecording1managedbyVRM.Confirm
thatrecordingstops.
TheANRfunctiononlyworksonencoderswithfirmwareversion5.90orlater.Notallencoder
typessupportANRevenifthecorrectfirmwareversionisinstalled.
Toconfigurethestoragemediaofanencoder:
1. IntheRecordingmediaarea,selectthestoragemedia.Dependingonthedevicetype,
differentmediaareavailable.
2. ClickAddtoaddtheselectedmediatotheManagedstoragemediaarea.
3. Right-clicktheaddedmediaandclickFormatmedium.
4. ClicktoselectRec.2.

5. Click .
Formattingisstarted.
Afterthesuccessfulformattingprocessthestoragemediaisreadyforusewiththe
ANRfunction.
Seealso
RecordingManagementpage,page271
6.16 CreatinganEnterpriseSystem
PerformthefollowingtaskstocreateanEnterpriseSystemonanEnterpriseManagement
ServerandonmultipleManagementServercomputers:
1. ConfiguringtheServerListforEnterpriseSystem,page101
2. CreatinganEnterpriseUserGroup,page103
3. CreatinganEnterpriseAccount,page104
ThisexamplecoverstheScenario1describedintheEnterpriseSystem,page22chapter:
YouneedvalidlicensesforusinganEnterpriseSystem.
6.16.1 ConfiguringtheServerListforEnterpriseSystem
Mainwindow> Devices>EnterpriseSystem>ServerList/AddressBook

YouconfiguremultipleManagementServercomputersintheServerListofanappropriate
ManagementServer.
ForsimultaneousaccessyoumustconfigureoneormoreEnterpriseUserGroups.This
changesthisManagementServertoanEnterpriseManagementServer.
AuserofOperatorClientcanlogonwithausernameofanEnterpriseUserGrouptoget
simultaneousaccesstotheManagementServercomputersconfiguredintheServerList.
OperatingpermissionsareconfiguredontheEnterpriseManagementServerin User
Groups,EnterpriseUserGrouptab.
DevicepermissionsareconfiguredoneachManagementServerin UserGroups,
EnterpriseAccesstab.
2. Click toundothelastsetting.
Toaddservers:
1. ClickAddServer.
TheAddServerdialogboxisdisplayed.
2. Typeinadisplaynamefortheserverandtypeintheprivatenetworkaddress(DNSname
orIPaddress).
3. Ifrequired,typeinapublicnetworkaddress(DNSnameorIPaddress)forremote
access.
4. ClickOK.
5. RepeatthesestepsuntilyouhaveaddedalldesiredManagementServercomputers.
Toaddcolums:
4 Right-clickonthetableheaderandclickAddcolumn.
Youcanaddupto10columns.
Todeleteacolumn,right-clickthedesiredcolumnandclickDeletecolumn.
P WhenyouexporttheServerList,theaddedcolumnsarealsoexported.
TheManagementServercomputersforyourEnterpriseSystemareconfigured.
NowconfigurethedesiredEnterpriseUserGroupsandtheEnterpriseAccess.
Thefollowingscreenshotshowsanexample:

RelatedTopics
UserGroupspage,page317
6.16.2 CreatinganEnterpriseUserGroup
Mainwindow> UserGroups
YouperformthetaskofcreatinganEnterpriseUserGroupforanEnterpriseManagement
systemontheEnterpriseManagementServer.
YoucreateanEnterpriseUserGroupwithuserstoconfiguretheiroperatingpermissions.
TheseoperatingpermissionsareavailableonanOperatorClientthatisconnectedtothe
EnterpriseManagementServer.Anexampleofanoperatingpermissionistheuserinterfaceof
thealarmmonitor.
TocreateanEnterpriseUserGroup:
1. ClicktheEnterpriseUserGroupstab.
2. Click .
TheNewEnterpriseUserGroupdialogboxisdisplayed.
3. Typeinthenameandadescription.
4. ClickOK.
TheEnterpriseUserGroupisaddedtothecorrespondingtree.
5. ConfiguretheoperatingpermissionsandserveraccessfortheconfiguredManagement
Servercomputersasrequired.

Seealso
UserGroupPropertiespage,page319
Prioritiespage,page330
UserInterfacepage,page331
ServerAccesspage,page332
6.16.3 CreatinganEnterpriseAccount
Caution!
AtleastonedevicemustbeconfiguredintheDeviceTreebeforeyoucanaddanEnterprise
Account.
YouperformthetaskofcreatinganEnterpriseAccountonaManagementServer.Repeatthis
taskoneachManagementServerthatisamemberofyourEnterpriseSystem.
YoucreateanEnterpriseAccounttoconfigurethedevicepermissionsforanOperatorClient
usinganEnterpriseSystem.
TocreateanEnterpriseAccount:
1. ClicktheEnterpriseAccesstab.
2. Click .
TheNewEnterpriseAccountdialogboxisdisplayed.
4. ClickOK.
TheEnterpriseAccountisaddedtothecorrespondingtree.
5. Configurethecredentialsandthedevicepermissionsasrequired.

Seealso
Credentialspage,page327
LogicalTreepage,page328
EventsandAlarmspage,page325
ControlPriorities,page323
DecoderPermissionspage,page324
6.17 Configuringthemountingpositionofapanoramiccamera
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand >Expand > >

or
Mainwindow> Devices> >

or

Toconfigure:
1. ClickMainSettings>Initialization.

2. IntheCalibrationfield,setthemountingposition.
Seealso
Viewingmodesofapanoramiccamera,page58

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7 CreatinganEnterpriseSystem
PerformthefollowingtaskstocreateanEnterpriseSystemonanEnterpriseManagement
ServerandonmultipleManagementServercomputers:
1. ConfiguringtheServerListforEnterpriseSystem,page107
2. CreatinganEnterpriseUserGroup,page109
3. CreatinganEnterpriseAccount,page109
ThisexamplecoverstheScenario1describedintheEnterpriseSystem,page22chapter:
YouneedvalidlicensesforusinganEnterpriseSystem.
7.1 ConfiguringtheServerListforEnterpriseSystem
ManagementServer.
108 en|CreatinganEnterpriseSystem BoschVideoManagementSystem
Toaddservers:
1. ClickAddServer.
orIPaddress).
access.
4. ClickOK.
Toaddcolums:
RelatedTopics

7.2 CreatinganEnterpriseUserGroup
thealarmmonitor.
TocreateanEnterpriseUserGroup:
1. ClicktheEnterpriseUserGroupstab.
2. Click .
TheNewEnterpriseUserGroupdialogboxisdisplayed.
4. ClickOK.
TheEnterpriseUserGroupisaddedtothecorrespondingtree.
5. ConfiguretheoperatingpermissionsandserveraccessfortheconfiguredManagement
Servercomputersasrequired.
Seealso
7.3 CreatinganEnterpriseAccount
110 en|CreatinganEnterpriseSystem BoschVideoManagementSystem
Caution!
AtleastonedevicemustbeconfiguredintheDeviceTreebeforeyoucanaddanEnterprise
Account.
TocreateanEnterpriseAccount:
1. ClicktheEnterpriseAccesstab.
2. Click .
TheNewEnterpriseAccountdialogboxisdisplayed.
4. ClickOK.
TheEnterpriseAccountisaddedtothecorrespondingtree.
5. Configurethecredentialsandthedevicepermissionsasrequired.
Seealso
ControlPriorities,page323

112 en|ConfiguringtheServerListforEnterpriseSystem BoschVideoManagementSystem
8 ConfiguringtheServerListforEnterpriseSystem
ManagementServer.
Toaddservers:
1. ClickAddServer.
orIPaddress).
access.
4. ClickOK.
Toaddcolums:

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RelatedTopics

114 en|ConfiguringServerLookup BoschVideoManagementSystem
9 ConfiguringServerLookup
ForServerLookup,theuserofOperatorClientorConfigurationClientlogsonwithauser
nameofanormalusergroup,notasauserofanEnterpriseUserGroup.
Toaddservers:
1. ClickAddServer.
orIPaddress).
access.
4. ClickOK.
Toaddcolums:
TheManagementServercomputersforServerLookupareconfigured.
RelatedTopics
ServerLookup,page26

BoschVideoManagementSystem ConfiguringServerLookup|en 115
9.1 ExportingtheServerList
YoucanexporttheServerListwithallconfiguredpropertiesforeditingandlaterimport.
Whenyouedittheexportedcsvfileinanexternaleditor,notethelimitationsdescribedinthe
ServerList,page28chapter.
Toexport:
1. Right-clickonthetableheaderandclickExportServerList....
2. TypeinanamefortheexportfileandclickSave.
P AllcolumnsoftheServerListareexportedasacsvfile.
RelatedTopics
ServerLookup,page26
ServerList,page28
9.2 ImportingaServerList
Whenyouhaveeditedtheexportedcsvfileinanexternaleditor,notethelimitations
describedintheServerList,page28chapter.
Toimport:
1. Right-clickonthetableheaderandclickImportServerList....
2. ClickthedesiredfileandclickOpen.
RelatedTopics
ServerLookup,page26
ServerList,page28

116 en|ManagingVRMstorage BoschVideoManagementSystem
10 ManagingVRMstorage
Mainwindow> Devices>
ThischapterprovidesinformationonhowtoconfiguretheVRMstorageinyoursystem.
10.1 ScanningforVRMdevices
Inyournetwork,youneedaVRMservicerunningonacomputer,andaniSCSIdevice.
Caution!
WhenyouaddaniSCSIdevicewithnotargetsandLUNsconfigured,startadefault
configurationandaddtheIQNofeachencodertothisiSCSIdevice.
WhenyouaddaniSCSIdevicewithtargetsandLUNspre-configured,addtheIQNofeach
encodertothisiSCSIdevice.
SeeConfiguringaniSCSIdevice,page120fordetails.
Thesystemsupportsyouwithascanfordevices.
ToaddVRMdevicesviascan:
1. Right-click andclickScanforVRMDevices.
3. IntheRolelist,selectthedesiredrole.
ItdependsonthecurrenttypeoftheVRMdevicewhichnewroleyoucanselect.
IfyouselectMirroredorFailover,thenextconfigurationstepisadditionallyrequired.
4. ClickNext>.
5. IntheMasterVRMlist,selecttheMasterVRMfortheselectedMirroredorFailoverVRM.
6. ClickNext>>.

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8. ClickFinish.
Seealso
VRMDevicespage,page237
Dual/failoverrecording,page33
10.2 AddingaPrimaryVRMmanually
Mainwindow> Devices>Right-click >ClickAddVRM>AddVRMdialogbox

YoucanaddaPrimaryVRMdevicemanuallyifyouknowtheIPaddressandpassword.
ToaddaPrimaryVRMdevice:
1. MaketherequiredsettingsforyourVRMdevice.
2. IntheType:list,selectthePrimaryentry.
3. ClickOK.
TheVRMdeviceisadded.
Seealso
AddVRMdialogbox,page237
10.3 AddingaSecondaryVRMmanually
Notice!
ForconfiguringaSecondaryVRMyoumustfirstinstalltheappropriatesoftwareonthe
desiredcomputer.RunSetup.exeandselectSecondaryVRM.
YoucanaddaSecondaryVRMdevicemanuallyifyouknowtheIPaddressandpassword.
ToaddaSecondaryVRMdevice:
2. IntheType:list,selecttheSecondaryentry.
3. ClickOK.
TheVRMdeviceisadded.
YoucannowconfiguretheSecondaryVRMlikeanyPrimaryVRM.
Seealso

10.4 AddingaMirroredVRMmanually
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand >Right-click >ClickAddMirrored

VRM>AddVRMdialogbox
Notice!
OnlyaSecondaryVRMcantakeovertheroleofaMirroredVRM.YouaddaMirroredVRMtoa
PrimaryVRM.
YoucanaddaMirroredVRMdevicemanuallyifyouknowtheIPaddressandpassword.The
initiallyselectedVRMistheMasterVRMforthisMirroredVRM.
ToaddaMirroredVRMdevice:
2. EnsurethatthecorrectMasterVRMisselected.Ifnot,cancelthisprocedure.
3. ClickOK.
TheMirroredVRMdeviceisaddedtotheselectedPrimaryVRM.
Seealso
10.5 AddingaFailoverVRMmanually
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand >Right-click >ClickAddFailoverVRM

>AddFailoverVRMdialogbox
Notice!
EitheraPrimaryVRMoraSecondaryVRMcantakeovertheroleofaFailoverVRM.Youadda
PrimaryFailoverVRMtoaPrimaryVRMoryouaddaSecondaryFailoverVRMtoaSecondary
VRM.
YoucanaddaFailoverVRMdevicemanuallyifyouknowtheIPaddressandpassword.The
initiallyselectedVRMistheMasterVRMforthisFailoverVRM.
YoucaneffectivelyassignaFailoverVRMtoaMasterVRMonlywhenbothareonlineandare
successfullyauthenticated.Thepasswordsarethensynchronized.
ToaddaFailoverVRMdevice:
2. EnsurethatthecorrectMasterVRMisselected.Ifnot,cancelthisprocedure.
3. ClickOK.
P TheFailoverVRMdeviceisaddedtotheselectedMasterVRM.

Seealso
AddFailoverVRMdialogbox,page238
10.6 AddingaVRMpool
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand
ToaddaVRMpool:
4 Right-click or andclickAddPool.
Anewpoolisaddedtothesystem.
Seealso
iSCSIstoragepool,page31
10.7 AddinganiSCSIdevice
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand >Expand >

ToaddaniSCSIdevice:
1. Right-click andclickAddiSCSIDevice.
TheAddiSCSIDevicedialogboxisdisplayed.
2. Typethedesireddisplayname,thenetworkaddressofaniSCSIdevice,andthedevice
typeandclickOK.
TheiSCSIdeviceisaddedtotheselectedVRMpool.
Ifrequired,addtargetsandLUNs.
10.8 Configuringautomaticrecordingmodeonapool

Notice:
Ifyouhaveconfiguredafailoverrecordingmodeearlier,thisconfigurationisoverwritten.
Toconfigure:
4 IntheRecordingpreferencesmodelist,selectAutomatic.
AfteractivationoftheconfigurationtheAutomaticrecordingmodeisactive.Onthe
RecordingPreferencespageofanencoder,theprimaryandthesecondarytargetlistare
disabled.
RelatedTopics
Configuringfailoverrecordingmodeonanencoder,page128
10.9 AddingaDSAE-SeriesiSCSIdevice
Mainwindow> Devices> >Expand >Right-click >AddDSAE-

SeriesDevice>AddDSAE-SeriesDevicedialogbox

Toadd:
1. Typeinadisplayname,themanagementIPaddressandthepassword.
2. ClickConnect.
Ifconnectionisestablished,thefieldsintheControllergroupandthe2ndController
grouparefilled.
3. ClickOK.
Thedeviceisaddedtothesystem.
RelatedTopics
AddDSAE-SeriesDevicedialogbox,page244
10.10 ConfiguringaniSCSIdevice
AfteraddingVRMdevices,iSCSIdevices,andencoders,performthefollowingtasksto
ensurethatvideodataofencodersisstoredontheiSCSIdevicesorvideodatacanbe
retrievedfromtheseiSCSIdevices:
ExecutethedefaultconfigurationtocreateLUNsoneachtargetoftheiSCSIdevice.
Thisstepisoptional.YoudonotneedtoperformthissteponaniSCSIdevicewithLUNs
pre-configured.
ScantheiSCSIdevicetoaddthetargetsandLUNstotheDeviceTreeafterdefault
configuration.
Note:
NotalliSCSIdevicessupportthedefaultconfigurationandautomaticIQNmapping.
ToperformthedefaultconfigurationofaniSCSIdevice:
1. ExpandtheappropriateVRMdevice and ,clicktheappropriateiSCSIdevice
.
2. ClicktheBasicConfigurationtab.
LUNsarecreatedonthetargetsoftheiSCSIdevice.
3. FormattheseLUNs.
SeeFormattingaLUN,page122.
4. Whentheprocesshasfinished,click tosavethesettings.
ToscantheiSCSIdevice:
2. Right-click andclickScanforiSCSIDevice.
Theprocessisstarted.
TargetsandLUNsaredetectedandaddedtotheDeviceTreebelowtheiSCSInode.

ToperformIQNmapping:
2. Right-click andclickMapIQNs.
Theiqn-Mapperdialogboxisdisplayedandtheprocessisstarted.
TheencodersthatareassignedtotheselectedVRMdeviceareevaluatedandtheirIQNs
areaddedtothisiSCSIdevice.
Seealso
BasicConfigurationpage,page245
LoadBalancingdialogbox,page245
iqn-Mapperdialogbox,page247
FormattingaLUN,page122
10.11 MovinganiSCSIsystemtoanotherpool
Mainwindow>Devices>Expand >Expand > >

YoumoveadevicefromonepooltoanotherwithinthesameVRMdevicewithoutany
recordingloss.
Tomove:
1. Right-click andclickChangePool....
TheChangePoolforisdisplayed.
2. IntheNewPool:list,selectthedesiredpool.
3. ClickOK.
Thedeviceismovedtotheselectedpool.
Seealso
ChangePoolfordialogbox,page243
10.12 AddingaLUN
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand >Expand >Expand

UsuallythenetworkscanaddsthedesirediSCSIdeviceswiththeirtargetsandLUNs
automatically.IfyournetworkscandidnotworkcorrectlyoryouwanttoconfigureyouriSCSI
deviceofflinebeforeitisactuallyintegratedintoyournetwork,youconfigureatargetinyour
iSCSIdeviceandonthistargetyouconfigureoneormoreLUNs.
Toadd:
1. Right-click andclickAddTarget.
TheAddTargetdialogboxisdisplayed.
2. EnterthedesiredtargetnumberandclickOk.
Thetarget isadded.
3. Clickthenewtarget.
TheLUNspageisdisplayed.
4. ClickAdd.
TheAddLUNdialogboxisdisplayed.
5. EnterthedesiredLUNnumberandclickOk.
TheLUNisaddedasanewtablerow.
RepeatthisstepforeachdesiredLUN.
Notes:
ToremoveaLUN,clickRemove.
ThevideodataremainsonthisLUN.
ToformataLUN,clickFormatLUN.
AlldataonthisLUNisremoved!
Seealso
LUNspage,page247
10.13 FormattingaLUN
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand >Expand >Expand >Expand
>
YouformataLUNtoprepareitforthefirstuse.
Notice!
AlldataontheLUNislostafterformatting.
Toconfigure:
1. OntheLUNspage,selectthedesiredLUNand,intheFormatcolumn,clicktocheck.
2. ClickFormatLUN.
3. Readthedisplayedmessagecarefullyandconfirmthemessageifdesired.
TheselectedLUNisformatted.AlldataonthisLUNislost.
Seealso
LUNspage,page247
10.14 ChangingthepasswordofaVRMdevice
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand >

Tochangethepassword:
1. Right-click andclickChangeVRMPassword.
TheChangePassworddialogboxisdisplayed.

2. IntheOldPasswordfield,typeintheappropriatepassword.
3. IntheNewPasswordfield,typeinthenewpasswordandclickandrepeatthisentryin
thesecondNewPasswordfield.
4. ClickOK.
5. Confirmthenextdialogbox.
P Thepasswordischangedimmediatelyonthedevice.
10.15 ConfiguringdualrecordingintheDeviceTree
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand > >

YoumustdisabletheANRfunctiontoconfiguredualrecording.
Ifyouconfiguredualrecordingforonecameraofamulti-channelencoder,thesystemensures
thatthesamerecordingtargetisconfiguredforallcamerasofthisencoder.
YoucanconfiguredualrecordingbyassigningencodersthatarerecordedbyaPrimaryVRMto
aSecondaryVRM.Thisisforexampleusefulwhenyouwanttoassignonlyapartofthe
encodersthatarerecordedbyaPrimaryVRM.
ASecondaryVRMmustalreadybeadded.
Toconfigure:
1. Right-click andclickAddEncoderfromPrimaryVRM.
TheAddEncodersdialogboxisdisplayed.
2. Clicktoselectthedesiredencoders.
WhenyouselectapooloraVRM,allchilditemsareautomaticallyselected.
3. ClickOK.
TheselectedencodersareaddedtotheSecondaryVRM.
Seealso

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11 Managingencoders/decoders
Mainwindow> Devices
Thischapterprovidesinformationonhowtoconfigurethedevicesinyoursystem.
ChangingtheDeviceTreeimpactsotherpagesoftheConfigurationClient:
MapsandStructure
WiththedevicesoftheDeviceTreeyoucreateauserdefinedstructurecalledLogical
Tree.Hence,ifyouremoveadevicefromtheDeviceTree,thisdeviceisautomatically
removedfromtheLogicalTree.ButaddingadevicetotheDeviceTreedoesnotaddthis
devicetotheLogicalTree.
CamerasandRecording
AllcamerasoftheDeviceTreeareavailableintheCameraTableandtheRecording
Tables.YoucannotmodifyDiBosorBoschAllegiantcameras.
Events
AlldevicesoftheDeviceTreeareavailableinthecorrespondingEventTables.
UserGroups
Youcanreducethefunctionalrangeofthedevicesonseveralpermissionpages(peruser
grouporEnterpriseAccount).
Thischapterprovidesinformationonhowtoconfiguretheencodersanddecodersinyour
system.
11.1 AddinganencodertoaVRMpool

Toaddencodersviascan:
1. Right-click andclickScanforEncoders.
2. Selecttherequiredencoders,selectthedesiredVRMpoolandclickAssigntoassign
themtotheVRMpool.
3. ClickNext>>.

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5. ClickFinish.
Seealso
11.2 Movinganencodertoanotherpool
Mainwindow>Devices>Expand >Expand > >

recordingloss.
Tomove:
3. ClickOK.
Seealso
11.3 Addingaliveonlyencoder
ToaddBoschliveonlydevicesviascan:
1. Right-click andclickScanforLiveOnlyEncoders.
3. ClickNext>>.

5. ClickFinish.
ToaddONVIFliveonlydevicesviascan:
1. Right-click andclickScanforLiveOnlyONVIFEncoders.
3. ClickNext>>.
5. ClickFinish.
Seealso
LiveOnlypage,page252
11.4 Addingalocalstorageencoder
Toaddlocalstorageencodersviascan:
1. Right-click andclickScanforLocalStorageEncoders.
3. ClickNext>>.
5. ClickFinish.

Seealso
LocalStoragepage,page256
11.5 Configuringanencoder/decoder
Toconfigureanencoder:

or
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand >Expand >Expand >

or

or

Toconfigureadecoder:
SeetheOnlineHelpforthe pagesfordetails.
Notice!
IPdevicescanbeconnectedthatdonothaveallconfigurationpagesthataredescribedhere.
Seealso
BoschEncoder/Decoderpage,page259
11.6 Updatingthedevicecapabilities

or

dialogbox
or


dialogbox
or

or

Afteranupgradeofthedevice,youcanupdateitsdevicecapabilities.Amessagetextinforms
youwhethertheretrieveddevicecapabilitiesmatchthedevicecapabilitiesstoredin
BoschVMS.
Toupdate:
1. ClickOK.
Amessageboxisdisplayedwiththefollowingtext:
Ifyouapplythedevicecapabilities,therecordingsettingsandtheeventsettingsfor
thisdevicemaychange.Checkthesesettingsforthisdevice.
2. ClickOK.
Thedevicecapabilitiesareupdated.
Seealso
EditEncoder/EditDecoderdialogbox,page219
11.7 Configuringfailoverrecordingmodeonanencoder

Prerequisites:OnthePoolpage,intheRecordingpreferencesmodelist,selectFailover.If
Automaticisselected,thesettingsareperformedautomaticallyandcannotbeconfigured.
Ifyouwanttouseasecondarytargetforbothautomaticorfailovermode:OnthePoolpage,
intheSecondarytargetusagelist,selectOn.
Itisrecommendedtoconfigureatleast2iSCSIdevicesforfailovermode.
Toconfigure:
1. ClickAdvancedSettings.
2. ClickRecordingPreferences.
3. UnderPrimarytarget,selecttheentryfortherequiredtarget.Allstoragesystems
enteredunderStorageSystemswillbeshowninthelist.
4. UnderSecondarytarget,selecttheentryfortherequiredtarget.Allstoragesystems
enteredunderStorageSystemsaredisplayedinthelist.
Thechangesareactiveimmediately.Anactivationisnotrequired.
RelatedTopics
Configuringautomaticrecordingmodeonapool,page119

11.8 Configuringmultipleencoders/decoders
Mainwindow
Youcanmodifythefollowingpropertiesofmultipleencodersanddecodersatonce:
Displaynames
IPaddresses
Firmwareversions
Notice!
ChangingtheIPaddressofanIPdevicecanmakeitunreachable.
ToconfiguremultipleIPaddresses:
1. OntheHardwaremenu,clickIPDeviceConfiguration....TheIPDeviceConfiguration
2. Selecttherequireddevices.YoucanselectmultipledevicesbypressingtheCTRL-orthe
SHIFT-key.
3. Right-clicktheselecteddevicesandclickSetIPAddresses....TheSetIPAddresses
4. IntheStartwith:field,typethefirstIPaddress.
5. ClickCalculate.IntheEndwith:field,thelastIPaddressoftherangefortheselected
devicesisdisplayed.
6. ClickOK.
7. IntheIPDeviceConfiguration...dialogbox,clickApply.
ThenewIPaddressesareupdatedintheselecteddevices.
Toconfiguremultipledisplaynames:
2. Selecttherequireddevices.MultipleselectionispossiblebypressingtheSHIFTkey.
3. Right-clicktheselecteddevicesandclickSetDisplayNames...TheSetDisplayNames
4. IntheStartwith:field,typethefirststring.
5. ClickCalculate.IntheEndwith:field,thelaststringoftherangefortheselecteddevices
isdisplayed.
6. ClickOK.
7. IntheIPDeviceConfiguration...dialogbox,clickApply.
Thecalculatednamesareupdatedintheselecteddevices.
Toupdatefirmwareformultipledevices:
2. Selecttherequireddevices.
3. ClickUpdateFirmware.
4. Selectthefilecontainingtheupdate.
5. ClickOK.
11.9 Changingthepasswordofanencoder/decoder


Defineandchangeaseparatepasswordforeachlevel.Enterthepassword(19characters
maximum;nospecialcharacters)fortheselectedlevel.
Tochangethepassword:
1. Right-click andclickChangepassword....
TheEnterpassworddialogboxisdisplayed.
2. IntheEnterusernamelist,selectthedesireduserforwhichyouwanttochangethe
password.
3. IntheEnterpasswordforuserfield,typeinthenewpassword.
4. ClickOK.
Seealso
Enterpassworddialogbox,page221
11.10 Providingthedestinationpasswordforadecoder
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand >Right-click >ClickAddDecoder>

AddDecoderdialogbox
Toenabletheaccessofapasswordprotectedencodertoadecoder,youmustenterthe
passwordoftheuserauthorizationleveloftheencoderasthedestinationpasswordinthe
decoder.
Toprovide:
1. IntheEnterusernamelist,selectdestinationpassword.
2. IntheEnterpasswordforuserfield,typeinthenewpassword.
3. ClickOK.
Seealso
Enterpassworddialogbox,page221

11.11 Configuringthestoragemediaofanencoder
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand >Expand > > >Advanced

Settings>RecordingManagement
Note:EnsurethatthedesiredcamerasofthisencoderareaddedtotheLogicalTree.
YoumustconfigurethestoragemediaofanencodertousetheANRfunction.
Note:Ifyouwanttoconfigurethestoragemediaofanencoderthathasalreadybeenaddedto
yoursystemandisrecordedviaVRM,clicktocheckRecording1managedbyVRM.Confirm
thatrecordingstops.
Toconfigurethestoragemediaofanencoder:
1. IntheRecordingmediaarea,selectthestoragemedia.Dependingonthedevicetype,
differentmediaareavailable.
2. ClickAddtoaddtheselectedmediatotheManagedstoragemediaarea.
3. Right-clicktheaddedmediaandclickFormatmedium.
4. ClicktoselectRec.2.
5. Click .
Formattingisstarted.
Afterthesuccessfulformattingprocessthestoragemediaisreadyforusewiththe
ANRfunction.
Seealso
RecordingManagementpage,page271
11.12 ConfiguringONVIFevents
> >ONVIFEncoderEventstab
or
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand > >ONVIFEncoderEventstab

YouconfigureMappingTablesformappingONVIFeventstoBoschVMSevents.
YouconfigureaMappingTableforallONVIFencodersofthesamemodelorallONVIF
encodersfromthesamemanufacturer.
Click toupdateONVIFencodersthatwereaddedofflinewiththeeventmappingofan
alreadyaddedONVIFencoderwiththesamemanufacturerand/ormodelname.
Formultichannelencodersyoucanconfiguretheeventsources,forexampleaspecificcamera
orarelay.

TocreateaMappingTable:
1. Click .
TheAddMappingTabledialogboxisdisplayed.
2. TypeinanamefortheMappingTable.
3. IntheManufacturerandtheModellists,selecttheentriesifdesired.
Whenyouselect<none>inbothlists,theeventmappingisonlyvalidforthisdevice.
Whenyouselect<none>intheModellistandthemanufacturernameinthe
Manufacturerlist,theeventmappingisvalidforalldeviceswiththesamemanufacturer.
Whenyouselecttheavailableentriesinbothlists,theeventmappingisvalidforall
deviceswiththesamemanufacturerandmodel.
4. ClickOK.
YoucannowedittheMappingTable,forexampleaddarowtotheMotionDetected
event.
ToeditaMappingTable:
1. Click .
TheRenameMappingTabledialogboxisdisplayed.
2. Changethedesiredentries.
Toaddorremoveeventmappings:
1. IntheMappingTablelist,selectthedesiredname.
2. Toaddarow:ClickAddrow.
3. Intherow,selectthedesiredentries.
Whenmultiplerowsareavailable,aneventistriggeredwhenonlyoneoftherowsistrue.
4. Toremovearow:ClickRemoverow.
ToremoveaMappingTable:
1. IntheMappingTablelist,clickthenameoftheeventmappingsthatyouwanttoremove.
2. Click .
Toconfigureaneventsource:
1. Expand andclick or or .
2. ClicktheONVIFEventSourcetab.
3. IntheTriggerEventcolumn,activatetheeventconfiguredinthisrow.
4. Selectthedesiredeventdefinitions.
Seealso
ONVIFevents,page54
ONVIFEventSourcepage,page255

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12 ManagingVideoStreamingGateway
Mainwindow> Devices
MapsandStructure
CamerasandRecording
Events
UserGroups
ThischapterprovidesinformationonhowtoconfiguretheVSGdeviceinyoursystem.
Seealso
VideoStreamingGatewaydevicepage,page247
AddBoschEncoderdialogbox,page249
AddONVIFEncoderdialogbox,page250
AddJPEGCameradialogbox,page251
AddRTSPEncoderdialogbox,page252
12.1 AddingaVideoStreamingGatewaydevice

ToaddVSGdevicesviascan:
1. Right-click andclickScanforVideoStreamingGateways.
2. SelecttherequiredVSGdevices,selectthedesiredVRMpoolandclickAssigntoassign
themtotheVRMpool.
3. ClickNext>>.

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5. ClickFinish.
ToaddaVSGdevicemanually:
1. Right-click andclickAddVideoStreamingGateway.
TheAddVideoStreamingGatewaydialogboxisdisplayed.
2. MaketherequiredsettingsforyourVSGdevice.
3. ClickAdd.
P TheVSGdeviceisaddedtothesystem.ThecamerasassignedtothisVSGdeviceare
recorded.
Seealso
AddStreamingGatewaydialogbox,page243
12.2 MovingaVSGtoanotherpool

recordingloss.
Tomove:
3. ClickOK.
Seealso
12.3 AddingacameratoaVSG

YoucanaddthefollowingdevicestoyourVSG:
EncodersfromBosch
ONVIFcameras
JPEGcameras
RTSPencoders
IfyouaddedVSGencodersoffline,youcanrefreshtheirstate.
Toadd:
1. Right-click ,pointtoAddEncoder/cameraandclickthedesiredcommand.
2. Maketherequiredsettingsinthedialogboxforaddingthedevice.
3. ClickOK.
Thedeviceisadded.
Torefresh:
4 Right-clickthedesiredencoderandclickRefreshstate.
Thepropertiesofthedeviceareretrieved.
Seealso
12.4 Configuringmulticast

ForeachcameraassignedtoaVideoStreamingGatewaydeviceyoucanconfigureamulticast
addresswithport.
Toconfiguremulticast:
1. Selectthedesiredcheckboxtoenablemulticast.
2. Typeavalidmulticastaddressandaportnumber.
3. Ifrequired,configurecontinuousmulticaststreaming.
Seealso
Multicasttab(VideoStreamingGateway),page248
12.5 Configuringlogging

ForeachaVideoStreamingGatewaydeviceyoucanconfigurelogging.
Toconfigurelogging:
1. ClicktheServicetab,thenclickAdvanced.
2. Clicktoselectthedesiredloggingsettings.
Thelogfilesareusuallystoredinthefollowingpath:
C:\ProgramFiles(x86)\Bosch\VideoStreamingGateway\log

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Seealso
Advancedtab(VideoStreamingGateway),page248
12.6 AssigninganONVIFprofile
Mainwindow> CamerasandRecording>
YoucanassignanONVIFMediaProfiletokentoanONVIFcamera.
Youcanassigneitherforlivevideoorforrecording.
Toassignalivevideotoken:
4 IntheLiveVideo-Profilecolumn,selectthedesiredentry.
Toassignarecordingtoken:
4 IntheRecording-Profilecolumn,selectthedesiredentry.
Seealso
Cameraspage,page298
12.7 ConfiguringONVIFevents
or

YouconfigureMappingTablesformappingONVIFeventstoBoschVMSevents.
YouconfigureaMappingTableforallONVIFencodersofthesamemodelorallONVIF
encodersfromthesamemanufacturer.
Click toupdateONVIFencodersthatwereaddedofflinewiththeeventmappingofan
alreadyaddedONVIFencoderwiththesamemanufacturerand/ormodelname.
Formultichannelencodersyoucanconfiguretheeventsources,forexampleaspecificcamera
orarelay.
TocreateaMappingTable:
1. Click .
TheAddMappingTabledialogboxisdisplayed.
2. TypeinanamefortheMappingTable.
3. IntheManufacturerandtheModellists,selecttheentriesifdesired.
Whenyouselect<none>inbothlists,theeventmappingisonlyvalidforthisdevice.
Whenyouselect<none>intheModellistandthemanufacturernameinthe
Manufacturerlist,theeventmappingisvalidforalldeviceswiththesamemanufacturer.
Whenyouselecttheavailableentriesinbothlists,theeventmappingisvalidforall
deviceswiththesamemanufacturerandmodel.

4. ClickOK.
YoucannowedittheMappingTable,forexampleaddarowtotheMotionDetected
event.
ToeditaMappingTable:
1. Click .
TheRenameMappingTabledialogboxisdisplayed.
2. Changethedesiredentries.
Toaddorremoveeventmappings:
1. IntheMappingTablelist,selectthedesiredname.
2. Toaddarow:ClickAddrow.
3. Intherow,selectthedesiredentries.
Whenmultiplerowsareavailable,aneventistriggeredwhenonlyoneoftherowsistrue.
4. Toremovearow:ClickRemoverow.
ToremoveaMappingTable:
1. IntheMappingTablelist,clickthenameoftheeventmappingsthatyouwanttoremove.
2. Click .
Toconfigureaneventsource:
1. Expand andclick or or .
2. ClicktheONVIFEventSourcetab.
3. IntheTriggerEventcolumn,activatetheeventconfiguredinthisrow.
4. Selectthedesiredeventdefinitions.
Seealso
ONVIFevents,page54
ONVIFEventSourcepage,page255

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13 Managingvariousdevices
Mainwindow> Devices
MapsandStructure
CamerasandRecording
Events
UserGroups
13.1 Addingdevices
Mainwindow> Devices
YouaddthefollowingdevicestotheDeviceTreemanually:
VideoIPdevicefromBosch
ONVIFcamera
BoschRecordingStation/DiBossystem
Analogmatrix
ForaddingaBoschAllegiantdevice,youneedavalidAllegiantconfigurationfile.
BoschVMSworkstation
AworkstationmusthavetheOperatorClientsoftwareinstalled.
Communicationdevice
BoschATM/POSBridge,DTPdevice
Virtualinput
Networkmonitoringdevice
VideoTecDCZkeyboard
Analogmonitorgroup
I/Omodule
AllegiantCCLemulation
IntrusionpanelfromBosch

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YoucanscanforthefollowingdevicestoaddthemwiththehelpoftheBoschVMSScan
Wizarddialogbox:
VRMdevices
Encoders
Liveonlyencoders
LiveonlyONVIFencoders
Decoders
VideoStreamingGateway(VSG)devices
DVRdevices
VIDOSNVRs
Notice:
Afterhavingaddedadevice,click tosavethesettings.
Notice:
IfyouaddaVideoIPencoderordecoderfromBoschwiththe<AutoDetect>selection,this
devicemustbeavailableinthenetwork.
ToaddaVideoIPdevicefromBosch:
1. Expand ,expand ,right-click .

Or
Right-click .
Or
Right-click .
2. ClickAddEncoder.
TheAddEncoderdialogboxisdisplayed.
3. EntertheappropriateIPaddress.
4. Inthelist,select<AutoDetect>.
5. ClickOK.
Thedeviceisaddedtothesystem.
ToaddaDiBossystem:
1. Right-click .
2. ClickAddBRS/DiBosSystem.
TheAddBRS/DiBosSystemdialogboxisdisplayed.
3. Entertheappropriatevalues.
4. ClickScan.
TheDiBossystemisaddedtoyoursystem.
5. Inthedisplayedmessagebox,clickOKtoconfirm.
Caution!
AddtheDVRusingtheadministratoraccountofthedevice.UsingaDVRuseraccountwith
! restrictedpermissionscanresultinfeaturesthatarenotusableinBoschVMS,forexample
usingthecontrolofaPTZcamera.

ToaddaBoschAllegiantdevice:
1. Right-click andclickAddAllegiant.
TheOpendialogboxisdisplayed.
2. SelecttheappropriateAllegiantconfigurationfileandclickOK.
TheBoschAllegiantdeviceisaddedtoyoursystem.
Note:YoucanaddonlyoneBoschAllegiantmatrix.
ToaddaBoschVMSworkstation:
1. Right-click andclickAddWorkstation.
TheAddWorkstationdialogboxisdisplayed.
2. EntertheappropriatevalueclickOK.
Theworkstation isaddedtoyoursystem.
Toaddananalogmonitorgroup:
1. Expand ,right-click andclickAddMonitorGroup.

TheCreateNewAnalogMonitorGroupdialogboxisdisplayed.
Ifyoualreadyhaveperformedanetworkscan,anddecodershavebeendetected,thereis
alreadyadefaultanalogmonitorgroupavailablewithalldetecteddecodersassigned.
2. Maketheappropriatesettings.
3. ClickOK.
Theanalogmonitorgroupisaddedtoyoursystem.
Toaddacommunicationdevice:
1. Expand ,right-click andclicktherequiredcommand.

Theappropriatedialogboxisdisplayed.
2. Entertheappropriatesettings.
3. ClickOK.
Thecommunicationdeviceisaddedtoyoursystem.
Toaddaperipheraldevice:
1. Expand ,right-click andclicktherequiredcommand.

2. Entertheappropriatesettings.
3. ClickOK.
Theperipheraldeviceisaddedtoyoursystem.
Toaddavirtualinput:
1. Expand ,click .
Thecorrespondingpageisdisplayed.
2. ClickAddInputs.
Arowisaddedtothetable.
4. ClickAdd.
Thevirtualinputisaddedtoyoursystem.

Toaddanetworkmonitoringdevice:
1. Expand ,right-click andclickAddSNMP.

TheAddSNMPdialogboxisdisplayed.
2. TypeanamefortheSNMPdevice.
Thenetworkmonitoringdeviceisaddedtoyoursystem.
ToaddaCCTVkeyboard:
Note:Foraddingakeyboardyoumusthaveaddedaworkstation.
1. Expand ,click .
2. ClickAddKeyboard.
Arowisaddedtothetable.
3. IntheappropriatefieldoftheKeyboardTypecolumn,selectthedesiredkeyboardtype:
IntuiKey
VideoTecDCZ
4. IntheappropriatefieldoftheConnectioncolumn,selecttheworkstationthatis
connectedwiththekeyboard.
Thekeyboardisaddedtoyoursystem.
ToaddanI/Omodule:
1. Expand ,right-click andclickAddNewADAMDevice.

TheAddADAMdialogboxisdisplayed.
2. TypetheIPaddressofthedevice.
Ifyouwanttoskipthecurrentlyselecteddeviceandjumptothenextone,clickSkip.
3. Selectthedevicetype.
4. ClicktheADAMtabtochangethedisplaynamesoftheinputsifrequired.
5. ClicktheNametabtochangethedisplaynamesoftheRelaysifrequired.
Notice!
YoucanalsoperformascanforADAMdevices(ScanforADAMDevices).TheIPaddressesof
thedevicesaredetected.Ifavailablethedevicetypeispreselected.Youmustconfirmthis
selection.
ToaddanAllegiantCCLemulation:
1. Expand ,click .
TheAllegiantCCLEmulationtabisdisplayed.
2. ClicktocheckEnableAllegiantCCLEmulation.
3. Maketherequiredsettings.
TheAllegiantCCLemulationserviceisstartedontheManagementServer.
Toaddanintrusionpanel:
1. Expand ,right-click andclickAddPanel.

TheAddIntrusionPaneldialogboxisdisplayed.

3. ClickOK.
Theintrusionpanelisaddedtoyoursystem.
Seealso
AddEncoder/AddDecoderdialogbox,page218
AddDiBosSystemdialogbox,page212
E-mail/SMTPServerdialogbox,page225
AddSMSDevicedialogbox,page225
AddBoschATM/POS-Bridgedialogbox,page228
DTPSettingspage,page229
AddVirtualInputsdialogbox,page231
AddSNMPdialogbox,page231
I/OModulespage,page234
AllegiantCCLEmulationpage,page235
AddIntrusionPaneldialogbox,page236
13.2 AddingaVIDOSNVR

ToaddVIDOSNVRsviascan:
1. Right-click andclickStartVidosNVRScan.
3. ClickNext>>.
5. ClickFinish.
Seealso
13.3 ConfiguringadecoderforusewithaBoschIntuiKeykeyboard
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand >Expand

PerformthefollowingstepstoconfigureaVIPXDdecoderthatisconnectedtoaBosch
IntuiKeykeyboard.
Toconfigureadecoder:
1. ClicktheappropriatedecoderwhichisusedforconnectingaBoschIntuiKeykeyboard.
2. ClickthePeripherytab.
3. Ensurethatthefollowingsettingsareapplied:
Serialportfunction:Transparent
Baudrate:19200
Stopbits:1
Paritycheck:None
Interfacemode:RS232
Half-duplexmode:Off
Seealso
ScenariosforBoschIntuiKeykeyboardconnections,page65
ConnectingaBoschIntuiKeykeyboardtoadecoder,page67
UpdatingBoschIntuiKeykeyboardfirmware,page68
COM1,page284
13.4 ConfiguringtheintegrationofaDiBossystem
Notice!
YoudonotconfiguretheDiBossystemitselfbutonlytheintegrationintoBoschVMS.
ToscanfornewDiBosdevices:
4 Right-click andclickRescanBRS/DiBosSystem.
TheDiBossystemisscannedfornewdevicesandtheyareadded.
Toremoveanitem:
1. ClicktheCamerastab,theRelaystab,ortheInputstab.
2. Right-clickanitemandclickRemove.Theitemisremoved.
TorenameaDiBosdevice:
1. Right-clickaDiBosdeviceandclickRename.
2. Typethenewnamefortheitem.
13.5 ConfiguringtheintegrationofaDVR
Caution!

Notice!
YoudonotconfiguretheDVRitselfbutonlytheintegrationoftheDVRdeviceinto
BoschVMS.
ToaddDVRdevicesviascan:
1. Right-click andclickScanforDVRDevices.
3. ClickNext>>.
5. ClickFinish.
Toremoveanitem:
1. ClicktheSettingstab,theCamerastab,theInputstab,ortheRelaystab.
2. Right-clickanitemandclickRemove.Theitemisremoved.
Notice!
Torestorearemoveditem,right-clicktheDVRdeviceandclickRescanDVRDevice.
TorenameaDVRdevice:
1. Right-clickaDVRdeviceandclickRename.
2. Typethenewnamefortheitem.
Seealso
DVR(DigitalVideoRecorder)page,page213
13.6 ConfiguringaBoschAllegiantdevice

YoudonotconfiguretheBoschAllegiantdeviceitselfbutonlytheBoschVMSrelated
properties.
Toassignanoutputtoanencoder:
1. ClicktheOutputstab.
2. IntheUsagecolumn,clickDigitalTrunkinthedesiredcells.
3. IntheEncodercolumn,selectthedesiredencoder.

AddinganinputtoaBoschAllegiantdevice:
1. ClicktheInputstab.
2. ClickAddInputs.Anewrowisaddedtotable.
3. Typetherequiredsettingsinthecells.
Deletinganinput:
2. Clicktherequiredtablerow.
3. ClickDeleteInput.Therowisdeletedfromthetable.
Seealso
ConnectingaBoschIntuiKeykeyboardtoBoschVMS,page65
Connectionpage,page214
Cameraspage,page215
Outputspage,page215
Inputspage,page216
13.7 ConfiguringastartupCommandScript
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand > >Settingspage

YouconfigureaCommandScripttobestartedwhentheOperatorClientontheselected
workstationisstarted.
YoumustcreateacorrespondingCommandScript.
ForcreatingaCommandScript,seeManagingCommandScripts,page180.
Toconfigureastartupscript:
4 IntheStartupscript:list,selecttherequiredCommandScript.
Seealso
Workstationpage,page216
13.8 Changingthenetworkaddressofaworkstation
TochangetheIPaddress:
1. Right-click andclickChangeNetworkAddress.
TheChangeNetworkAddressdialogboxisdisplayed.
2. Changetheentryinthefieldaccordingtoyourrequirements.
13.9 EnablingForensicSearchonaworkstation

YoumustenableForensicSearchonaworkstation.
Note:
Enablevideocontentanalysisoneachencoder.UsetheVCApageoftheencoderintheDevice
Tree.

ToenableForensicSearch:
4 ClicktoselecttheEnableForensicSearchcheckbox.
13.10 Assigningananalogmonitorgrouptoaworkstation
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand > >AnalogMonitorGroupspage

YouassignananalogmonitorgrouptoaBoschVMSworkstation.IntheOptionsdialogbox,
youcanconfigurethatallworkstationscancontrolanalogmonitorgroupsregardlessofthe
settinghere.
Toassignananalogmonitorgroup:
4 IntheAssignedAnalogMonitorGroupscolumn,selectthecheckbox.
Seealso
Optionsdialogbox,page203
13.11 Configuringananalogmonitorgroup
Caution!
YoucannotcontrolananalogmonitorgroupfromwithinOperatorClientwhentheconnection
totheManagementServerislostorwhenOperatorClientwithEnterpriseSystemisused.
Youconfigurethemonitorsinananalogmonitorgrouplogicallyinrowsandcolumns.This
arrangementdoesnothavetomeetthephysicalarrangementofthemonitors.
Toconfigureananalogmonitorgroup:
1. IntheName:field,typeanamefortheanalogmonitorgroup.
2. IntheColumns:andRows:fields,enterthedesiredvalues.
3. Drageachavailabledecodertoananalogmonitorimageontheright.
Thelogicalnumberofthedecoderisdisplayedasablacknumberonthemonitorimage
andthecolorofthisimagechanges.
Ifnodecoderisavailable,unassignadecoderfromanotheranalogmonitorgroupor
repeatnetworkscan.
4. ClicktheAdvancedConfigurationtab.
5. Changethelogicalnumbersoftheassigneddecodersasrequired.Ifyouenteranalready
usednumber,amessageboxisdisplayed.
6. ClickQuadViewtoenablequadviewforthisdecoder.
Note:
WedonotrecommendconfiguringquadviewforH.264cameras.
7. IntheInitialCameracolumn,selectthedesiredcamera.
8. IntheOSDrelatedcolumns,selectthedesiredoptions.
13.12 Addingamonitorwall
Mainwindow> Devices>Right-click >ClickAddMonitorWall

Afterhavingaddedthemonitorwall,theuserofOperatorClientcancontrolthismonitorwall.
Theusercanchangethemonitorlayoutandassignencoderstomonitors.
Toadd:
1. Selectthedesireddecoder.
2. Ifrequired,enterthemaximumnumberofcamerasandconfigurethumbnails.
3. Click .
4. Click MapsandStructure.
5. DragthemonitorwalltotheLogicalTree.
6. Ifrequired,configuretheaccesstothemonitorwallwithcorrespondingusergroup
permissions.
Seealso
AddMonitorWalldialogbox,page224
13.13 Configuringacommunicationdevice

Toconfigureacommunicationdevice:
1. Clicktherequireddevice: or .
Fordetailedinformationonthevariousfields,seetheOnlineHelpfortheappropriate
applicationwindow.
Seealso
E-mail/SMTPServerdialogbox,page225
SMTPServerpage,page225
GSMSettings/SMSCSettingspage,page226
13.14 Configuringaperipheraldevice
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand >Expand > BoschATM/POS-

Bridge
or
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand >Expand > DTPDevice>

Toconfigureaperipheraldevice:
4 Changetherequiredsettings.
Fordetailedinformationonthevariousfields,followthelinktotheappropriateapplication
windowbelow.
Seealso
ATMSettingspage,page229
BoschATM/POS-Bridgepage,page228
DTPSettingspage,page229
13.15 ConfiguringanSNMPtrapreceiver
ToconfiguretheSNMPtrapreceiver:
1. Click todisplaytheSNMPTrapReceiverpage.
applicationwindow.
Seealso
SNMPTrapReceiverpage,page232
13.16 ConfiguringaBoschIntuiKeykeyboard(workstation)

ToconfigureaBoschIntuiKeykeyboardconnectedtoaworkstation:
1. ClicktheSettingstab.
2. IntheKeyboardSettingsfield,maketherequiredsettings.
applicationwindow.
Seealso
13.17 ConfiguringaBoschIntuiKeykeyboard(decoder)
Notice!
YoucannotconnectaKBDUniversalXFkeyboardtoadecoder.
ToconfigureaBoschIntuiKeykeyboardconnectedtoadecoder:
1. IntheConnectioncolumn,clickacell,andselecttheappropriatedecoder.
Youcanalsoselectaworkstation,iftheBoschIntuiKeykeyboardisconnectedtoit.
Aworkstationmustbeconfiguredonthe page.
2. IntheConnectionSettingsfield,maketherequiredsettings.
applicationwindow.

Seealso
ScenariosforBoschIntuiKeykeyboardconnections,page65
ConnectingaBoschIntuiKeykeyboardtoadecoder,page67
13.18 ConfiguringanI/Omodule

ToconfigureanI/Omodule:
1. ClicktheADAMtab.
2. IntheADAMtype:list,selecttheappropriatedevicetype.
Caution!
Donotchangethedevicetypeifnotreallynecessary.
Ifyouforexamplechangethedevicetypetoatypewithfewerinputs,allconfigurationdata
fortheremovedinputsgetlost.
2. IntheNamecolumn,changethedisplaynameofaninputifrequired.
3. ClicktheRelaystab.
4. IntheRelayscolumn,changethenameofarelayifrequired.
applicationwindow.
Seealso
I/OModulespage,page234
13.19 ConfiguringanAllegiantCCLemulation

TousetheCCLcommandsyouneedtheCCLUserGuide.Thismanualisavailableinthe
OnlineProductCataloginthedocumentsectionofeachLTCAllegiantMatrix.
TheAllegiantCCLcommandssupportedinBoschVMS,page73sectionliststheCCLcommands
supportedinBoschVideoManagementSystem.
ToconfigureanAllegiantCCLemulation:
1. ClickEnableAllegiantCCLEmulation.
2. Configurethecommunicationsettingsasrequired.
applicationwindow.
Seealso
AllegiantCCLEmulationpage,page235
13.20 AddingaMobileVideoService
Mainwindow> Devices>Right-click >ClickAddMobileVideoService

YoucanaddoneormoreMobileVideoServiceentriestoyourBoschVMS.
Toadd:
1. TypeintheURIofyourMobileVideoService.
2. ClickOK.
P MobileVideoServiceandManagementServernowknoweachotherandtheMobileVideo
ServicecanreceiveconfigurationdatafromManagementServer.
Seealso
MobileVideoServicepage,page235

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14 Configuringthestructure
ThischapterprovidesinformationonhowtoconfiguretheLogicalTreeandhowtomanage
resourcefilessuchasmaps.
Notice!
IfyoumoveagroupofdevicesintheLogicalTree,thesedevicesloosetheirpermission
settings.YoumustsetthepermissionsintheUserGroupspageagain.
Followthesereferencestogetdetailedinformationontheavailableapplicationwindows:
ResourceManagerdialogbox,page292
SelectResourcedialogbox,page292
SequenceBuilderdialogbox,page293
AddSequencedialogbox,page293
AddSequenceStepdialogbox,page294
AddURLdialogbox,page294
SelectMapforLinkdialogbox,page294
14.1 ConfiguringtheLogicalTree
Seealso
MapsandStructurepage,page291
14.2 AddingadevicetotheLogicalTree
Mainwindow> MapsandStructure
Toaddadevice:
4 DraganitemfromtheDeviceTreetotherequiredlocationintheLogicalTree.
Youcandragacompletenodewithallsub-itemsfromtheDeviceTreetotheLogicalTree.
YoucanselectmultipledevicesbypressingtheCTRL-ortheSHIFT-key.
Seealso
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ToremoveatreeitemfromtheLogicalTree:
4 Right-clickanitemintheLogicalTreeandclickRemove.Iftheselecteditemhassub-
items,amessageboxisdisplayed.ClickOKtoconfirm.Theitemisremoved.
WhenyouremoveanitemfromamapfolderoftheLogicalTree,itisalsoremovedfrom
themap.
Seealso
14.4 Managingresourcefiles
Mainwindow> MapsandStructure>
or
Mainwindow> Alarms>
Youcanimportresourcefilesinthefollowingformats:
DWFfiles(2D,mapresourcefiles)
ForuseinOperatorClient,thesefilesareconvertedtoabitmapformat.
HTMLfiles(mapdocumentfiles)
MP3(audiofile)
TXTfiles(CommandScriptsorcamerasequences)
MHTfiles(Webarchives)
URLfiles(linkstoWebpages)
WAV(audiofile)
Theimportedresourcefilesareaddedtoadatabase.Theyarenotlinkedtotheoriginalfiles.
Notice!
Aftereachofthefollowingtasks:
Click tosavethesettings.
Toimportaresourcefile:
1. Click .
TheImportResourcedialogboxisdisplayed.
2. Selectoneormorefiles.
3. ClickOpen.
Theselectedfilesareaddedtothelist.
Ifafilehasalreadybeenimported,amessageboxisdisplayed.
Ifyoudecidetoimportanalreadyimportedfileagain,anewentryisaddedtothelist.
Toremovearesourcefile:
1. Selectaresourcefile.
2. Click .
Theselectedresourcefileisremovedfromthelist.
Torenamearesourcefile:

2. Click .
3. Enterthenewname.
Theoriginalfilenameandcreationdatepersists.
Toreplacethecontentofaresourcefile:
2. Click .
TheReplaceResourcedialogboxisdisplayed.
3. SelectafilewiththeappropriatecontentandclickOpen.
Theresourcenamepersists,theoriginalfilenameisexchangedwiththenewfilename.
Toexportaresourcefile:
2. Click .
Adialogboxforselectingadirectoryisdisplayed.
3. SelecttheappropriatedirectoryandclickOK.
Theoriginalfileisexported.
Seealso
14.5 AddingaCommandScript
BeforeyoucanaddaCommandScript,youmusthaveCommandScriptfilesimportedor
created.
Ifrequired,seeConfiguringCommandScripts,page180fordetails.
ToaddaCommandScriptfile:
1. SelectafolderwhereyouwanttoaddthenewCommandScript.
2. Click .TheSelectClientScriptdialogboxisdisplayed.
3. Selectafileinthelist.
4. ClickOK.
AnewCommandScriptisaddedundertheselectedfolder.
Seealso
14.6 Managingpre-configuredcamerasequences
Youcanperformthefollowingtasksformanagingcamerasequences:
Createacamerasequence
Addastepwithanewdwelltimetoanexistingcamerasequence
Removeastepfromcamerasequence
Deleteacamerasequence

Notice!
Whentheconfigurationischangedandactivated,acamerasequence(pre-configuredor
automatic)usuallyiscontinuedafterrestartoftheOperatorClient.
Butinthefollowingcasesthesequenceisnotcontinued:
Amonitorwherethesequenceisconfiguredtobedisplayedhasbeenremoved.
Themodeofamonitor(single/quadview)wherethesequenceisconfiguredtobedisplayed
hasbeenchanged.
Thelogicalnumberofamonitorwherethesequenceisconfiguredtobedisplayedis
changed.
Notice!
Tocreateacamerasequence:
1. IntheLogicalTree,selectafolderwhereyouwanttocreatethecamerasequence.
2. Click .
TheSequenceBuilderdialogboxisdisplayed.
3. IntheSequenceBuilderdialogbox,click .
TheAddSequencedialogboxisdisplayed.
applicationwindow.
4 ClickOK.
Anewcamerasequence isadded.
Toaddastepwithanewdwelltimetoacamerasequence:
1. Selectthedesiredcamerasequence.
2. ClickAddStep.
TheAddSequenceStepdialogboxisdisplayed.
4. ClickOK.
Anewstepisaddedtothecamerasequence.
Toremoveastepfromacamerasequence:
4 Right-clickthedesiredcamerasequenceandclickRemoveStep.
Thestepwiththehighestnumberisremoved.
Todeleteacamerasequence:
1. Selectthedesiredcamerasequence.
2. Click .Theselectedcamerasequenceisremoved.
Seealso
AddSequencedialogbox,page293
AddSequenceStepdialogbox,page294

14.7 Addingacamerasequence
YouaddacamerasequencetotherootdirectoryortoafolderoftheLogicalTree.
Toaddacamerasequence:
1. IntheLogicalTree,selectafolderwhereyouwanttoaddthenewcamerasequence.
2. Click .TheSequenceBuilderdialogboxisdisplayed.
3. Inthelist,selectacamerasequence.
4. ClickAddtoLogicalTree.Anew isaddedundertheselectedfolder.
Seealso
14.8 Addingafolder
Toaddafolder:
1. Selectafolderwhereyouwanttoaddthenewfolder.
2. Click .Anewfolderisaddedundertheselectedfolder.
3. Click torenamethefolder.
4. TypethenewnameandpressENTER.
Seealso
14.9 Addingamap
Beforeyoucanaddamap,youmusthavemapresourcefilesimported.
ToimportamapresourcefileseeManagingresourcefiles,page152fordetails.
Toaddamap:
1. Ensurethatthemapresourcefilethatyouwanttoaddhasalreadybeenimported.
2. Selectafolderwhereyouwanttoaddthenewmap.
3. Click .TheSelectResourcedialogboxisdisplayed.
4. Selectafileinthelist.
Iftherequiredfilesarenotavailableinthelist,clickManage...todisplaytheResource
Managerdialogboxforimportingfiles.

5. ClickOK.
Anewmap isaddedundertheselectedfolder.
Themapisdisplayed.
Alldeviceswithinthisfolderaredisplayedintheupperleftcornerofthemap.
Seealso
14.10 Addingalinktoanothermap
Afteryouhaveaddedatleasttwomaps,youcanaddalinkononemaptotheothersothat
theusercanclickfromonemaptoalinkedone.
Toaddalink:
1. Clickamapfolder intheLogicalTree.
2. Right-clickthemapandclickCreateLink.
TheSelectMapforLinkdialogboxisdisplayed.
3. Inthedialogbox,clickamap .
4. ClickSelect.
5. Dragtheitemtotheappropriateplaceonthemap.
Seealso
SelectMapforLinkdialogbox,page294
14.11 Assigningamaptoafolder
Beforeyoucanassignmaps,youmusthavemapresourcefilesimported.
Ifrequired,seeManagingresourcefiles,page152fordetails.
Toassignamapresourcefile:
1. Right-clickafolderandclickAssignMap.
TheSelectResourcedialogboxisdisplayed.
2. Selectamapresourcefileinthelist.
3. ClickOK.Theselectedfolderisdisplayedas .
Themapisdisplayedinthemapwindow.
Allitemswithinthisfolderaredisplayedintheupperleftcornerofthemap.
Seealso

14.12 Managingdevicesonamap
Beforeyoucanmanagedevicesonamapyoumustaddamaporassignamaptoafolderand
adddevicestothisfolder.
Notice!
Toplaceitemsonamap:
1. Selectamapfolder.
2. DragdevicesfromtheDeviceTreetothemapfolder.
Thedevicesofamapfolderarelocatedontheleftuppercornerofthemap.
3. Dragtheitemstotheappropriateplacesonthemap.
ToremoveanitemintheLogicalTreeonlyfromthemap:
1. Right-clicktheitemonthemapandclickInvisible.
Theitemisremovedfromthemap.
TheitemremainsintheLogicalTree.
2. Tomakeitvisibleagain,right-clickthedeviceintheLogicalTreeandclickVisibleInMap.
ToremoveanitemfromthemapandfromtheFullLogicalTree:
4 Right-clicktheitemintheLogicalTreeandclickRemove.
TheitemisremovedfromthemapandfromtheLogicalTree.
Tochangetheiconfortheorientationofacamera:
4 Right-clicktheitem,pointtoChangeImage,andthenclicktheappropriateicon.
Theiconchangesaccordingly.
Tochangethecolorofanitem:
4 Right-clicktheitemandclicktoChangeColor.Selecttheappropriatecolor.
Theiconchangesaccordingly.
Seealso
14.13 Addingadocument
Youcanaddtextfiles,HTMLfiles(includingMHTfiles)oranURLfile(containinganInternet
address)asdocuments.Andyoucanaddalinktoanotherapplication.
Beforeyoucanaddadocument,youmusthavedocumentfilesimported.
ToimportdocumentfilesseeManagingresourcefiles,page152fordetails.
Toaddamapdocumentfile:
1. Ensurethatthedocumentfilethatyouwanttoaddhasalreadybeenimported.
2. Selectafolderwhereyouwanttoaddthenewdocument.
3. Click .TheSelectResourcedialogboxisdisplayed.

4. Selectafileinthelist.Iftherequiredfilesarenotavailableinthelist,clickManage...to
displaytheResourceManagerdialogboxforimportingfiles.
5. ClickOK.Anewdocumentisaddedundertheselectedfolder.
Seealso
14.14 Addingamalfunctionrelay
Mainwindow> MapsandStructure> >MalfunctionRelaydialogbox

Toadd:
1. IntheMalfunctionRelaylist,selectthedesiredrelay.
2. ClickEvents...
TheEventsselectionforMalfunctionRelaydialogboxisdisplayed.
3. Clicktoselectthedesiredeventsthatcantriggerthemalfunctionrelay.
4. ClickOK.
Themalfunctionrelayisaddedtothesystem.
Seealso
MalfunctionRelaydialogbox,page295

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15 Configuringschedules
Mainwindow> Schedules
Therearetwoscheduletypesavailable:
RecordingSchedules
TaskSchedules
Youcanconfigureamaximumof10differentRecordingSchedulesintheRecordingSchedule
Table.Inthesesegmentsthecamerascanbehavedifferently.Forexample,theycanhave
differentframerateandresolutionsettings(tobeconfiguredintheCamerasandRecording
page).Ineverypointintime,exactlyoneRecordingScheduleisvalid.Therearenogapsand
nooverlaps.
YouconfigureTaskSchedulesforschedulingvariouseventswhichcanoccurinyoursystem
(tobeconfiguredintheEventspage).
SeeglossaryfordefinitionsofRecordingSchedulesandTaskSchedules.
TheschedulesareusedinotherpagesoftheConfigurationClient:
CamerasandRecordingpage
Usedtoconfigurerecording.
Eventspage
Usedtodeterminewheneventscauselogging,alarms,orexecutionofCommandScripts.
UserGroupspage
Usedtodeterminewhenthemembersofausergroupcanlogon.
RecordingSchedulespage,page296
TaskSchedulespage,page297
4 Click tosavethesettings.
4 Click toundothelastsetting.
4 Click toactivatetheconfiguration.
15.1 ConfiguringaRecordingSchedule
YoucanaddexceptiondaysandholidaystoanyRecordingSchedule.Thesesettingsoverride
thenormalweeklysettings.
Thesequenceofdecreasingpriorityis:exceptiondays,holidays,weekdays.
ThemaximumnumberofRecordingSchedulesis10.Thefirstthreeentriesareconfiguredby
default.Youcanchangethesesettings.Entrieswiththegrayicon donothaveatime
periodconfigured.
RecordingSchedulessharethesameweekdays.
EachStandardTaskSchedulehasitsownweekdayspatterns.
ToconfigureaRecordingSchedule:
1. IntheRecordingSchedulestree,selectaschedule.
2. ClicktheWeekdaystab.
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3. IntheScheduleTablefield,dragthepointertoselectthetimeperiodsfortheselected
schedule.Theselectedcellsaredisplayedinthecoloroftheselectedschedule.
Notes:
YoucanmarkatimeperiodonaweekdayofaRecordingSchedulewiththecolorof
anotherRecordingSchedule.
Seealso
15.2 AddingaTaskSchedule
ToaddaTaskSchedule:
1. ClickAdd.
Anewentryisadded.
2. Entertheappropriatename.
3. ClickStandardforastandardTaskScheduleorRecurringforarecurringTaskSchedule.
Ifyouchangethesetting,amessageboxisdisplayed.ClickOKifyouwanttochangethe
scheduletype.
AstandardTaskScheduleisdisplayedas ,arecurringTaskScheduleas .
4. Maketheappropriatesettingsfortheselectedschedule.
Seealso
15.3 ConfiguringastandardTaskSchedule
EachstandardTaskSchedulehasitsownweekdayspatterns.
ToconfigureastandardTaskSchedule:
1. IntheTaskSchedulestree,selectastandardTaskSchedule.
2. ClicktheWeekdaystab.
3. IntheScheduleTablefield,dragthepointertoselectthetimeperiodsfortheselected
schedule.
Seealso
15.4 ConfiguringarecurringTaskSchedule
EachrecurringTaskSchedulehasitsowndaypattern.
ToconfigurearecurringTaskSchedule:
1. IntheTaskSchedulestree,selectarecurringTaskSchedule .
2. IntheRecurrencePatternfield,clickthefrequencywithwhichyouwanttheTask
Scheduletorecur(Daily,Weekly,Monthly,Yearly)andthenmakethecorresponding
settings.
3. IntheStartdate:list,selecttheappropriatestartdate.
4. IntheDayPatternfield,dragthepointertoselecttheappropriatetimeperiod.
Seealso
15.5 RemovingaTaskSchedule
Mainwindow> >SelectanitemintheTaskSchedulestree
ToremoveaTaskSchedule:
1. IntheTaskSchedulestree,selectanitem.
2. ClickDelete.
TheTaskScheduleisdeleted.Allitemsthatareassignedtothisschedule,arenot
scheduled.
Seealso
15.6 Addingholidaysandexceptiondays
Caution!
Youcanconfigureemptyexceptiondaysandholidays.Exceptiondaysandholidaysreplace
thescheduleofthecorrespondingweekday.
Example:
! Oldconfiguration:
Weekdayscheduleconfiguredtobeactivefrom9:00to10:00
Exceptiondayscheduleconfiguredtobeactivefrom10:00to11:00
Result:activityfrom10:00to11:00
Samebehaviorisvalidforholidays.
YoucanaddholidaysandexceptiondaystoaRecordingScheduleortoaTaskSchedule.
RecordingSchedulessharethesameholidaysandexceptiondays.
EachstandardTaskSchedulehasitsownholidaysorexceptiondayspatterns.
Toaddholidaysandexceptiondaystoaschedule:
1. IntheRecordingSchedulesorTaskSchedulestree,selectaschedule.
2. ClicktheHolidaystab.
3. ClickAdd.
TheAddHoliday(s)dialogboxisdisplayed.
4. SelectoneormoreholidaysandclickOK.
TheselectedholidaysareaddedtotheScheduleTable.
5. Dragthepointertoselecttheappropriatetimeperiod(thisisnotpossibleforRecording
Schedules).
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6. ClicktheExceptionDaystab.
7. ClickAdd.
TheAddExceptionDay(s)dialogboxisdisplayed.
8. SelectoneormorespecialdaysandclickOK.
TheselectedexceptiondaysareaddedtotheScheduleTable.
9. Dragthepointertoselecttheappropriatetimeperiod(thisisnotpossibleforRecording
Schedules).
Theselectedcellsareclearedandviceversa.
Thesortingorderoftheaddedholidaysandexceptiondaysischronological.
Notes:
YoucanmarkatimeperiodonaholidayorexceptiondayofaRecordingSchedulewith
thecolorofanotherRecordingSchedule.
Seealso
15.7 Removingholidaysandexceptiondays
YoucanremoveholidaysandexceptiondaysfromaRecordingScheduleoraTaskSchedule.
ToremoveholidaysandexceptiondaysfromaTaskSchedule:
1. IntheRecordingSchedulesorTaskSchedulestree,selectaschedule.
2. ClicktheHolidaystab.
3. ClickDelete.
TheSelecttheholidaystodeletedialogboxisdisplayed.
4. SelectoneormoreholidaysandclickOK.
TheselectedholidaysareremovedfromtheScheduleTable.
5. ClicktheExceptionDaystab.
6. ClickDelete.
TheSelecttheexceptiondaystodelete.dialogboxisdisplayed.
7. SelectoneormoreexceptiondaysandclickOK.
TheselectedexceptiondaysareremovedfromtheScheduleTable.
Seealso
15.8 Renamingaschedule
Mainwindow>
Torenameaschedule:
1. IntheRecordingSchedulesorTaskSchedulestree,selectanitem.
2. Click .
3. EnterthenewnameandpressENTER.Theentryisrenamed.

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16 Configuringcamerasandrecordingsettings
Mainwindow> CamerasandRecording
ThischapterprovidesinformationonhowtoconfigurethecamerasinyourBoschVMS.
Youconfigurevariouscamerapropertiesandtherecordingsettings.
Cameraspage,page298
ScheduledRecordingSettingsdialogbox(onlyVRMandLocalStorage),page301
StreamQualitySettingsdialogbox
COM1,page284
PTZ/ROISettingsdialogbox,page305
CopyRecordingSettingsdialogbox(NVRonly)
16.1 Copyingandpastingintables
YoucanconfiguremanyobjectssimultaneouslywithinaCameraTable,anEventConfiguration
Table,oranAlarmConfigurationTable.
Youcancopytheconfigurablevaluesofatablerowinotherrows:
Copyallvaluesofarowtootherrows.
Copyonlyonevalueofarowtoanotherrow.
Copythevalueofonecelltoacompletecolumn.
Youcancopythevaluesintwodifferentways:
Copyintotheclipboardandthenpaste.
Directcopyandpaste.
Youcandetermineinwhichrowstopaste:
Copyinallrows.
Copyinselectedrows.
Tocopyandpasteallconfigurablevaluesofarowintoanotherrow:
1. Right-clicktherowwiththedesiredvaluesandclickCopyRow.
2. Clicktherowheadingoftherowthatyouwanttomodify.
ToselectmorethanonerowpresstheCTRLkeyandpointtotheotherrowheadings.
3. Right-clickthetableandclickPaste.
Thevaluesarecopied.
Tocopyandpasteonevalueofarowintoanotherrow:
1. Right-clicktherowwiththedesiredvaluesandclickCopyRow.
2. Right-clickthecellthatyouwanttomodify,pointtoPasteCellto,andclickCurrentCell.
Thevalueiscopied.
Tocopyallconfigurablevaluesdirectly:

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2. Right-clicktherowwiththedesiredvalues,pointtoCopyRowto,andclickSelected
Rows.
Thevaluesarecopied.
Tocopyonevaluedirectly:
2. Right-clickthecellwiththedesiredvalue,pointtoCopyCellto,andclickSelectionin
Column.
Thevalueiscopied.
Tocopyavalueofacelltoallothercellsinthiscolumn:
4 Right-clickthecellwiththedesiredvalue,pointtoCopyCellto,andclickComplete
Column.
Thevalueiscopied.
Toduplicatearow:
4 Right-clicktherowandclickAddDuplicatedRow.
Therowisaddedbelowwithanewname.
Seealso
Cameraspage,page298
Eventspage,page307
Alarmspage,page311
16.2 ExportingtheCameraTable
Or
Mainwindow> CamerasandRecording>ClickanicontochangetheCameraspage
accordingtothedesiredstoragedevice,forexample
DisplaysvariousinformationonthecamerasavailableinyourBoschVMS.
YoucanexporttheCameraTableintoacsvfile.
Toexport:
1. Right-clickanywhereintheCameraTableandclickExporttable....
2. Inthedialogbox,typeinanappropriatefilename.
3. ClickSave.
TheselectedCameraTableisexportedinacsvfile.
16.3 Configuringstreamqualitysettings
Toaddastreamqualitysettingsentry:
1. Click toaddanewentryinthelist.
2. Typeinaname.

Toremoveastreamqualitysettingsentry:
4 Selectanentryinthelistandclick todeletetheentry.
Youcannotdeletedefaultentries.
Torenameastreamqualitysettingsentry:
1. Selectanentryinthelist.
2. EnterthenewnameintheNamefield.
Youcannotrenamedefaultentries.
3. ClickOK.
Toconfigurestreamqualitysettings:
16.4 Configuringcameraproperties
Tochangecameraproperties:
1. IntheCameracolumn,clickacellandtypeanewnameforthecamera.
Thisnameisdisplayedinallotherplaceswherecamerasarelisted.
2. Maketheappropriatesettingsintheothercolumns.
applicationwindow.
Seealso
Cameraspage,page298
16.5 Configuringrecordingsettings(onlyVRMandLocalStorage)
YoucanconfiguretherecordingsettingsofalldevicesthatareaddedtotheVRMDevicesitem
intheDeviceTree.
Note:Forrecording,ensurethatthecorrespondingVRMorlocalstorageisproperly
configured.
VRM:Devices>Expand >
LocalStorage:Devices>Expand >
Toaddarecordingsettingsentry:
1. Click toaddanewentryinthelist.
2. Typeinaname.
Toremovearecordingsettingsentry:
4 Selectanentryinthelistandclick todeletetheentry.
Youcannotdeletedefaultentries.
Torenamearecordingsettingsentry:

2. EnterthenewnameintheName:field.
Youcannotrenamedefaultentries.
3. ClickOK.
Toconfigurerecordingsettings:
2. MaketheappropriatesettingsandclickOK.
3. Click or .
4. IntheRecordingcolumn,selectthedesiredrecordingsettingforeachencoder.
applicationwindow.
Seealso
16.6 Configuringrecordingsettings(NVRonly)
Mainwindow> CamerasandRecording>Click >ClickaRecordingSchedule
tab(forexample )
Beforeyouconfiguretherecordingsettings,configurethestreamqualitylevels.
Note:Forrecording,ensurethatthecorrespondingNVRisconfiguredproperly(Devices>
Expand > >DiskStoragetab).
Notice!
Forallencoders,liveviewsettingsarealsousedforpre-eventrecording.
Forencodersthatsupportdual-streaming,thesettingsforlive/pre-eventrecording,motion
recording,andalarmrecordingareallconfiguredindependently.
Forencodersthatsupportonlyasinglestream(e.g.,theVideoJet8004),liveviewingand
recordingusethesamestream.Inthiscase,therecordingsettingstakepriority,sothelive
viewusesthestreamqualitysettingsforcontinuous,motion,andalarmrecording.Youcan
enterasettingforlive/pre-eventonlyifcontinuousrecordingisdisabled.
Youcanswitchthelivestreamfromstream2(default)tostream1foraworkstation(Devices
>Expand > >Settingstab>Overriderecordingsettings)orforanencoder.This

settingdoesnotaffectpre-eventrecording.
Toconfigurerecordingsettings:
1. Inthe columnofContinuousRecording,selectthedesiredstreamqualityordisable
continuousrecording.
2. Inthe column,selectacheckboxtoactivateaudio.
3. Inthe columnofLive/Pre-eventRecording,selectthedesiredstreamqualityor
selectstream1.
5. Inthe columnofMotionRecording,selectthedesiredstreamqualityordisable
motionrecording.
7. InthePre-event[s]column,clickacellandtypetheappropriatetime.
8. InthePost-event[s]column,clickacellandtypetheappropriatetime.
9. Inthe columnofAlarmRecording,selectthedesiredstreamqualityordisablealarm
recording.

11. InthePre-event[s]column,clickacellandtypetheappropriatetime.
12. InthePost-event[s]column,clickacellandtypetheappropriatetime.
Notice!
Ifpre-eventtimeformotionrecordingandpre-eventtimeforalarmrecordingdiffer,the
highervalueisusedforboth.
Iftheconfiguredpre-eventtimewouldoverlapaprecedingalarmormotionrecording,the
pre-eventrecordingstartsaftertheprecedingrecordingisfinished.
applicationwindow.
Seealso
Cameraspage,page298
16.7 ConfiguringPTZportsettings
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand >Expand >Expand > >

Interfacestab>Peripherytab
or
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand >Expand > >Interfacestab>

Peripherytab
or
Mainwindow> Devices> > >Interfacestab>Peripherytab

Youcanonlyconfigureportsettingsforanencoderwherethecontrolofthecamerais
availableandactivated.
WhentheencoderorPTZcameraisexchanged,theportsettingsarenotretained.Youmust
againconfigurethem.
Afterafirmwareupdatechecktheportsettings.
Toconfiguretheportsettingsofanencoder:
4 Maketheappropriatesettings.
Thesettingsarevalidimmediatelyaftersaving.Youdonothavetoactivatethe
configuration.
applicationwindow.

Seealso
Peripherypage,page284
16.8 ConfiguringPTZcamerasettings
FirstconfiguretheportsettingsofyourPTZcamerabeforeyoucanconfigurethePTZcamera
settings.OtherwisethePTZcontrolisnotworkinginthisdialogbox.
Toconfigurethecontrolofacamera:
1. IntheCameraTable,selecttherequiredencoder.
2. Toactivatethecontrolofacamera:Inthe column,selectthecheckbox.
3. Clickthe button.
ThedialogboxforconfiguringPTZsettingsisdisplayed.
Fordetailedinformationonthevariousfields,followthelinktotheappropriateapplication
windowbelow.
1. ClickOK.
Seealso
ConfiguringPTZportsettings,page168
16.9 ConfiguringtheROIfunction
YoucanenabletheROIfunctionforafixedHDcamera.
Youmustconfigurestream2forlivevideoandyoumustconfiguretheH.264MPSDROI
codecforstream2.
Ensurethatstream2isusedforlivevideooneachworkstationwhereROIistobeused.
ToenableROI:
1. IntheStream2-Codeccolumn,selecttheH.264MPSDROIcodec.
2. IntheLiveVideo-Streamcolumn,selectStream2.
3. IntheLiveVideo-ROIcolumn,clicktoselectthecheckbox.
TodisableROI:
1. IntheLiveVideo-ROIcolumn,clicktodisablethecheckbox.
2. IntheStream2-Codeccolumn,selectthedesiredcodec.
Seealso
Cameraspage,page298
16.10 ConfiguringpredefinedpositionsfortheROIfunction

YoucanconfigurethepredefinedpositionsforusingROIlikeforaPTZcamera.Youcannot
configureAuxcommandsforROI.
Toconfigure:
1. IntheCameraTable,selectthedesiredcameraforwhichROIisenabled.
2. Click .
ThePTZ/ROISettingsdialogboxisdisplayed.
3. InthePredefinedPositionstab,definepredefinedpositionsasrequired.
4. ClickOK.
Seealso
16.11 ConfiguringtheANRfunction
BeforeyouenabletheANRfunction,youmustaddthestoragemediaofanencodertothe
desiredencoderandconfigurethisstoragemedia.
YoumustdisabledualrecordingfortheencodertoconfigureANR.
Toenable:
4 Intherowofthedesiredcamera,intheANRcolumn,selectthecheckbox.
Seealso
Cameraspage,page298
16.12 ConfiguringdualrecordingintheCameraTable
YoumustdisabletheANRfunctiontoconfiguredualrecording.
Ifyouconfiguredualrecordingforonecameraofamulti-channelencoder,thesystemensures
thatthesamerecordingtargetisconfiguredforallcamerasofthisencoder.
Toconfigure:
1. IntheSecondaryRecording-Targetcolumn,clickacellofthedesiredencoderandthen
clickthedesiredpoolofaSecondaryVRM.
Automaticallyallcamerasoftheaffectedencoderareconfiguredtoberecordedtothe
selectedSecondaryVRM.
2. IntheSettingcolumn,selectascheduledrecordingsetting.
Seealso
ConfiguringdualrecordingintheDeviceTree,page123

Cameraspage,page298

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17 Configuringeventsandalarms
Mainwindow> Events
or
Mainwindow> Alarms
Thischapterprovidesinformationonhowtoconfigureeventsandalarmsinyoursystem.
Theavailableeventsaregroupedbeyondtheircorrespondingdevices.
IntheEventspage,youconfigurewhenaneventinyourBoschVMStriggersanalarm,
executesaCommandScript,andislogged.
Example(partofanEventConfigurationTable):
Thisexamplemeans:
Ifthevideosignaloftheselectedcameragetslost,analarmistriggered,theeventislogged,
andnoscriptisexecuted.
InAlarms,youdefinehowanalarmisdisplayed,andwhichcamerasaredisplayedand
recordedincaseofanalarm.
Somesystemeventsareconfiguredasalarmsbydefault.
CommandScriptEditordialogbox,page308
CreateCompoundEvent/EditCompoundEventdialogbox,page309
SelectScriptLanguagedialogbox,page310
AlarmSettingsdialogbox,page312
SelectImagePaneContentdialogbox,page312

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AlarmOptionsdialogbox,page313
17.1 Copyingandpastingintables
YoucanconfiguremanyobjectssimultaneouslywithinaCameraTable,anEventConfiguration
Table,oranAlarmConfigurationTablewithafewclicks.
Fordetailedinformation,seeCopyingandpastingintables,page164.
17.2 Removingatablerow
Mainwindow> Alarms
Youcanonlyremoveatablerowthatyouoranotheruserhaveadded,i.e.youcandelete
duplicatedeventsorCompoundEvents.
CompoundEventsarelocatedintheEventTreeunderSystemDevices>CompoundEvents.
Toremoveatablerow:
1. Selecttherow.
2. Click .
Seealso
Eventspage,page307
17.3 Managingresourcefiles
Fordetailedinformationsee:
Managingresourcefiles,page152.
17.4 Configuringanevent
Mainwindow> Events
Toconfigureanevent:
1. Inthetree,selectaneventoreventstate,forexampleSystemDevices>Authentication
>OperatorAuthenticationRejected.
ThecorrespondingEventConfigurationTableisdisplayed.
2. IntheTriggerAlarm-Schedulecolumn,clickacellandselecttheappropriateschedule.
Thescheduledetermineswhenthealarmistriggered.
SelectoneoftheRecordingSchedulesorTaskSchedulesthatyouhaveconfiguredinthe
Schedulespage.
3. IntheLog-Schedulecolumn,clickacellandselecttheappropriateschedule.
Thescheduledetermineswhentheeventislogged.
4. IntheScript-Scriptcolumn,clickacellandselectanappropriateCommandScript.

5. IntheScript-Schedulecolumn,clickacellandselecttheappropriateschedule.
ThescheduledetermineswhentheeventtriggersthestartoftheCommandScript.
Seealso
Eventspage,page307
17.5 Duplicatinganevent
Mainwindow> Events
Youcanduplicateaneventtotriggerdifferentalarmsforaparticularevent.
Toduplicateanevent:
1. Inthetree,selectaneventcondition.ThecorrespondingEventConfigurationTableis
displayed.
2. Selectatablerow.
3. Click .Anewtablerowisaddedbelow.Ithasthedefaultsettings.
Seealso
Eventspage,page307
17.6 Logginguserevents
Mainwindow> Events>ExpandSystemDevices>UserActions
Youcanconfiguretheloggingbehaviorofseveraluseractionsforeachavailableusergroup
individually.
Example:
Tologuserevents:
1. Selectausereventtoconfigureitsloggingbehavior,e.g.OperatorLogon.
EachusergroupisdisplayedintheDevicecolumn.
2. Ifavailable:IntheTriggerAlarm-Schedulecolumn,clickacellandselectthe
appropriateschedule.
Thescheduledetermineswhenthealarmthatissupposedtonotifytheuseristriggered.
YoucanselectoneoftheRecordingSchedulesorTaskSchedulesthatyouhave
configuredinSchedules.
Intheexample,theOperatorlogonoftheAdminGroupandthePowerUserGroupare
notloggedwhereastheOperatorlogonoftheLiveUserGroupareloggedduringDay
schedule.
Seealso
Eventspage,page307

17.7 Configuringusereventbuttons
Mainwindow> Events
YoucanconfiguretheusereventbuttonsavailableintheOperatorClient.Youcanconfigure
thatoneormoreusereventbuttonsarenotdisplayedintheOperatorClient.
OntheUserGroupspage,youconfigurethattheusereventbuttonsareonlyavailableinthe
OperatorClientofthecorrespondingusergroup.
Toconfigureusereventbuttons:
1. Inthetree,selectSystemDevices>OperatorClientEventButtons>EventButton
Pressed.
2. Selectausereventbuttontoconfigureitsbehavior.
3. IntheTriggerAlarm-Schedulecolumn,clickacellandselecttheappropriateschedule.
Thescheduledetermineswhenthealarmthatissupposedtonotifytheuseristriggered.
SelectingNevermakestheusereventbuttonunavailableintheOperatorClientofalluser
groupsthathavetheusereventbuttonpermission.
5. IntheScript-Scriptcolumn,clickacellandselectanappropriateCommandScript.
6. IntheScript-Schedulecolumn,clickacellandselecttheappropriateschedule.
ThescheduledetermineswhentheCommandScriptisexecuted.
Seealso
Eventspage,page307
17.8 CreatingaCompoundEvent
Mainwindow> Events>
YoucreateaCompoundEvent.Youcancombineonlystatechangesandtheirobjects.Objects
canbeforexampleschedulesordevices.Youcancombineboththestatechangesandtheir
objectswiththeBooleanexpressionsANDandOR.
Example:YoucombinetheconnectionstatesofanIPcameraandadecoder.TheCompound
Eventshallonlyoccurwhenboththedevicesloosetheirconnection.Inthiscaseyouusethe
ANDoperatorforthetwoobjects(theIPcameraandthedecoder)andforthetwoconnection
statesVideoSignalLostandDisconnected.

TocreateaCompoundEvent:
1. IntheEventname:field,enteranamefortheCompoundEvent.
2. IntheEventStates:field,selectaneventstate.
TheavailableobjectsaredisplayedintheObjects:field.
3. IntheObjects:fieldselectdeviceasrequired.
ThecorrespondingeventandtheselecteddevicesareaddedtotheCompoundEvent
pane.
4. IntheCompoundEvent:field,right-clickaBooleanoperationandchangeitwhere
required.
ABooleanoperationdefinesthecombinationofitsimmediatechildelements.
5. ClickOK.
ThenewCompoundEventisaddedtotheEventConfigurationTable.Youfinditinthe
EventTreebelowSystemDevices.
Seealso
Eventspage,page307
17.9 EditingaCompoundEvent
Mainwindow> Events
YoucanchangeapreviouslycreatedCompoundEvent.
ToeditaCompoundEvent:
1. IntheEventTree,expandSystemDevices>CompoundEventState>CompoundEvent
isTrue.

2. IntheEventConfigurationTable,intheDevicecolumn,right-clicktherequired
CompoundEventandclickEdit.
TheEditCompoundEventdialogboxisdisplayed.
3. Maketherequiredchanges.
4. ClickOK.
TheCompoundEventischanged.
Seealso
Eventspage,page307
17.10 Configuringanalarm
Mainwindow> Alarms
BeforeconfiguringanalarmyoumustconfigurethetriggerinEvents.
Toconfigureanalarm:
1. Inthetree,selectanalarm,forexampleSystemDevices>Authentication>Operator
AuthenticationRejected.
ThecorrespondingAlarmConfigurationTableisdisplayed.
2. InthePrioritycolumn,click...inacelltotypethealarmpriorityfortheselectedalarm
(100islowpriority,1ishighpriority).
IntheTitlecolumn,click...inacelltotypethetitleofthealarmtobedisplayedin
BoschVMS,forexampleintheAlarmList.
IntheColorcolumn,click...inacelltodisplayadialogboxforselectingacolorforthe
alarmtobedisplayedintheOperatorClient,forexampleintheAlarmList.
3. Inthe1-5columns,click...inacelltodisplaytheSelectImagePaneContentdialogbox.
Maketherequiredsettings.
4. IntheAudioFilecolumn,click...inacelltodisplayadialogboxforselectinganaudio
filethatisplayedincaseofanalarm.
5. IntheAlarmOptionscolumn,click...inacelltodisplaytheAlarmOptionsdialogbox.
applicationwindow.
Seealso
Configuringanevent,page173
Alarmspage,page311
SelectImagePaneContentdialogbox,page312
17.11 Configuringsettingsforallalarms
Mainwindow> Alarms
YoucansetthefollowingalarmsettingsthatarevalidforthisManagementServer:
NumberofImagepanesperalarm
Auto-cleartime
Manualalarmrecordingtime
Configurethebehaviorofallanalogmonitorgroups

Toconfigureallalarms:
1. Click .
TheAlarmSettingsdialogboxisdisplayed.
applicationwindow.
4 ClickOK.
Seealso
AlarmSettingsdialogbox,page312
17.12 Configuringthepre-andpost-alarmdurationforanalarm
Forconfiguringpre-alarmandpost-alarmdurationsettingsyouneedacamerathatsupports
ANRandfirmware5.90orlatermustbeinstalled.
4 Forthedesiredcamera,clicktoenableANR.
Mainwindow> Events
4 ConfigurethedesiredeventfortheANRactivatedcamera.
Mainwindow> Alarms
1. Configureanalarmforthisevent.
2. Select or
3. IntheAlarmOptionscolumnclick...
TheAlarmOptionsdialogboxisdisplayed.
4. IntheRecordcolumn,selectthecheckboxoftheANRenabledcameratoenablealarm
recording.
ThecheckboxintheDeviatingAlarmDurationSettingscolumnisselected
automatically.
5. ClicktheDeviatingAlarmDurationSettingstab.
6. Configurethealarmdurationsettingsasrequired.
Seealso
17.13 Triggeringalarmrecordingwithtextdata
Mainwindow> Alarms
Youcantriggeralarmrecordingwithtextdata.
Beforeconfiguringanalarmyoumustconfigureaneventthatcontainstextdata.

Example: Events>IntheEventTreeselect (textdatamustbeavailable,for

example:FoyerCardReaderDevices>FoyerCardReader>CardRejected)
Notice!
Configurethedebouncetimefortheselectedeventto0.
Thisensuresthatnotextdataislost.
Toconfigurealarmrecording:
1. Inthetree,selectanalarm,forexampleATM/POSDevices>ATMInput>DataInput.
4. ClicktheCamerastabandclicktoselecttheRecordcheckbox.
Seealso
TextDataRecordingdialogbox,page310
17.14 Addingtextdatatocontinousrecording
Mainwindow> Events>IntheEventTreeselect DataInput(textdatamustbe

available,forexample:FoyerCardReaderDevices>FoyerCardReader>CardRejected)>
TextDataRecordingcolumn>
Youcanaddtextdatatocontinuousrecording.
17.15 Protectingalarmrecording
Mainwindow> Alarms
BeforeconfiguringanalarmyoumustconfigureaneventinEvents.
Toconfigurealarmrecording:
1. Inthetree,selectanalarm,forexampleATM/POSDevices>ATMInput>DataInput.
4. ClicktheCamerastabandclicktoselecttheRecordcheckbox.
5. SelecttheProtectRecordingcheckbox.
Seealso

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18 ConfiguringCommandScripts
ThischapterdescribeshowtoconfigureCommandScripts.CommandScriptsappearat
variousplacesofBoschVMS.
Notice!
ServerScriptsgetsactivatedduringrestartofManagementServerserviceevenifnot
activatedfromwithinConfigurationClient.
18.1 ManagingCommandScripts
Mainwindow
YoucancreateaCommandScriptusingthefollowingscriptinglanguages:
C#
VB.Net
YoucannotchangethescriptinglanguageofanexistingCommandScript.
YoucancreateaClientScriptoraServerScript.
Youcanaddscriptletstoeveryscript.
Togethelponenteringcode,click intheCommandScriptEditordialogbox.The
BoschScriptAPIhelpisdisplayed.
Toaddaserverscriptlet:
1. OntheToolsmenu,clicktheCommandScriptEditor...command.
TheSelectScriptLanguagedialogboxisdisplayedifnoCommandScriptwascreated
yet.
2. IntheScriptLanguage:list,selecttherequiredentry.
TheCommandScriptEditordialogboxisdisplayed.
3. IntheleftpaneoftheCommandScriptEditordialogbox,right-clickServerScriptand
clickNewScriptlet.
Anewscriptletisadded.
4. Enteryourcode.
Toaddaclientscriptlet
TheSelectScriptLanguagedialogboxisdisplayedifnoCommandScriptwascreated
yet.
2. IntheScriptLanguage:list,selecttherequiredentry.
3. IntheleftpaneoftheCommandScriptEditordialogbox,right-clickClientScriptand
clickNewScriptlet.
Anewscriptletisadded.
4. Enteryourcode.
Todeleteascriptlet:
1. OpentheCommandScriptEditordialogbox.
2. ClicktheServerScripttabortheClientScripttabasrequired.
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3. IntheEventTree,right-clicktherequiredeventandclick .
Thescriptletisremoved.
ToexittheCommandScriptEditordialogbox:
4 Click .
Seealso
18.2 ConfiguringaCommandScripttobestartedautomatically
Mainwindow> Alarms> or >AlarmOptionscolumn>...

YouconfigureaClientCommandScripttobestartedinthefollowingcases:
Workstationstartsup.
Useracceptsanalarm.
ToconfigureaCommandScriptatworkstationstartup:
SeeConfiguringastartupCommandScript.
ToconfigureaCommandScriptafteruserhasacceptedanalarm:
1. ClicktheWorkflowtab.
2. IntheExecutethefollowingClientScriptwhenalarmisaccepted:list,selectthe
desiredClientScript.
Thisscriptisstartedassoonasauseracceptstheselectedalarm.
Seealso
18.3 ImportingaCommandScript
Mainwindow
YoucanimportCommandScriptsthathavebeendevelopedonanothercomputer.Thefile
mustbewritteninthesamescriptinglanguagethatyouusedonyoursystem.
ToimportaCommandScript:
2. Click .
Thedialogboxforopeningafileisdisplayed.
3. SelecttherequiredscriptfileandclickOK.
Seealso
18.4 ExportingaCommandScript
Mainwindow
YoucanexportCommandScriptsthathavebeendevelopedonanothercomputer.
ToexportaCommandScript:
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2. Click .
Thedialogboxforsavingafileisdisplayed.
3. TypetherequiredscriptfilenameandclickOK.
Seealso
18.5 ConfiguringastartupCommandScript

YouconfigureaCommandScripttobestartedwhentheOperatorClientontheselected
workstationisstarted.
YoumustcreateacorrespondingCommandScript.
ForcreatingaCommandScript,seeManagingCommandScripts,page180.
Toconfigureastartupscript:
4 IntheStartupscript:list,selecttherequiredCommandScript.
Seealso

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19 Configuringusers,permissionsandEnterpriseAccess
Thischapterprovidesinformationonhowtoconfigureusergroups,EnterpriseUserGroups
andEnterpriseAccess.Youmakeallsettingsperusergroupandnotperuser.Ausercanonly
bethememberofoneusergrouporEnterpriseUserGroup.
Youcannotchangethesettingsofadefaultusergroup.
ThisusergrouphasaccesstoallthedevicesoftheFullLogicalTreeandisassignedthe
Alwaysschedule.
ForaccessingtheWindowsusergroupsofadomain,LDAPusergroupsareused.
UserPropertiespage,page320
NewUserGroup/EnterpriseAccountdialogbox,page318
AddNewDualAuthorizationGroupdialogbox,page320
LDAPServerSettingsdialogbox,page325
CopyUserGroupPermissionsdialogbox,page324
SelectUserGroupsdialogbox,page321
19.1 Creatingauser
Mainwindow> UserGroups>UserGroupstab
or
Mainwindow> UserGroups>EnterpriseUserGroupstab
YoucreateauserasanewmemberofanexistingusergrouporEnterpriseUserGroup.
Notice!
AuserwhowantstooperateaBoschIntuiKeykeyboardconnectedtoadecoder,musthavea
number-onlyusernameandpassword.Theusernamecanhavemaximum3numbers;the
passwordcanhavemaximum6numbers.

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Tocreateauser:
1. Selectagroupandclick .
AnewuserisaddedtotheUserGroupstree.
2. Right-clickthenewuserandclickRename.
3. EnterthedesirednameandpressENTER.
4. OntheUserPropertiespage,entertheusernameandthepassword.
Seealso
19.2 Creatingagrouporaccount
Youcancreateastandardusergroup,anEnterpriseUserGrouporanEnterpriseAccount.
Foradaptingtheusergrouppermissionstoyourrequirements,createanewusergroupand
changeitssettings.
thealarmmonitor.
Tocreateagrouporaccount:
1. Clickthedesiredtabforthegrouporaccountthatyouwanttoadd:
-UserGroups
-EnterpriseUserGroups
-EnterpriseAccess
2. Click .
4. ForanEnterpriseAccountenterapasswordandconfirmthispassword.
5. ClickOK.
Anewgrouporaccountisaddedtothecorrespondingtree.
applicationwindow.
Seealso

19.3 Creatingadualauthorizationgroup
Mainwindow> UserGroups>UserGroupstab> >NewDualAuthorization

Groupdialogbox
or
Mainwindow> UserGroups>EnterpriseUserGroupstab> >NewEnterprise

DualAuthorizationGroupdialogbox
Youselecttwogroups.Themembersofthesegroupsarethemembersofthenewdual
authorizationgroup.
YoucanconfiguredualauthorizationforusergroupsandforEnterpriseUserGroups.
Tocreate:
1. Typeinanameanddescription.
2. Click .
3. Selectagroupineachlist.
Itispossibletoselectthesamegroupinthesecondlist.
4. Foreachgroup,selectForcedualauthorizationifrequired.
Whenthischeckboxisselected,eachuserofthefirstgroupcanonlylogontogether
withauserofthesecondgroup.
Whenthischeckboxiscleared,eachuserofthefirstgroupcanlogonalonebutheonly
hastheaccessrightsofhisgroup.
RelatedTopics
LogonPairPropertiespage,page321
SelectUserGroupsdialogbox,page321
19.4 ConfiguringLDAPsettings
Mainwindow> UserGroups>UserGroupstab> >OperatingPermissions

tab
or
Mainwindow> UserGroups>EnterpriseUserGroupstab> >Operating

Permissionstab
Caution!
DonotassignanLDAPgrouptodifferentBoschVMSusergroups.Thiscanresultinnot
intendedpermissionsfortheseusers.

Notice!
Typethesearchpathsaccurately.WrongpathscanmakethesearchonanLDAPserververy
slow.
YouconfigureLDAPgroupsinstandardusergroupsorEnterpriseUserGroups.
ToconfigureLDAPsettings:
1. ClicktheUserGroupPropertiestab.
2. IntheLDAPPropertiesfield,maketheappropriatesettings.
applicationwindow.
19.5 AssociatinganLDAPgroup

tab
or

Permissionstab
YouassociateanLDAPgroupwithaBoschVMSusergrouptogivetheusersofthisLDAP
groupaccesstotheOperatorClient.TheusersoftheLDAPgrouphavetheaccessrightsof
theusergroupwhereyouconfiguretheLDAPgroup.
YouprobablyneedthehelpoftheITadministratorwhoisresponsiblefortheLDAPserver.
YouconfigureLDAPgroupsinstandardusergroupsorEnterpriseUserGroups.
ToassociateanLDAPgroup:
2. IntheLDAPPropertiesfield,clickSettings.
TheLDAPServerSettingsdialogboxisdisplayed.
3. EnterthesettingsofyourLDAPserverandclickOK.
applicationwindow.
4 IntheLDAPGroups:list,double-clickanLDAPgroup.
ThisLDAPgroupisenteredintheAssociatedLDAPgroup:field.
19.6 Schedulinguserlogonpermission

tab
or

Permissionstab

YoucanlimitthemembersofausergrouporEnterpriseUserGrouptologontotheir
computersatspecifiedtimeperiods.
Youcannotchangethesesettingsforadefaultusergroup.
Toscheduleloggingon:
2. IntheLogonschedule:list,selectaschedule.
19.7 Configuringoperatingpermissions

tab
or

Permissionstab
YoucanconfigureoperatingpermissionslikeLogbookaccessoruserinterfacesettings.
YouconfigureoperatingpermissionsinstandardusergroupsorEnterpriseUserGroups.
Toconfigureoperatingpermissions:
1. ClicktheOperatingPermissionstab.
2. Selectorclearthecheckboxesasappropriate.
applicationwindow.
Seealso
19.8 Configuringuserinterfacesettings

tab
or

Permissionstab
Youcanconfigureamultimonitormodewithupto4monitors.Yousetforeverymonitorwhat
isdisplayedonit,e.g.monitor2onlydisplaysLiveImagepanesorMonitor1andMonitor2
usethe16:9aspectratioforHDcameras.
YouconfigureoperatingpermissionsinstandardusergroupsorEnterpriseUserGroups.
Toconfigureuserinterfacesettings:
1. ClicktheUserInterfacetab.
2. Inthe4monitorlist,selecttherequiredentries.
IfyouclickRestoreDefault,alllistentriesareresettotheirdefaultsettings.
3. Ifrequired,selecttheSavesettingswhenshuttingdowncheckboxtoenabletheuserto
savehisindividualsettingswhenshuttingdowntheOperatorClient.
19.9 ConfiguringpermissionsforLogicalTree
Mainwindow> UserGroups>UserGroupstab>DevicePermissionstab
or
Mainwindow> UserGroups>EnterpriseAccesstab>DevicePermissionstab
YoucansetthepermissionsforalldevicesoftheLogicalTreeindependently.
InanEnterpriseSystem,thesepermissionsarevalidfortheaccessofEnterpriseUserGroup
userstothedevicesofalocalManagementServer,controlledbyEnterpriseAccounts.
Afteryouhavemovedpermitteddevicestoafolderthatisnotpermittedforthisusergroup,
youmustsetthepermissionsforthefoldertograntaccesstoitsdevices.
YouconfiguredevicepermissionsinstandardusergroupsorEnterpriseAccounts.
Toconfigurepermissions:
1. IntheUserGroupstree,selectausergrouporaccount.
2. ClicktheLogicalTreetab.
Selectinganitembelowanode,automaticallyselectsthenode.
Selectinganode,automaticallyselectsallitemsbelow.
applicationwindow.
19.10 Configuringpermissionsforeventsandalarms
or
Youconfigurewhicheventstheusergrouporaccountisauthorizedtoprocess.
YouconfigurepermissionsforeventsandalarmsinstandardusergroupsorEnterprise
Accounts.
Toconfigurepermissionforeventsandalarms:
2. ClicktheEventsandAlarmstab.
3. Selectthecheckboxtoenableallavailableeventsandalarms.
Or:
Selecttherequiredcheckboxestoenabletheappropriateeventsandalarms.

Seealso
19.11 Configuringcamerapermissions
or
Youcanconfigurevariouspermissionsforcameras,e.g.PTZcontrol.
YouconfigurecamerapermissionsinstandardusergroupsorEnterpriseAccounts.
Toconfigurecamerapermissions:
2. ClicktheCameraPermissionstab.
applicationwindow.
19.12 Configuringdecoderpermissions
or
Youcanconfigurepermissionsfordecoders.
Youcannotchangethesesettingsforadefaultgroup.
YouconfiguredecoderpermissionsinstandardusergroupsorEnterpriseAccounts.
Toconfiguredecoderpermissions:
2. ClicktheDecoderPermissionstab.
Seealso
19.13 Configuringvariouspriorities
or

or
Mainwindow> UserGroups>EnterpriseAccesstab
Youcanconfigurethefollowingpriorities:
ForstandardusergroupsandEnterpriseUserGroups:Youcanconfigurethealarm
prioritiesforLiveModeandPlaybackMode.
ForstandardusergroupsandEnterpriseAccess:Youcanconfiguretheprioritiesfor
acquiringPTZcontrolsandBoschAllegianttrunklines.
YoucanconfigureatimeperiodforPTZlocking,i.e.auserwithhigherprioritycantake
overthecameracontrolfromauserwithalowerpriorityandlocksitforthistimeperiod.
Toconfigureliveandplaybackpriorities:
1. SelectastandardusergrouporanEnterpriseUserGroup.
2. ClickOperatingPermissions.
3. ClickthePrioritiestab.
4. IntheAutomaticPopupBehaviorfield,movetheslidersasrequired.
ToconfigureprioritiesforPTZandBoschAllegianttrunklines:
1. SelectastandardusergrouporanEnterpriseAccount.
2. ClickDevicePermissionstab.
3. ClicktheControlPrioritiestab.
4. IntheControlPrioritiesfield,movetheslidersasrequired.
5. IntheTimeoutinmin.list,selecttherequiredentry.
19.14 Copyingusergrouppermissions
or
or
Mainwindow> UserGroups>EnterpriseAccesstab
Youcancopypermissionsfromonegrouporaccounttoanother.Youmusthaveconfiguredat
least2groupsoraccounts.
Tocopypermissions:
1. IntheUserGroupstree,selectagrouporaccount.
2. Click .
TheCopyUserGroupPermissionsdialogboxisdisplayed.
3. Selecttheappropriatepermissionsandtheappropriatetargetgrouporaccount.
4. ClickOK.Thegrouppermissionsofthisgrouparecopiedtotheothergrouporaccount.
Thedialogboxisclosed.

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20 Managingconfigurationdata
Mainwindow
YoumustactivatethecurrentconfigurationtomakeitvalidfortheManagementServerand
OperatorClient.ThesystemremindsyoutoactivatewhenexitingtheConfigurationClient.
Everyactivatedconfigurationissavedwiththedateandwithadescriptionifrequired.
Ateverypointintimeyoucanrestorearecentlyactivatedconfiguration.Allconfigurations
savedinthemeantimegetlost.
Youcanexportthecurrentconfigurationinaconfigurationfileandimportthisfilelater.This
restorestheexportedconfiguration.Allconfigurationssavedinthemeantimegetlost.
20.1 Activatingtheworkingconfiguration
Mainwindow
Youactivatethecurrentlyworkingconfiguration.TheOperatorClientusestheactivated
configurationafterthenextstartiftheuseracceptedit.Iftheactivationisenforced,allopen
instancesoftheOperatorClientinthenetworkexitandstartagain.Theuserofeach
OperatorClientinstanceusuallydoesnothavetologonagain.
Youcanconfigureadelayedactivationtime.Ifyouconfigureadelayedactivationtime,the
workingconfigurationisnotactivatedatoncebutatthetimeconfigured.Ifyouconfigure
anotheractivationtimelater(delayedornotdoesnotmatter),thistimeisactivenow.The
firstconfiguredactivationtimeisremoved.
WhenyouexittheConfigurationClientthesystemremindsyoutoactivatethecurrentworking
copyoftheconfiguration.
Youcannotactivateaconfigurationthatcontainsadevicewithoutpasswordprotection.
Notice!
Iftheactivationisenforced,eachinstanceofOperatorClientrestartswhentheconfiguration
isactivated.Avoidunnecessaryactivations.Performactivationspreferablyinthenightor
duringtimeperiodswithlowactivities.
Notice!
Ifyoursystemcontainsdevicesthatarenotprotectedbyapassword,youmustsecurethese
devicesbeforeyoucanactivate.Youcandeactivatethispasswordenforcement.
Toactivatethecurrentlyworkingconfiguration:
1. Click .
TheActivateConfigurationdialogboxisdisplayed.
Ifyourconfigurationcontainsdevicesthatarenotprotectedbyapassword,youcannot
activate.InthiscasetheProtectDeviceswithDefaultPassword...dialogboxis
displayed.
FollowtheinstructionsinthisdialogboxandclickApply.
TheActivateConfigurationdialogboxisdisplayedagain.
2. Ifappropriate,enteradelayedactivationtime.Bydefault,thepresentpointintimeis
configuredasactivationtime.Ifyoudonotchangethedelayedactivationtime,the
activationisperformedimmediately.
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3. TypeadescriptionandclickOK.
Thecurrentconfigurationisactivated.
EachOperatorClientworkstationisinstantlyrestarted,ifconnectedtothenetworkand
theactivationisenforced.Ifaworkstationisnotconnected,itisrestartedassoonitis
connectedagain.
Ifyouconfiguredadelayedactivationtime,theconfigurationwillbeactivatedlater.
Seealso
ProtectDeviceswithGlobalDefaultPassworddialogbox,page202
ActivateConfigurationdialogbox,page201
20.2 Activatingaconfiguration
Mainwindow
Youcanactivateapreviousversionoftheconfigurationthatyouhavesavedearlier.
Toactivateaconfiguration:
1. OntheSystemmenu,clickActivationManager....
TheActivationManagerdialogboxisdisplayed.
2. Inthelist,selecttheconfigurationyouwanttoactivate.
3. ClickActivate.
Amessageboxisdisplayed.
4. ClickOK.
TheActivateConfigurationdialogboxisdisplayed.
5. Ifappropriate,clicktocheckForceactivationforallOperatorClients.Each
OperatorClientworkstationisautomaticallyrestartedtoactivatethenewconfiguration.
Theusercannotrefusethenewconfiguration.
IfForceactivationforallOperatorClientsisnotchecked,oneachOperatorClient
workstationadialogboxappearsforsomeseconds.Theusercanrefuseoracceptthe
newconfiguration.Thedialogboxisclosedafterafewsecondswithoutuserinteraction.
Inthiscasethenewconfigurationisnotaccepted.
Seealso
ActivateConfigurationdialogbox,page201
ActivationManagerdialogbox,page200
20.3 Exportingconfigurationdata
Mainwindow
YoucanexportthedeviceconfigurationdataofBoschVMSina.zipfile.This.zipfilecontains
thedatabasefile(Export.bvms)andtheuserdata(.datfile).
Youcanusethesefilesforrestoringasystemconfigurationthathasbeenexportedbeforeon
thesame(Enterprise)ManagementServerorforimportingitonanother(Enterprise)
ManagementServer.Theuserdatafilecannotbeimportedbutyoucanuseittomanually
restoretheuserconfiguration.
1. OntheSystemmenu,clickExportConfiguration....
TheExportConfigurationFiledialogboxisdisplayed.
Note:Ifyourcurrentworkingcopyconfigurationisnotactivated( isactive),you
exportthisworkingcopyandnottheactivatedconfiguration.
2. ClickSave.
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3. Enterafilename.
Thecurrentconfigurationisexported.A.zipfilewithdatabaseanduserdataiscreated.
Seealso
Importingconfigurationdata,page193
20.4 Importingconfigurationdata
Mainwindow
Thefollowingusecasesarecovered:
Importingaconfigurationthathasbeenexported(backuphasbeenperformed)beforeon
thesameserver
Importingaconfigurationtemplatethathasbeenpreparedandexportedonanother
server
ImportingtheconfigurationofanearlierBoschVMSversion.
Youcanonlyimportaconfigurationifthelatestchangesofthecurrentworkingcopyaresaved
andactivated.
Forimportingtheconfigurationdatayouneedtheappropriatepassword.
Youcannotimportuserdata.
Toimporttheconfiguration:
1. OntheSystemmenu,clickImportConfiguration....
TheImportConfigurationFiledialogboxisdisplayed.
2. SelectthedesiredfileforimportandclickOpen.
TheImportConfiguration...dialogboxisdisplayed.
3. EntertheappropriatepasswordandclickOK.
TheConfigurationClientisrestarted.Youmustlogonagain.
TheimportedconfigurationisnotactivatedbuteditableinConfigurationClient.
Notice!
Ifyouwanttocontinueeditingtheconfigurationthathasbeenactivatedforyour
ManagementServer,performarollbackintheActivateConfigurationdialogbox.
Seealso
Exportingconfigurationdata,page192
20.5 ExportingconfigurationdatatoOPC
Mainwindow
YoucanexportthedeviceconfigurationdataofBoschVMSinanXMLfiletoimportitinan
OPCServerapplication.ThefilemustbestoredinthebindirectoryofyourBoschVMS
installation.
ForconfiguringaBoschVMS-BISconnectiontheBoschVMS-BISInterfaceConfiguration
Manualisavailable.
Caution!
InstallOPCserverandBoschVMSManagementServerondifferentcomputers.
Ifboththeserversrunonthesamecomputer,theperformanceofthesystemsisreduced.
Additionallyserioussoftwarecrashescanappear.
1. OntheSystemmenu,clickExportDeviceInformationforOPC....
TheExportDeviceInformationFiledialogboxisdisplayed.
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2. EnterafilenameandclickSave.
Thefileissaved.
YoucanimportthisfileinyourOPCserverapplication.
20.6 Checkingthestatusofyourencoders/decoders
Mainwindow>Hardwaremenu>DeviceMonitor...command>DeviceMonitordialogbox
Youcancheckthestatusofallactivatedencoders/decodersintheDeviceTree.
Seealso
DeviceMonitordialogbox,page205
20.7 ConfiguringSNMPmonitoring
Mainwindow
Toconfigure:
1. OntheSettingsmenu,clickSNMPSettings....
TheSNMPSettingsdialogboxisdisplayed.
2. MaketherequiredsettingsandclickOK.
TodisableSNMPGetRequest:
4 IntheSNMPGETportfield,deletethecontentofthefield.
BoschVMSnolongerlistenstoSNMPGetRequest.
Seealso
SNMPSettingsdialogbox,page205

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21 Configurationexamples
ThischaptercontainsexamplesonhowtoconfigureselecteddevicesinBoschVMS.
21.1 AddingaBoschATM/POSbridge
ThisexampledescribeshowtosetupaBoschATM/POSbridge.
ConfiguringtheATM/POSbridge
1. Ensurethatthedeviceispowered.
2. ToconfiguretheIPaddressandsubnetmaskofthedeviceconnectittoaCOMportof
yourcomputerwithaRS232cable(usethespecifiedBoschcableforconnection).See
theInstallationManualoftheBoschATM/POSbridgefordetails.
3. Onthiscomputer,startaHyperterminalsession(usually:Start>Programs>
Accessories>Communications>HyperTerminal).
4. TypeanameforthesessionandclickOK.
5. SelecttheCOMportnumberandclickOK.
6. EnterthefollowingCOMportsettings:
9600bits/s
8databits
noparity
1stopbit
hardwareflowcontrol
ClickOK.
7. PressF1fordisplayingthesystemoptionsmenuofthedevice.
8. Enter1tosettheIPaddressandthesubnetmaskasrequired.
9. Leavethedefaultsettingsfortheports:
port1:4201
port2:4200
AddingtheATM/POSbridgetoBoschVMS
1. ConnectthedevicetoyourBoschVMSnetwork.
2. StartConfigurationClient.
3. Click Devices,expandtheLogicalTree,expand ,right-click ,click

AddBoschATM/POS-Bridge.
TheAddBoschATM/POS-Bridgedialogboxisdisplayed.
4. Typeanameasdesiredandtypethesettingsthatyouconfiguredearlier.
5. ClicktheInputstabandselecttherequiredinputs.
7. Click Events.
8. Expand ,expandPOSBridgeInput,clickDataInput.
9. IntheTriggerAlarmlist,selectAlwaystoensurethatthiseventalwaystriggersanalarm.
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11. Click Alarms.

12. Configurethedesiredalarmsettingsforthisevent.
13. Click tosavethesettingsandclick toactivatetheconfiguration.

14. Performatesttoensurethatthealarmisworkingasdesired.
21.2 AddingaBoschAllegiantinputalarm
AfteraBoschAllegiantdeviceisaddedtoBoschVMS,youaddAllegiantalarminputs.
1. OntheDeviceTree,clicktheAllegiantdeviceentry.
2. ClicktheInputstabandclickAddInput.
3. Addthedesiredinputalarms.
4. ClickEvents.
5. IntheEventTree,expandAllegiantDevices,expandAllegiantInput,andclickInput
ClosedorInputOpened(dependsonyourapplication).
6. IntheTriggerAlarmlist,selectAlwaystoensurethataneventalwaystriggersanalarm.
Ifyouwanttheeventtriggeranalarmonlyduringacertaintimespan,selectaschedule.
7. Click tosavethesettingsandclick toactivatetheconfiguration.

8. Performatesttoensurethatthealarmisworkingasdesired.
21.3 Addingandconfiguring2DinionIPcameraswithVRM
recording
Thissectiondescribeshowtoadd2DinionIPcamerasforVRMrecording,howtoconfigure
differentrecordingsettingsandhowtoconfigureForensicSearchforthesecameras.
Prerequisite:
VRMandiSCSIdevicesareproperlyconfigured.
Thismeans:
TheVRMisaddedtotheDeviceTree.
AniSCSIdevicewithconfiguredtargetandLUNisassignedtothisVRM.
ToaddtheIPcamerastoanexistingVRM:
1. Right-click andclickAddEncoder.
TheAddEncoderdialogboxisdisplayed.
2. TypetheIPaddressoftheIPcameraandselecttheencodertype(DinionIP).
ClickOK.
RepeatthisstepfortheotherIPcamera.
ToaddtheIPcamerastotheLogicalTree:
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Tochangecameraproperties:
Mainwindow> CamerasandRecording> > tab

1. IntheLiveVideocolumn,configurethequalityoflivedisplay.Forthesedevices,youcan
onlysetthelivequalitypercamera,notscheduledependent.
2. Maketheappropriatesettingsintheothercolumns.
Toconfigurerecordingsettingsforthecameras:
1. Clickascheduletab,forexample .
2. Inthe column,clickacellandselecttheappropriatestreamquality.
3. UnderContinuousorPre-alarmRecording,intheSelectcolumn,selectthedesired
recordingmode.
IfyouclickPre-alarm:ClickacellintheDurationcolumntoselectthealarmrecording
timebeforethealarminseconds.
4. UnderAlarmRecording,intheDurationcolumn,clickacellandtypethedesired
recordingtime.
5. Repeatthepreviousstepstoconfiguretherecordingsettingsfortheothercamera.
ToenableForensicSearchonaworkstation:
1. Clickthe iconofyourworkstation.
2. ClicktheSettingstab.
3. ClicktoselecttheEnableForensicSearchcheckbox.
PerformingaForensicSearch
OperatorClientVRMmainwindow> > Timelinetab

PerformtheForensicSearchontheworkstationwhereyouhaveenabledForensicSearch.
ToperformaForensicSearch:
1. UsingtheHairline,selectthetimeperiodontheTimelineandselectthecorresponding
Imagepane.
2. Click .
TheForensicSearchdialogboxisdisplayed.
TheselectedtimeperiodiscopiedtotheStart:andEnd:fields.
Ifrequired,changethevalues.Click .
3. IntheAlgorithm:list,selectanIVAentry.
4. IntheSurveillanceTasksfield,configureyourForensicSearch.
YoucanfindinformationonthisintherelevantdocumentsontheproductCDsupplied.
5. ClickSearchtostarttheForensicSearch.
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22 GlobalConfigurationClientwindows
ThischaptercontainsinformationonsomebasicapplicationwindowsavailableinBoschVMS
22.1 Configurationwindow
Mainwindow
Allowsyoutoconfigureyoursystem.Thebuttonsinthetoolbarrepresentthevariouspages
whichyoumustconfiguretogetarunningsystem.Theirsequencerepresentsthe
recommendedworkflowofconfiguration.
4 Clickatreeitemtodisplaytheavailablepropertypages.
Devices
ClicktodisplaytheDevicespagewithalldevicesconnectedtothesystem.
MapsandStructure
ClicktodisplaytheMapsandStructurepagewithLogicalTree,DeviceTree,andmaps.
Schedules
ClicktodisplaytheRecordingSchedulesandTaskSchedulespage.
CamerasandRecording
ClicktodisplaytheCamerasandRecordingpagewiththeCameraTableandtherecording
settingsofallcameras.
Events
ClicktodisplaytheEventspage.
Alarms
ClicktodisplaytheAlarmspage.
UserGroups
ClicktodisplaytheUserGroupspagewithallusers.
Clicktosavethechangedsettingsofthecurrentwindow.
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ClicktodisplaytheActivateConfigurationdialogbox.
Clicktodeletetheselecteditem.(Notavailableoneverypage).
Clicktorenametheselecteditem.(Notavailableoneverypage).
Clicktodisplayhelpinformationonthecurrentwindow.
Clicktorefreshthestateinformationforalldevices(notavailableoneverypage).Youcan
refreshthestateofasingledevice:Right-clickthedeviceandclickRefreshstate.
Note:Whenyouhavealargesystemwithseveral1000devicesconfigured,theprocessof
refreshingstatescantakealongtime.
22.2 Menucommands
Systemmenucommands
SaveChanges Savesallchangesmadeonthispage.
UndoAllChangesonPage Restoresthesettingsofthispagesincethelast
saving.
ActivationManager... DisplaystheActivationManagerdialogbox.
ExportConfiguration... DisplaystheExportConfigurationFiledialogbox.
ImportConfiguration... DisplaystheImportConfigurationFiledialogbox.
ExportDeviceInformationfor Displaysadialogboxforcreatingaconfiguration
OPC... filethatyoucanimportina3rdpartymanagement
system.
Exit Exitstheprogram.
Hardwaremenucommands
InitialDeviceScan... DisplaystheInitialDeviceScandialogbox.
ProtectDeviceswithDefault DisplaystheProtectDeviceswithGlobalDefault
Password... Passworddialogbox.
NVR&DecoderScan... DisplaystheNVR&DecoderScandialogbox.
IPDeviceConfiguration... DisplaystheIPDeviceConfigurationdialogbox.
DeviceMonitor... DisplaystheDeviceMonitordialogbox.
FailoverNVRManager... Displaysadialogboxforre-assigningcamerastoa
fixedNVR.
Toolsmenucommands
CommandScriptEditor... DisplaystheCommandScriptEditordialogbox
ResourceManager... DisplaystheResourceManagerdialogbox.

SequenceBuilder... DisplaystheSequenceBuilderdialogbox.
ResourceConverter DisplaystheResourceConverterdialogboxifold
mapresourcesinDWFformatareavailable.
RRASConfiguration... DisplaystheRRASConfigurationdialogbox.
LicenseManager... DisplaystheLicenseManagerdialogbox.
LicenseInspector... DisplaystheLicenseInspectordialogbox.
Reportsmenucommands
RecordingSchedules DisplaystheRecordingSchedulesreportdialog
box.
TaskSchedules DisplaystheTaskSchedulesreportdialogbox.
CamerasandRecording DisplaystheCamerasandRecordingParameters
Parameters reportdialogbox.
StreamQualitySettings DisplaystheStreamQualitySettingsreportdialog
box.
EventSettings DisplaystheEventSettingsreportdialogbox.
CompoundEventSettings DisplaystheCompoundEventSettingsreport
dialogbox.
AlarmSettings DisplaystheAlarmSettingsreportdialogbox.
ConfiguredUsers DisplaystheConfiguredUsersreportdialogbox.
UserGroupsandAccounts DisplaystheUserGroupsandAccountsreport
dialogbox.
OperatingPermissions DisplaystheOperatingPermissionsreportdialog
box.
Settingsmenucommands
AlarmSettings... DisplaystheAlarmSettingsdialogbox.
SNMPSettings... DisplaystheSNMPSettingsdialogbox.
SetRecordingQualities... DisplaystheStreamQualitySettingsdialogbox.
Options... DisplaystheOptionsdialogbox.
RemoteAccessSettings... DisplaystheRemoteAccessSettingsdialogbox.
Helpmenucommands
DisplayHelp DisplaystheBoschVMSApplicationHelp.
Help Displaysadialogboxcontaininginformationonthe
installedsystem,e.g.,theversionnumber.
22.3 ActivationManagerdialogbox
Mainwindow>Systemmenu>ActivationManager...command
Allowsyoutoactivatethecurrentconfigurationortorollbacktoapreviousconfiguration.

Activate
ClicktodisplaytheActivateConfigurationdialogbox.
Seealso
Activatingtheworkingconfiguration,page191
Activatingaconfiguration,page192
22.4 ActivateConfigurationdialogbox
Mainwindow>
Allowsyoutotypeadescriptionfortheworkingcopyoftheconfigurationtobeactivated.
SetDelayedActivationtime
Clicktoselectadelayedactivationtime.
ForceactivationforallOperatorClients
Ifchecked,eachOperatorClientworkstationisautomaticallyrestartedtoactivatethenew
configuration.Theusercannotrefusethenewconfiguration.
Ifnotchecked,oneachOperatorClientworkstationadialogboxappearsforsomeseconds.
Theusercanrefuseoracceptthenewconfiguration.Thedialogboxisclosedafterafew
secondswithoutuserinteraction.Inthiscasethenewconfigurationisnotaccepted.
ConfigureRRASservicebeforeActivation
OnlyavailableifyouhaveenabledtheEnablePortMappingoptionintheRemoteAccess
Settingsdialogbox.
Ifchecked,theRRASConfigurationdialogboxisdisplayedbeforeactivationisperformed.

Seealso
22.5 ProtectDeviceswithGlobalDefaultPassworddialogbox
Mainwindow>Hardwaremenu>ProtectDeviceswithDefaultPassword...command
or
Mainwindow>
Thisdialogboxappears,ifanactivationispendingandifyourconfigurationcontainsdevices
thatarenotprotectedbyapassword.Itallowsyoutoenteraglobaldefaultpasswordthatis
appliedonallaffecteddevices.
RefreshStates
Clicktorescanthenetworkfordevicesthatarenotprotectedbyapassword.
Globaldefaultpassword
Typeinapasswordthatisusedforallcurrentlynotprotecteddevices.
Showpasswords
Clicktoenablethatallpasswordsinthisdialogarevisible.
Enforcepasswordprotectiononactivation
Clicktoselectthischeckbox.Ifenabled,youmustapplyaglobaldefaultpasswordfordevices
thatarenotprotectedbyapassword.
Apply
Clicktoapplytheglobaldefaultpassword.
TheChangingPasswordsdialogboxisdisplayed.Thechangesofpasswordsarelisted.
ClickOKtoclose.
Ifyoustartedwithactivatingyourconfiguration,theActivationManagerdialogboxis
displayed.
Seealso
22.6 LicenseManagerdialogbox
Mainwindow>Toolsmenu>LicenseManager...command
AllowsyoutolicensetheBoschVMSpackagethatyouhaveorderedandtoupgradewith
additionalfeatures.
BasePackages
Displaystheavailablebasepackages.
TypeNumber
DisplaystheCommercialTypeNumber(CTN)oftheselectedpackage,featureorexpansion.
Status
Displaysthelicensingstatusifapplicable.
OptionalFeatures
Displaystheavailablefeatures.
Expansion
Displaystheavailableexpansionsandtheircount.Tochangethecountpointrightfroma
checkboxandclicktheupordownarrow.

Activate
ClicktodisplaytheLicenseActivationdialogbox.
ImportBundleInfo
ClicktoimportanXMLfilecontainingaBundleInformationthatyoureceivedfromBosch.
AddNewPackage
Clicktodisplayadialogboxforselectinganewlicensefile.
Seealso
Activatingthesoftwarelicenses,page92
22.7 LicenseActivationdialogbox
Mainwindow>Toolsmenu>LicenseManager...command>LicenseManagerdialogbox>
Activatebutton
AllowsyoutolicensetheBoschVMSpackagesthatyouhaveorderedandtoupgradewith
additionalpackages.
ForobtainingtheLicenseActivationKeyyoumustcontacttheBoschActivationCenterand
specifythedesiredpackageandthecomputersignatureoftheManagementServer.
AdditionallyyouneedtheAuthorizationNumber.Thisnumberisincludedinyoursoftwarebox.
LicenseActivationKey:
AllowsyoutotypetheLicenseActivationKeyreceivedfromtheBoschActivationCenter.
Seealso
Activatingthesoftwarelicenses,page92
22.8 AlarmSettingsdialogbox
SeeAlarmSettingsdialogbox,page312fordetails.
22.9 Optionsdialogbox
Mainwindow>Settingsmenu>Options...command
Language
AllowsyoutoconfigurethelanguageofyourConfigurationClient.IfyouselectSystem
languagethelanguageofyourWindowsinstallationisused.
ThissettingisenabledafterrestartingConfigurationClient.
AnalogMonitorGroup(AMG)Settings
Allowsyoutoconfigurethattheuserscancontrolallanalogmonitorgroupswitheach
BoschVMSclientcomputer.Itisthennotrequiredtoconfigurethiscomputerasa
workstationintheDeviceTree.
Thissettingisenabledafteractivatingtheconfiguration.
Decodersautomaticallyselectthestreamwhenconnectingtocamera
Allowsyoutoconfigurethatalldecodersinyoursystemuseacompatiblestreamandnot
necessarilytheLivestream.
LogbookConfiguration
AllowsyoutoconfiguretheconnectionstringfortheLogbookdatabase.Changethisstring
onlywhenyouwanttoconfigurearemoteSQLserverfortheLogbookandonlywhenyouare
familiarwithSQLservertechnology.

EnforceautomaticlogoffofConfigurationClientafterthistimeofinactivity
Seealso
Assigningananalogmonitorgrouptoaworkstation,page146
22.10 RemoteAccessSettingsdialogbox
Mainwindow>Settingsmenu>RemoteAccessSettings...command
Allowsyoutoconfiguretheportmappingforremoteaccess.
Youaddoneormoreportranges.BoschVMSautomaticallyassignseachprivateIPaddressof
aconfigureddevicetoadifferentpublicportnumberofonetheseranges.
Intherouterthatconnectsyourprivatenetworkwiththepublicnetwork,youconfigurethe
sameportmapping.Therouterthenforwardseachpacketwithpublicportnumberfromthe
publicnetworktotheprivateIPaddressandportnumber.PrivateIPaddressandportnumber
havebeenconfiguredintheportmappingtableforthispublicportnumber.
Notice!
Additionallyintherouteryoumustmanuallyconfiguretheportforwardingaccordingtothe
settingsintheportmappingtable.
EnablePortMapping
Clicktoenable/disableportmapping.
Add
ClicktoaddaportrangeinthePortrangeslist.
Edit
ClicktochangeaselectedentryinthePortrangeslist.
Remove
ClicktoremoveaselectedentryinthePortrangeslist.
PrivateIPaddress(foraccesswithintheLAN)
SelecttheprivateIPaddressofyourManagementServerlocalnetworkadapter.
Publicnetworkaddress(foraccessfromexternal,e.g.viaInternet)
Typeinthepublicnetworkaddressofthisprivatenetwork.TheremoteOperatorClientlogs
onwiththispublicnetworkaddresstogetaccesstothedevicesofthisManagementServer.
ShowPortMapping...
ClicktodisplaythePortMappingTabledialogbox.
Seealso
Remoteaccess,page28
22.10.1 PortMappingTabledialogbox
Mainwindow>Settingsmenu>RemoteAccessSettings...command>ShowPortMapping...
button>PortMappingTabledialogbox
DisplaystheportmappingfortheIPaddressesoftheconfigureddevicesinyourBoschVMS.
Youcancopythetableintotheclipboardandyoucanaddentriesthatarenotmanagedby
BoschVMS.
CopytoClipboard
Clicktocopythemappingtabletotheclipboard.Thishelpsyouincreatingaconfiguration
scriptforaportmappinginarouter(forexampleaRRASservice).

Protocol
Displaystheusednetworkprotocolforthisdevice.
Youcanchangethevaluemanually.
PrivatePort
Displaystheprivateportnumberusedintheprivatenetworkforthisdevice.
PublicPort
DisplaysthepublicportnumberusedbyOperatorClientfrompublicnetworkstoaccessthis
device.
Fixed
Clicktochecktofixthemanuallyassignedportnumber.
Clicktounchecktoenabletheautomaticassignmentofaportnumber.
22.11 DeviceMonitordialogbox
Mainwindow>Hardwaremenu>DeviceMonitor...command>DeviceMonitordialogbox
Allowsyoutocheckthestatusoftheencoders/decodersinyourDeviceTreethatareactivein
yourBoschVMS.
DisplayName
DevicenamethatwasconfiguredinBoschVMS.
NetworkAddress
IPaddressofthedevice.
State
Thefollowingstatescanbedisplayed:
Configured:Configurationofthisdeviceisactivated.
Configurationmismatch:Configurationofthisdeviceisnotactivated.
Unknown:Statuscouldnotbedetermined.
NotConnected:Notconnected.
LastCheck
Dateandtimewhenthedialogwasstartedandthecheckwasperformed.Aslongasthe
dialogboxisdisplayed,thedevicesarenotcheckedagain.
Seealso
Checkingthestatusofyourencoders/decoders,page194
22.12 SNMPSettingsdialogbox
Mainwindow>Settingsmenu>SNMPSettings...command
AllowsyoutoconfigureSNMPmonitoringonyourManagementServercomputer.Youspecify
forwhicheventanSNMPtrapissent,someadditionalinformationonyoursystem,andtheIP
addressesofthecomputerswhichareplannedtoreceiveSNMPtrapsfromBoschVMS.
TheserversendsSNMPtrapswheneventsoccur.YoucanreceivethesetrapswiththeSNMP
receiverinConfigurationClientusingtheSNMPTrapLoggertool.Youcanalsouseanother
softwarethatcanreceiveSNMPtraps.
TheSNMPagentinBoschVMSsupportsSNMPGetRequest.WhenanSNMPmanagersoftware
(forexampleiReasoningMIBBrowser)sendsanSNMPGetRequesttotheBoschVMS
ManagementServerthentheManagementServersendsacorrespondingresponsemessage.
TheMIBfileislocatedinthefollowingfile:

<installation_directory>\Bosch\VMS\bin\BVMS.mib
OnlySNMPv1andv2aresupported.
Note:SNMPv1andSNMPv2arenotcompletelycompatible.Hencewerecommendnotusing
SNMPv1andSNMPv2together.
SNMPGETport
TypeintheportnumberforSNMPGetRequest.ThisistheportwheretheSNMPagentofthe
BoschVMSManagementServerlistensforSNMPGetRequest.
Note:BoschVMSdoesnotusethestandardportnumber161forSNMPGetRequest,because
thisportispossiblyusedbytheSNMPagentofthecomputerwheretheBoschVMS
ManagementServerisinstalledon.
Thedefaultvalueis12544.
Systemcontact
TypeincontactdataforyourBoschVMS.YoucanretrievethisinformationwithanSNMP
GetRequestusingtheOID.1.3.6.1.2.1.1.4.
Systemdescription
TypeinadescriptionofyourBoschVMS.YoucanretrievethisinformationwithanSNMP
GetRequestusingtheOID.1.3.6.1.2.1.1.5.
Systemlocation
TypeinthelocationofyourBoschVMS.Thisstringshouldspecifythephysicallocationofthe
servercomputer,forexamplebuilding,roomnumber,rack-number,etc.
YoucanretrievethisinformationwithanSNMPGetRequestusingtheOID.1.3.6.1.2.1.1.6.
Trapreceivers
TypetheIPaddressofthecomputerwhereBoschVMSissupposedtosendSNMPtrapsto.
Trapfilter
ClicktoselecttheeventsintheEventTreetofiltertheSNMPtrapsthataresent.
Seealso
ConfiguringSNMPmonitoring,page194
22.13 LicenseInvestigatordialogbox
Mainwindow>Toolsmenu>LicenseInspector...command>LicenseInspectordialogbox
YoucancheckwhetherthenumberofinstalledBoschVMSlicensesexceedsthenumberof
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23 Devicespage
Mainwindow> Devices
DisplaystheDeviceTreeandtheconfigurationpages.
Thecountofitemsbelowanentryisdisplayedinsquarebrackets.
Allowsyoutoconfiguretheavailabledevices,suchasmobilevideoservices,ONVIFencoders,
BoschVideoStreamingGatewaydevices,encoders,decoders,VRMs,localstorageencoders,
analogmatrices,orperipheraldeviceslikeATM/POSbridges.
ToaddNVRs,decoders,andencoderstothesystem,click .Thenetworkisscannedfor
newdevices.NVRsanddecodersareautomaticallyaddedtoyoursystem.Encodersmustbe
manuallyassignedtoNVRs,eveniftheyarenotrecorded.
ToaddVRMs,iSCSIstorage,encoders(liveonly,localstorage,recorded),clickVRM&iSCSI
DevicesScan.
UnassignedencodersdonotappearintheDeviceTree.Theyarenotpartofyoursystemuntil
youassignthemtoaVRMorNVR.
Note:
VideodatafromencodersthatareassignedtoanNVR,isalwaysencodedwithMPEG-4.
Devicesarerepresentedinatreeandgroupedbythephysicalnetworkstructureandthe
devicecategories.
VideosourceslikeencodersaregroupedunderVRMs.DigitalvideorecorderssuchasDiBos
arelistedseparately.
NVR&DecoderScan
ClicktodisplaytheNVR&DecoderScandialogbox.
ScansthenetworkforNVRs,decoders,andencoders.Whenthescanprocessisfinished,a
dialogboxforassigningthedetectedencoderstoNVRsisdisplayed.
FailoverNVRManager
ClicktodisplaytheFailoverNVRManagerdialogbox.
IPDeviceConfiguration
ClicktodisplaytheIPDeviceConfigurationdialogbox.
TypeinastringandpresstheENTERkeytofilterthe
displayeditems.Onlyitemscontainingthestringandtheircorrespondingparentitems(only
intrees)aredisplayed.Thecountoffiltereditemsandthetotalcountofitemsisprovided.An
activefilterisindicatedby .Enclosestringswithdoublequotestofindthemexactly,for
example"Camera1"exactlyfiltersthecameraswiththisname,notcamera201.
Tocancelfiltering,click .
4 Clickatreeitemtodisplaythecorrespondingpage.
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YoucanaddmultipleManagementServercomputersforsimultaneousaccessinBoschVMS
EnterpriseSystem.YoucanalsoaddmultipleManagementServercomputersforsequential
accessforServerLookup.
YoucanaddadditionalcolumnsintheServerList.Thisletsyouaddfurtherinformationthat
theusercansearchforwhenusingServerLookup.Theaddedcolumnsarealsovisibleonthe
ServerAccesspage(Mainwindow> UserGroups>EnterpriseUserGroupstab>
>ServerAccesstab).
AddServer
ClicktodisplaytheAddServerdialogbox.
DeleteServer
ClicktoremovetheManagementServerentries.
ManagementServer
DisplaysthenamesofalladdedManagementServercomputers.Youcanchangeeachentry.
PrivateNetworkAddress
DisplaystheprivatenetworkaddressesofalladdedManagementServercomputers.Youcan
changeeachentry.
PublicNetworkAddress
DisplaysthepublicnetworkaddressesofalladdedManagementServercomputers.Youcan
changeeachentry.YouneedthepublicnetworkaddressforaccessingthisManagement
Servercomputerviaremoteaccess.
ServerNumber
DisplaysthelogicalnumbersofalladdedManagementServercomputers.Youcanchange
eachentry.
ServerDescription
TypeinadescriptionforthisManagementServer.Youneedthisdescriptiontofinditinthe
listofallavailableserverswhenyouwanttoaccesstheManagementServerexclusively,for
exampletoclarifyanalarmcomingfromanothermanagementsystem.
Clicktogetastep-by-stepinstruction:
ConfiguringServerLookup,page114
ExportingtheServerList,page115
ImportingaServerList,page115
23.1.1 AddServerdialogbox
ServerName:
TypeinthedisplaynameoftheManagementServer.
PrivateNetworkAddress:
TypeintheprivateIPaddressorDNSnameoftheManagementServer.
PublicNetworkAddress:
TypeinthepublicnetworkaddressorDNSnameusedforroutedaccess.

ServerDescription:
TypeinadescriptionfortheManagementServer.
23.2 InitialDeviceScandialogbox
Mainwindow>Hardwaremenu>InitialDeviceScan...command
DisplaysthedeviceswhichhaveduplicateIPaddressesoradefaultIPaddress(192.168.0.1).
AllowsyoutochangesuchIPaddressesandsubnetmasks.
YoumustenterthecorrectsubnetmaskbeforechanginganIPaddress.
23.3 NVR&DecoderScandialogbox
Mainwindow> Devices> NVR&DecoderScan

Displaysdetectedencoders,NVRs,anddecoders.
AllowsyoutoassigndetectedencoderstoanNVR.Thisisrequiredtostorethevideodataof
theencoderonanNVRandtomanageeventsoftheirassigneddevices.
UnassigneddevicesdonotappearintheDeviceTree.
Notice!
Onlydevicesinthelocalsubnetaredetectedautomatically.Ifadeviceislocatedinanother
subnet,additmanuallytotheDeviceTree.Toperformthis,right-clicktherequirednode(for
exampleanNVR),clickAddEncoder,typetheIPaddressofthedevice,clicktheNetworktab
andenterthesubnetmaskofthedevice.
UnassignedEncoders
Displaystheunassignedencodersthatweredetected.
AssignedEncodersandNVRs
DisplaysassignedencodersandNVRs.NVRsareautomaticallyassignedwhentheyare
detected.ForassigningencodersyoumustdragthemfromtheUnassignedEncoderslistto
anNVR.
Decoders
Displaysthedetecteddecoders.
ConfigureDevices
ClicktodisplaytheIPDeviceConfigurationdialogbox.
Next>
Clicktodisplaythenextpageofthisdialogbox.Ifthedevicenamesdifferfromtheirnamesin
BoschVMS,adialogboxisdisplayedforchangingthenamesasrequired.
Finish
Clicktoconfirmthescanresultsandtheassignmentsofencodersandclosethedialogbox.
23.4 IPDeviceConfigurationdialogbox
DisplaysthefollowingpropertiesoftheavailableIPdevices:
Devicenameandtype
Connectiontype(BVIPorONVIF)
IPaddress
Subnetmask
Systempassword
Firmwareversion
GatewayIPaddress
AllowsyoutosetthefollowingpropertiesoftheavailableIPdevices:
Displayname
IPaddress
Firmwareversion
Youcanconfiguredisplaynames,IPaddressesandfirmwareversionsformultipledevicesat
once.
Clicktorefreshthestateinformationforalldevices(notavailableoneverypage).Youcan
refreshthestateofasingledevice:Right-clickthedeviceandclickRefreshstate.
Note:Whenyouhavealargesystemwithseveral1000devicesconfigured,theprocessof
refreshingstatescantakealongtime.
UpdateFirmware
Clicktoupdatethefirmwareversionoftheselecteddevice.
Showpasswords
Clicktoclearwhenyouwanttheconfiguredpasswordsbeingdisplayedinreadableform.
Apply
Clicktoconfigurethedeviceswiththeenteredvalueswithoutclosingthedialogbox.
Seealso
Configuringmultipleencoders/decoders,page129
23.5 SetIPAddressesdialogbox
Mainwindow> Devices> >IPDeviceConfigurationdialogbox>Right-click

twoormoreentries>ClickSetIPAddresses...
AllowsyoutosettheIPaddressesformultipleIPdevices.
Startwith:
TypethefirstIPaddress.
Endwith:
DisplaysthelastIPaddressfortheselecteddevicesafterhavingclickedCalculate.
Calculate
ClicktocalculatetherangeofIPaddressesfortheselecteddevices.
Seealso

23.6 SetDisplayNamesdialogbox
Mainwindow> Devices> >IPDeviceConfigurationdialogbox>Right-click

twoormoreentries>ClickSetDisplayNames...
AllowsyoutosetthedisplaynamesformultipleIPdevices.
Startwith:
Typethefirstname.
Endwith:
DisplaysthelastnamefortheselecteddevicesafterhavingclickedCalculate.
Calculate
Clicktocalculatetherangeofdisplaynamesfortheselecteddevices.
Seealso
23.7 VidosNVRspage

AllowsyoutoaddandconfigureVIDOSNVRs.
YoucannotconfigureVIDOSsystemsfromwithinBoschVMS.
NetworkAddress:
TypetheDNSnameortheIPaddressofyourVIDOSNVR.
UserName:
TypetheusernameforloggingontotheVIDOSNVR.
Password:
TypethepasswordforloggingontotheVIDOSNVR.
Seealso
Scanningfordevices,page76
23.8 DiBospage

DisplaysthepropertypagesofaselectedDiBossystem.
AllowsyoutointegrateaDiBossystemintoyoursystem.
Notice!
YoudonotconfiguretheDiBossystemitselfbutonlytheBoschVMSrelatedproperties.
4 Clickatabtodisplaythecorrespondingpropertypage.
Seealso

ConfiguringtheintegrationofaDiBossystem,page143
23.8.1 AddDiBosSystemdialogbox
Mainwindow> Devices>Right-click >AddBRS/DiBosSystemcommand

AllowsyoutoaddaDiBossystemtoyourBoschVMS.
NetworkAddress:
TypetheDNSnameortheIPaddressofyourDiBossystem.
Username:
TypetheusernameforloggingontotheDiBossystem.
Password:
TypethepasswordforloggingontotheDiBossystem.
Seealso
23.8.2 Settingspage
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand > >Settingstab

DisplaysthenetworksettingsoftheDiBossystemconnectedtoyoursystem.Allowsyouto
changethesettingsifrequired.
Seealso
23.8.3 Cameraspage
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand > >Camerastab

DisplaysallcamerasavailableontheDiBossystemconnectedtoyoursystem.
Allowsyoutoremovecameras.
Seealso
23.8.4 Inputspage
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand > >Inputstab

DisplaysallinputsavailableontheDiBossystemconnectedtoyoursystem.
Allowsyoutoremoveitems.
Seealso

23.8.5 Relayspage
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand > >Relaystab

DisplaysallrelaysavailableontheDiBossystemconnectedtoyoursystem.
Seealso
23.9 DVR(DigitalVideoRecorder)page

DisplaysthepropertypagesofaselectedDVR.
AllowsyoutointegrateaDVRintoyoursystem.
Notice!
YoudonotconfiguretheDVRitselfbutonlytheintegrationoftheDVRdeviceinto
BoschVMS.
Caution!
Seealso
ConfiguringtheintegrationofaDVR,page143
23.9.1 AddDVRdialogbox
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand > >AddDVRRecorder

AllowsyoutomanuallyaddaDVRdevice.
NetworkAddress:
TypetheDNSnameortheIPaddressofyourDVR.
Username:
TypetheusernameforconnectingtotheDVR.
Password:
TypethepasswordforconnectingtotheDVR.
Clickbelowtogetstep-by-stepinstructions:
23.9.2 Settingstab
Mainwindow>Devices> > >Settingstab

DisplaysthenetworksettingsoftheDVRconnectedtoyoursystem.Allowsyoutochangethe
settingsifrequired.
23.9.3 Camerastab
Mainwindow>Devices> > >Camerastab
DisplaysallvideochannelsoftheDVRascameras.Allowsyoutoremovecameras.
AvideoinputthatisdisabledinaDVRdeviceisdisplayedasanactivecamerainBoschVMS
becauseearlierrecordingscouldexistforthisinput.
23.9.4 Inputstab
Mainwindow>Devices> > >Inputstab
DisplaysallinputsoftheDVR.
23.9.5 Relaystab
Mainwindow>Devices> > >Relaystab
DisplaysallrelaysoftheDVR.Allowsyoutoremoveitems.
23.10 MatrixSwitchespage

DisplaysthepropertypagesoftheBoschAllegiantdevice.
YoudonotconfiguretheBoschAllegiantdeviceitselfbutonlytheBoschVMSrelated
properties.ForconnectinganAllegiantdevicewithBoschVMS,seetheConceptschapterin
thisOnlineHelp.Thischapterprovidesbackgroundinformationonselectedissues.
YoucanadditionallyconfigurecontrolprioritiesforAllegianttrunklines.
Seealso
ConnectingBoschAllegiantMatrixtoBoschVideoManagementSystem,page69
23.10.1 Connectionpage
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand > >Connectiontab

DisplaysthenameoftheBoschAllegiantconfigurationfile.
BoschVMScanreadoutaconfigurationfileinstructuredstorageformatwiththenamesand
configurationinformationofallcamerasconnectedtotheBoschAllegiantdevice.
UpdateConfiguration
ClicktoselectanupdatedBoschAllegiantconfigurationfile.
Seealso

23.10.2 Cameraspage
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand > >Camerastab

DisplaysacameratableofthecamerasthatareconnectedtotheBoschAllegiantdevice.
No.
Displaystheconsecutivenumberofthecamera.
AllegiantLogicalNo.
Displaysthelogicalnumberofthecamera.
CameraName
Displaysthenameofthecamera.
Seealso
23.10.3 Outputspage
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand > >Outputstab

AllowsyoutoconfiguretheusageofaBoschAllegiantdeviceoutputandtoassignanencoder
toanoutput.
TostorethevideodataofaBoschAllegiantdeviceoutputinBoschVMS,youmustassignan
encodertotheoutput.Thisencodermustbeconnectedtotheoutput.
No.
Displaysthenumberoftheoutput.
AllegiantLogicalNo.
DisplaysthelogicalnumberoftheoutputwithinAllegiant.
BoschVMSLogicalNo.
AllowsyoutochangethelogicalnumberoftheoutputwithinBoschVMS.Ifyouenteran
alreadyusednumber,amessageisdisplayed.
Name
Displaysthenameoftheoutput.
Usage
Allowsyoutochangetheusageoftheoutput.
IfyouselectDigitalTrunk,youcanassignanencodertothisoutputintheEncoderfield.The
Allegiantoutputbecomesnetwork-compatible.
IfyouselectAllegiantMonitor,inOperatorClienttheusercanassignthecamerasignaltoa
hardwaremonitor.PTZcontrolispossibleifthecameraisconfiguredasPTZcamera.In
OperatorClient,theusercannotdragthiscameraonanImagepane.
IfyouselectUnused,theusercannotassignamonitortoanAllegiantcamera.
Encoder
Allowsyoutoassignanoutputtoanencoder.Youcanonlyselectanencoderwhenyouhave
checkedDigitalTrunk.TheencoderislockedfortheLogicalTree.Ifyouassignanencoder
thatisalreadyintheLogicalTree,itisremovedfromthere.IntheOperatorClient,theuser
candragthecameratoanImagepane.

Seealso
23.10.4 Inputspage
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand > >Inputstab

AllowsyoutoaddinputstoaBoschAllegiantdevice.
AddInput
Clicktoaddanewrowinthetableforspecifyinganewinput.
DeleteInput
Clicktoremovearowfromthetable.
InputNo.
Typetherequirednumberoftheinput.Ifyouenteranalreadyusednumber,amessageis
displayed.
InputName
Typetherequirednameoftheinput.
Seealso
23.11 Workstationpage

Allowsyoutoconfigurethefollowingsettingsforaworkstation:
AddaCCTVkeyboardconnectedtoaBoschVideoManagementSystemworkstation.
AssignaCommandScriptthatisexecutedonstartupoftheworkstation.
Selectthedatastreamforlivedisplay.
EnableForensicSearch.
Assignanalogmonitorgroupstoaworkstation.
AworkstationmusthavetheOperatorClientsoftwareinstalled.
ToaddaBoschIntuiKeykeyboardthatisconnectedtoadecoder,expand ,click .
Toassignananalogmonitorgroup,configuresuchagroupin > > .
Seealso
ConfiguringastartupCommandScript,page182
Configuringananalogmonitorgroup,page146
23.11.1 Settingspage

AllowsyoutoconfigureascriptthatisexecutedwhentheOperatorClientontheworkstation
isstarted.
AllowsyoutoconfigureTCPorUDPastransmissionprotocolusedforallcamerasthatare
displayedinLiveModeonyourworkstation.
AllowsyoutoconfigurewhichstreamofanIPdeviceisusedforlivedisplay.
AllowsyoutoenableForensicSearchforthisworkstation.
Andyoucanconfigurethekeyboardthatisconnectedtothisworkstation.
Networkaddress:
TypetheDNSnameortheIPaddressofyourworkstation.
Startupscript:
SelectthedesiredscriptthatyouwanttobestartedwhentheworkstationsOperatorClient
isstarted.YoucreateorimportsuchascriptontheEventspage.
Defaultcameraprotocol:
SelectthedefaulttransmissionprotocolusedforallcamerasthatareassignedtotheLogical
Treeofthisworkstation.
Overriderecordingsettings
Selectthecheckboxtoenableselectingthedesiredstreamforliveview.Theotheroneis
usedforcontinuous,motion,andalarmrecordingforthisworkstation.
Seedualstreamingintheglossary.
EnableForensicSearch
ClicktoenableForensicSearchforthisworkstation.
Usedirectplaybackfromstorage
Selectthecheckboxtosendthevideostreamdirectlyfromthestoragedevicetothis
workstation.NowthestreamisnotsentviaVRM.Theworkstationstillneedsconnectionto
theVRMtoensurecorrectplayback.
RetrieveLivevideofromStreamingGatewayinsteadofcamera
DisplaysthelistofVideoStreamingGatewaydevices.Selectthedesiredentriestoenablethe
transmissionofvideodatavialowbandwidthsegmentsbetweenthevideosourceandthis
workstation.
Keyboardtype:
Selectthetypeofthekeyboardthatisconnectedtoyourworkstation.
Port:
SelecttheCOMportthatisusedtoconnectyourkeyboard.
Baudrate:
Selectthemaximumrate,inbitspersecond(bps),thatyouwantdatatobetransmitted
throughthisport.Usually,thisissettothemaximumratesupportedbythecomputeror
deviceyouarecommunicatingwith.
Databits:
Displaysthenumberofdatabitsyouwanttouseforeachcharacterthatistransmittedand
received.
Stopbits:
Displaysthetimebetweeneachcharacterbeingtransmitted(wheretimeismeasuredinbits).
Parity:
Displaysthetypeoferrorcheckingyouwanttousefortheselectedport.
Porttype:
DisplaystheconnectiontypethatisusedtoconnecttheBoschIntuiKeykeyboardwiththe
workstation.

23.11.2 AssignedAnalogMonitorGroupspage
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand > >AssignedAnalogMonitorGroups

tab
Allowsyoutoassignananalogmonitorgrouptothisworkstation.Beforehandyoumusthave
addedananalogmonitorgroupin > > .

AssignedAnalogMonitorGroups
Selectthecheckboxtoassigntheanalogmonitorgrouptothisworkstation.IntheOptions
dialogbox,youcanconfigurethatallotherworkstationscanalsocontrolanalogmonitor
groups.
AnalogMonitorGroup
Displaysthenameofeachanalogmonitorgroup.
Seealso
Assigningananalogmonitorgrouptoaworkstation,page146
23.12 Decoderspage

Allowsyoutoaddandconfiguredecoders.
SeeBoschEncoder/Decoderpage,page259fordetails.
Notice!
Ifyouwanttousedecodersinyoursystem,makesurethatallencodersusethesame
passwordfortheuserauthorizationlevel.
Seealso
23.12.1 AddEncoder/AddDecoderdialogbox

AddEncoder>AddEncoderdialogbox
or
Mainwindow> Devices>Right-click >ClickAddEncoder>AddEncoder

dialogbox
or

dialogbox
or


or

AddDecoderdialogbox
Allowsyoutoaddanencoderordecodermanually.Thisisespeciallyusefulwhenyouwantto
addanyVideoIPdevicefromBosch(onlyforVRM).
IPaddress:
TypeinavalidIPaddress.
Encodertype:/Decodertype:
Foradevicewithknowndevicetype,selecttheappropriateentry.Itisnotnecessarythatthe
deviceisavailableinthenetwork.
IfyouwanttoaddanyVideoIPdevicefromBosch,select<AutoDetect>.Thedevicemustbe
availableinthenetwork.
Seealso
23.12.2 EditEncoder/EditDecoderdialogbox

or

dialogbox
or

dialogbox
or

or


Allowsyoutocheckandupdatethedevicecapabilitiesofadevice.Onopeningthisdialogbox
thedeviceisconnected.Thepasswordischeckedandthedevicecapabilitiesofthisdevice
arecomparedwiththedevicecapabilitiesstoredinBoschVMS.
Name
Displaysthedevicename.WhenyouaddaVideoIPdevicefromBosch,thedevicenameis
generated.Ifrequiredchangetheentry.
Networkaddress
Typeinthenetworkaddressofthedevice.
Username
Displaystheusernameusedforauthenticatingatthedevice.
Password
Typeinthevalidpasswordforauthenticatingatthedevice.
Showpassword
Clicktoenablethattheenteredpasswordisdisplayed.Becarefulthatnobodycanspyout
thispassword.
Authenticate
Clicktoauthenticateatthedevicewiththecredentialsenteredabove.

DeviceCapabilities
Youcansortthedisplayeddevicecapabilitiespercategoryoralphabetically.
Amessagetextinformsyouwhetherthedetecteddevicecapabilitiesmatchthecurrentdevice
capabilities.ClickOKtoapplythechangesofthedevicecapabilitiesafteranupgradeofthe
device.
Seealso
23.12.3 Enterpassworddialogbox
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand >Expand > >Right-click >

Changepassword...command
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand >Right-click >Changepassword...>

Enterpassworddialogbox
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand >Expand >Expand >Right-click
>Changepassword...command
Mainwindow> Devices> >Right-click >Changepassword...command

Apasswordpreventsunauthorizedaccesstothedevice.Youcanusedifferentauthorization
levelstolimitaccess.
Properpasswordprotectionisonlyguaranteedwhenallhigherauthorizationlevelsarealso
protectedwithapassword.Therefore,youalwayshavetostartfromthehighestauthorization
levelwhenassigningpasswords.
Youcandefineandchangeapasswordforeachauthorizationlevelifyouareloggedinas
serviceoriftheunitisnotpasswordprotected.
Enterthepasswordfortheappropriateauthorizationlevelhere.Themaximumpasswordtext
lengthis19charactersandnospecialcharactersareallowed.
Thedevicehasthreeauthorizationlevels:service,user,andlive.
serviceisthehighestauthorizationlevel.Enteringthecorrectpasswordgivesaccessto
allthefunctionsandallowsallconfigurationsettingstobechanged.
useristhemiddleauthorizationlevel.Atthislevelyoucanoperatethedevice,playback
recordings,andalsocontrolcamera,forexample,butyoucannotchangethe
configuration.
liveisthelowestauthorizationlevel.Atthislevelyoucanonlyviewthelivevideoimage
andswitchbetweenthedifferentliveimagedisplays.
Foradecoderthefollowingauthorizationlevelreplacestheliveauthorizationlevel:
destinationpassword(onlyavailablefordecoders)
Usedforaccesstoanencoder.

Seealso
Providingthedestinationpasswordforadecoder,page130
23.13 AnalogMonitorGroupspage

Allowsyoutoaddandconfigureanalogmonitorgroups.Youassignananalogmonitorgroupto
aBoschVMSworkstationin .
Caution!
YoucannotcontrolananalogmonitorgroupfromwithinOperatorClientwhentheconnection
totheManagementServerislostorwhenOperatorClientwithEnterpriseSystemisused.
Seealso

Allowsyoutoperformthefollowingtasks:
Configureananalogmonitorgroup
Assigndecoderstoananalogmonitorgroup
Enablequadviewfordecodersthatsupportquadview
Name:
Typethenameoftheanalogmonitorgroup.
Columns:
Enterthenumberofcolumnsfortheanalogmonitorgroup.Theresultisdisplayed.
Rows:
Enterthenumberofrowsfortheanalogmonitorgroup.Theresultisdisplayed.
UnassignedDecoderChannels
Dragadecodertoanavailableanalogmonitor.
Monitorimage
Thewhitenumber,ifpresent,displaysthelogicalnumberoftheinitialcamera.Theblack
numberdisplaysthelogicalnumberofthedecoder.
Right-clickananalogmonitorimagetotogglebetweensingleviewandquadview.Onthe
AdvancedConfigurationpage,theQuadViewcolumndisplaysthecorrespondingsetting.
Toun-assignadecoder,right-clicktheanalogmonitorimageandclickClearMonitor.
Seealso

23.13.2 AdvancedConfigurationpage
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand > >AdvancedConfigurationtab

Configurethelogicalnumberofadecoderordecoderchannel.
Enablequadviewfordecodersthatsupportquadview
ConfiguretheOSD.
Notice!
WedonotrecommendconfiguringquadviewforH.264cameras.
Notethefollowinghintsonswitchingthedecoderbetweenquadviewandsingleviewinthe
OperatorClient:
Theusercanmanuallyswitchthedecoderbacktosingleviewwhenitisconfiguredas
quadview.
Whenthedecoderisswitchedtosingleviewortoquadviewandasequenceisjust
running,onlythelastvideostreamremainsvisible.
Whentheuserswitchestoquadview,thelastcamerasthathavebeendisplayedon
Imagepane2-4arereconnected.
Thisisalsovalidfortrunklines.Thereisonlyonelimitation:Ifthematrixcameracannot
bereconnected,thisisignoredwithoutanerrormessage.AblackImagepaneisvisible.
Whenswitchingtosingleview,alltrunklinesthataredisplayedonImagepane2-4are
disconnected.Onlythecameranumberisstoredforalaterswitchtoquadview.
DecoderName
Displaysthedisplaynameofthedecoder.
NetworkAddress
DisplaystheIPaddressofthedecoder.
LogicalNumber
Enterthelogicalnumberofthedecoder.Ifyouenteranalreadyusednumber,amessageis
displayed.
Quad
Displaysthepositionofthedecoderonthequadview.1isleftuppercorner,4isrightlower
corner.
QuadView
Selectthecheckboxtoenablequadviewforthisdecoder.OntheSettingspage,the
correspondinganalogmonitorimagedisplaysthequadview.Logicalnumbersarecreated
automatically.IfyouwanttheOperatorClientusertobeabletoswitchbetweenquadview
andsingleview,thencheckQuadView.IfyouclearQuadView,theOperatorClientuser
cannotswitch.
AMG
Displaystheanalogmonitorgroupthatthedecoderinthisrowisassignedto.
InitialCamera
Clicktoselectthecamerathatisdisplayedinitiallyonthemonitorafterhavingstartedthe
OperatorClient.Thelogicalnumberoftheinitialcameraisdisplayedasthewhitenumberon
themonitorimageintheSettingspage.

OSDCameraName
ChecktodisplaythecameranameasOSD.
OSDCameraNo.
ChecktodisplaythelogicalnumberofthecameraasOSD.
OSDPosition
TosetthelocationofanOSD,selectthedesiredentry.
Seealso
23.14 MonitorWallpage
Allowsyoutoaddamonitorwallapplication.Thisapplicationallowsforcontrollingthe
monitorwallhardwarefromwithinOperatorClient.Noserverisinvolvedincontrollingthe
monitorwall.ThisensuresthattheuserofOperatorClientisalwaysabletocontrolthe
monitorwalleveniftheManagementServerisoffline.
Seealso
Addingamonitorwall,page146
23.14.1 AddMonitorWalldialogbox
Mainwindow> Devices>Right-click >ClickAddMonitorWall

AddtherequireddecodertoyourBoschVMSbeforeyouaddthemonitorwall.
Name
Typeinadisplaynameforyourmonitorwall.
Monitor
Selectamonitorthatisconnectedtoadecoder.
Ifyouaddadecoderthathas2monitorsconnected,youmustdisplaytheEditDecoderdialog
boxofthedecoderandupdatethedevicecapabilitiesofthisdecoder.Foreachmonitoradda
furthermonitorwall.
Maximumnumberofcamerastoconnect
Typeinthemaximumnumberofcamerasthatareallowedtobedisplayedinthemonitorwall.
Ifyouleavethefieldempty,theoperatorcandisplayasmanycamerasasImagepanesonthe
monitorwalllayoutareavailable.
Enablethumbnails
ClicktocheckifyouwanttodisplayasnapshotinOperatorClientforeachmonitor.This
snapshotisregularlyupdated.
Seealso
Addingamonitorwall,page146

23.15 CommunicationDevicespage

Allowsyoutoaddorconfigureacommunicationdevice.
Youcanconfigurethefollowingcommunicationdevices:
E-mail
SMS(GSMorSMSCdial-upprovider)
Seealso
Configuringacommunicationdevice,page147
23.15.1 E-mail/SMTPServerdialogbox
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand >Right-click >AddE-mail/SMTP

Devicecommand
Allowsyoutoaddane-mailservertoyourBoschVMS.
Name:
Typethedisplaynameofthee-mailserver.
Seealso
23.15.2 AddSMSDevicedialogbox
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand >Right-click >AddSMSDevice

command
AllowsyoutoaddanSMSdevicetoyoursystem.
Name:
TypethenameoftheSMSserverthatisusedforbeingdisplayed.
GSMmodem
ClicktoaddaGSMmodem.
SMSCdialup
ClicktoaddaHayescompatiblemodemwhichcanconnecttoanSMSCprovider.
Seealso
23.15.3 SMTPServerpage

Allowsyoutoconfigurethee-mailsettingsofyoursystem.OntheEventspage,youcanassign
aneventtoane-mail.Whenthiseventoccurs,thesystemssendsane-mail.Youcannotreceive
e-mailsinBoschVMS.

SMTPServerName:
Typethenameofthee-mailserver.Yougettheinformationabouttherequiredentryfromyour
provider.UsuallythisistheIPaddressorDNSnameofyoure-mailserver.
Port:
Typetherequirednetworkportnumberforoutgoingmails.Yougettheinformationaboutthe
requiredentryfromyourprovider.
Connectiontime-out[s]:
Typethenumberofsecondsofinactivityuntiltheconnectionisdisconnected.
Authentification:
Selectacheckboxfortherequiredauthenticationmethod.Yougettheinformationaboutthe
Username:
Typetheusernameforauthenticatingatthee-mailserver.Yougettheinformationaboutthe
Password:
Typethepasswordforauthenticatingatthee-mailserver.Yougettheinformationaboutthe
SendTestE-mail
ClicktodisplaytheSendTestE-maildialogbox.
Seealso
23.15.4 SendTestE-maildialogbox
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand >Expand > >SendTestE-mail

button
Allowsyoutosendateste-mail.
From:
Typethee-mailaddressofthesender.
To:
Typethee-mailaddressoftherecipient.
Subject:
Typethesubjectofthee-mail.
Message:
Typethemessage.
SendTestE-mail
Clicktosendthee-Mail.
Seealso
23.15.5 GSMSettings/SMSCSettingspage

AllowsyoutoconfiguretheSMSsettingsofyourBoschVMS.OntheEventspage,youcan
assignaneventtoashortmessage.Whenthiseventoccurs,thesystemsendsashort
message.Ifthenumberofenteredcharactersexceedsthehighestpermittednumber(usually
160),anSMSisdividedintomultipleparts.
Device:
SelecttherequiredCOMportwheretheexternalmodemisconnectedto.Ifyourcomputer
hasaninternalmodem,selectthecorrespondingentry.
Speed:
Selecttherequiredtransferrate.
Pin:(forGSMdeviceonly)
Typethepersonalidentificationnumberforauthenticatingatthedevice.
Dataformat:(forSMSCdeviceonly)
Selecttherequireddataformat.Yougettheinformationabouttherequiredentryfromyour
provider.
Unicode(forGSMdeviceonly)
Selectthecheckboxtoenableunicodecharacters.Thisreducesthehighestnumberof
permittedcharactersto80.
Dialstring:(forSMSCdeviceonly)
TypethenumbertoconnecttotheSMSCdial-upprovider.Yougetthisnumberfromyour
provider.
Password:(forSMSCdeviceonly)
TypethepasswordthatthedeviceneedstoconnecttotheSMSCdial-upproviderifrequired.
Yougettheinformationabouttherequiredentryfromyourprovider.
Protocol:(forSMSCdeviceonly)
SelecttherequiredprotocolthatthedeviceusestoconnecttotheSMSCdial-upprovider.
Yougettheinformationabouttherequiredentryfromyourprovider.
Recipient:
Typethemobilephonenumberoftherecipientoftheshortmessages.Includethecountry
prefixwithout+sign(e.g.0049170123456).
Message(max.160chars):
Typethetextfortheshortmessage.
SMSTestMessage
Clicktosendatestshortmessage.
Seealso
23.16 POS+ATMpage

Allowsyoutoaddandconfigureperipheraldevices,forexample,aBoschATM/POSBridge.
Ifyouwanttoaddmultiplebridgesatoneserver,youmustusedifferentports.
Seealso
AddingaBoschATM/POSbridge,page195
Configuringaperipheraldevice,page147
23.16.1 AddBoschATM/POS-Bridgedialogbox
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand >Right-click >AddBoschATM/POS-

Bridgecommand
AllowsyoutoaddaBoschATM/POSBridge.
Name:
Typeanappropriatenameforthedevice.
IPaddress:
TypetheIPaddressofthedevice.
Port1:
Typetheappropriateportnumberusedfortransmittingthekeepalivesignal(every5
seconds).
Port2:
Typetheappropriateportnumberusedfortransmittingmessagesfromthedevice.
Seealso
23.16.2 BoschATM/POS-Bridgepage
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand >Expand > >BoschATM/POS-

Bridgetab
AllowsyoutoconfigureaBoschATM/POSBridge.
IPaddress:
TypetheIPaddressofthedevice.
Port1:
Typeintheappropriateportnumberusedfortransmittingthekeepalivesignal(every5
seconds).
Port2:
Typetheappropriateportnumberusedfortransmittingmessagesfromthedevice.
Seealso
23.16.3 Inputspage
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand >Expand > >Inputstab

AllowsyoutoconfiguretheinputsofaBoschATM/POSBridge.
Seealso

23.16.4 DTPSettingspage

AllowsyoutoconfigureaDTPdevicewithmaximum4ATMdevicesconnectedtothisDTP
device.
Serialport
Inthelist,selecttheappropriateport.
Seealso
ATMSettingspage,page229
23.16.5 ATMSettingspage

AllowsyoutoconfigureanATMdevicethatisconnectedtoaDTP.
InputnumberoftheDTPdevice
Selectthedesiredinputnumber.IfthenumberisalreadyusedbyanotherATMdevice,you
canswaptheinputnumbers.
Connectiontimeout[hours]
Enterthedesirednumberofhours.WhenduringthistimeperiodtheATMdevicedidnotsend
anytransactiondata,BoschVMSassumesthattheconnectionisdisconnected.A
correspondingeventistriggered.TheNotAuthenticatedeventisavailableforanATMdevice
butnotrelevant.
Entering0meansthatnoconnectioncheckisperformed.
DataInputs
Clicktoenablethedesiredinputsandtypeinadesirednamefortheinputs.
Seealso
23.17 FoyerCardReaders
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand > >GlobalSettingsforFoyerCard

Readerstab
Youcanconfigurethesettingsthatarevalidforallfoyercardreadersinyoursystem.
Serialport
Selecttheserialporttowhichthefoyercardreaderisconnected.
Lockedout
Allowsyoutoaddbankroutingcodesforlockingout.Thismeansthatcardswiththelock
characteristicsenteredheredonothaveaccessauthorization.Accessisdeniedbythefoyer
cardreader.Thedefaultmodeofelectricdoorlockreleaseofthefoyercardreadermustbe
setto:Automatic

Thelistmaycontainentrieswithwildcards:
?:Indicatesanyornocharacteratthisposition.
*:Indicatesasequence(oneormorecharacters)ofanyornocharacters(exception:*onits
ownmeansthatallbanksortcodesarelockedout).
IgnorecountrycodeonECcards
ClicktoenablethatBoschVMSdoesnotanalyzecarddatathatisusedtoidentifyinwhich
countrythecardwasissued.Accessispossibleforcardswithadifferentcountrycode.
23.17.1 AddFoyerCardReaderdialogbox
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand >Right-click >AddFoyerCardReader

command
Youcanaddafoyercardreader.
Name
Typeinanameforthedevice.
Deviceidentifier
Selectauniquenumberforthedevice.Ifnonumbersareavailable,themaximumnumberof
foyercardreadershavealreadybeenaddedtothesystem.
23.17.2 SettingsforFoyerCardReaderpage
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand > > >SettingsforFoyerCard

Readertab
Youcanconfigureafoyercardreader.
Deviceidentifier
Displaystheuniquenumberofthedevice.
Enableskimmingprotection
ClicktoenablethatBoschVMStriggersaneventwhenanattachedskimmingdevicedetects
skimming.Thisisnotsupportedbyalltypesoffoyercardreaders.
Defaultmodeofelectricdoorlockrelease
Open:Thedoorisopenandeverybodycanaccesswithoutacard.
Closed:Thedoorisclosed,nomatterwhatcardisinserted.
Automatic:Thedooronlyopenswhenacardwithaccessauthorizationisinsertedinthe
reader.
Enableschedule-basedcontrol
Clicktoenablethatyoucanassignascheduletotheselectedreleasemodeofthedoorlock.
Whenaschedulebecomesactive,BoschVMSswitchesthefoyercardreadertothe
correspondingreleasemode.
Iftheselectedschedulesoverlap,theeffectivedoorreleasemodeisdeterminedbythe
followingpriorityofmodes:1.Open2.Closed3.Automatic
23.18 VirtualInputspage

Displaysthevirtualinputsconfiguredinyoursystem.
Allowsyoutoaddnewvirtualinputsandtodeleteexistingones.
AddInputs
Clicktodisplayadialogboxforaddingnewvirtualinputs.
DeleteInputs
Clicktodeleteaselectedvirtualinput.
Number
Displaysthenumberofthevirtualinput.
Name
Clickacelltomodifythenameofthevirtualinput.
Seealso
23.18.1 AddVirtualInputsdialogbox
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand >AddInputsbutton

Allowsyoutoaddnewvirtualinputs.
Start:
Selectthefirstnumberofthenewvirtualinputs.
End:
Selectthelastnumberofthenewvirtualinputs.
Name:
Typeinthenameofeachnewvirtualinput.Aconsecutivenumberisappended.
Add
Clicktoaddnewvirtualinputs.
Seealso
23.19 SNMPpage

AllowsyoutoaddorconfigureanSNMPmeasurementformaintainingthenetworkquality.
Seealso
ConfiguringanSNMPtrapreceiver,page148
23.19.1 AddSNMPdialogbox
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand >Right-click >AddSNMPcommand

AllowsyoutoaddanetworkmonitoringsystemtoyourBoschVMS.
Name:
Typeanameforthenetworkmonitoringdevice.

Seealso
23.19.2 SNMPTrapReceiverpage

AllowsyoutoselectdevicesformonitoringandtoselectSNMPtrapOIDsthattriggeranevent
fortheselecteddevicewhentheyarereceived.
Notice!
YoumustentertheIPaddressoftheBoschVideoManagementSystemManagementServer
asthetrapreceiverinyourdevicesthatyouwanttomonitor.
SNMPTrapSendingDevices:
AllowsyoutoenterarangeofIPaddressesofthemonitorednetworkdevices.Tomonitora
singledeviceenterthecorrespondingIPaddressintheRangeFromcell.
Becarefulwhenchangingtheseaddresses.Enteringawrongaddressstopsnetwork
monitoringofthisdevice.
SNMPTrapFilterRules:
AllowsyoutoenterOIDsandcorrespondingvalues.Youcanusewildcardsas*and?to
enhancethefilterrange.IfyouenterOIDsandvaluesinmorethanonerow,thesefilterrules
mustmatchsimultaneouslytotriggeranevent.Inbothcolumns,youcanenteraregular
expressionin{}.Iftherearecharactersoutsidethebrackets,theregularexpressionisnot
evaluated.
ShowTrapLoggerTool
ClicktodisplaytheSNMPTrapLoggerdialogboxfortracingSNMPtrapOIDs.
Seealso
23.19.3 SNMPTrapLoggerdialogbox
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand >Expand >SelectagenericSNMP

TrapReceiver>ClickShowTrapLoggerTool
AllowsyoutotraceSNMPtrapOIDs.Youcanreceivetrapsfromalldevicesinyournetworkor
onlyfromselectedones.YoucanfilterthetrapstobereceivedandyoucanaddOIDsand
valuesofselectedtrapstotheSNMPTrapFilterRules:table.
Start/Pause
Clicktostartorstopatracingprocess.
OnlyTrapsFromSender
EntertheIPaddressorDNSnameofadevice.Onlytrapsfromthisdevicearetraced.
OnlyTrapsContaining
Enterastringatrapcancontain.Youcanuse*and?aswildcards.Stringsin{}aretreatedas
regularexpressions.Onlytrapscontainingsuchastringaretraced.
ReceivedTraps
Displaysthetrapsthatarereceivedbyatracingprocess.

ClicktoremoveallentriesintheReceivedTrapsfield.
TrapDetails
Displaysthetrapdetails.YoucancopytheOIDandtheValueentrytotheSNMPTrapFilter
Rules:table.
Seealso
23.20 AssignKeyboardpage

AllowsyoutoaddaKBDUniversalXFkeyboard(connectedtoaBoschVMSworkstation)ora
BoschIntuiKeykeyboard(connectedtoaBoschVMSworkstationortoadecoder).
AddKeyboard
Clicktoaddarowtothetableforconfiguringakeyboard.
DeleteKeyboard
Clicktoremovetheselectedrow.
KeyboardType
Displaysthetypeofthekeyboardthatisconnectedtoyourworkstationordecoder.
Clickacelltoselecttherequiredkeyboardtype.
IntuiKeyKeyboard
SelectthistypeifyouhaveattachedanIntuiKeykeyboardfromBosch.
VideoTecDCZ
SelectthistypeifyouhaveattachedaKBDUniversalXFkeyboard.
Connection
Inacell,selectthedeviceyourkeyboardisconnectedto.Ifyouselectaworkstation,the
keyboardisalsoaddedtothe > page.

Port
Inacell,selectthedesiredCOMport.
Baudrate
Inacell,selectthemaximumrate,inbitspersecond(bps),thatyouwantdatatobe
transmittedthroughthisport.Usually,thisissettothemaximumratesupportedbythe
computerordeviceyouarecommunicatingwith.
Databits
Displaysthenumberofdatabitsyouwanttouseforeachcharacterthatistransmittedand
received.
Stopbits
Displaysthetimebetweeneachcharacterbeingtransmitted(wheretimeismeasuredinbits).
Parity
Displaysthetypeoferrorcheckingyouwanttousefortheselectedport.
Porttype
DisplaystheconnectiontypethatisusedtoconnecttheBoschIntuiKeykeyboardwiththe
workstation.
Seealso
ConfiguringadecoderforusewithaBoschIntuiKeykeyboard,page142
ConfiguringaBoschIntuiKeykeyboard(workstation),page148
ConfiguringaBoschIntuiKeykeyboard(decoder),page148
23.21 I/OModulespage

AllowsyoutoaddorconfigureanI/Omodule.
CurrentlyonlyADAMdevicesaresupported.
Seealso
ConfiguringanI/Omodule,page149
23.21.1 ADAMpage
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand > > >ADAMtab

DisplaysinformationontheselectedADAMdevice.
AllowsyoutochangethedisplaynameofanADAMdevice.
ADAMtype:
Selecttheappropriatedevicetype.
Inputstotal:
Displaysthetotalnumberofinputsavailablewiththisdevicetype.
Relays/Outputstotal:
Displaysthetotalnumberofrelaysavailablewiththisdevicetype.
Seealso
23.21.2 Inputspage
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand > > >Inputstab

AllowsyoutochangethedisplaynamesoftheinputsoftheselectedADAMdevice.
Number
Displaysthelogicalnumberoftheinput.
Name
Clickacelltochangethedisplaynameofaninput.
Seealso

23.21.3 Relayspage
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand > > >Relaystab

AllowsyoutochangethedisplaynamesoftherelaysoftheselectedADAMdevice.
Number
Clickacelltochangethelogicalnumberofarelay.
Name
Typethedisplaynameoftherelay.
Seealso
23.22 AllegiantCCLEmulationpage

AllowsyoutoactivatetheAllegiantCCLemulation.
AllegiantCCLcommandssupportedinBoschVMS,page73liststheCCLcommandssupported
inBoschVideoManagementSystem.
Note:
DonotconfiguretheAllegiantCCLemulationandanAllegiantdevicetothesameCOMport.If
forbothdevicesthesameCOMportisconfigured,theAllegiantdevicewins.Theaccessofthe
AllegiantCCLemulationdevicefailswithanappropriatemessage.
Tosolvethis,theManagementServermusthavetwodifferentCOMportsorconnectthe
Allegiantdevicetoanothercomputer.
EnableAllegiantCCLEmulation
Selectthecheckboxtoenabletheemulation.
Baudrate
Selectthevalueforthetransmissionrateinbit/s.
Stopbits
Selectthenumberofstopbitspercharacter.
Paritycheck
Selectthetypeofparitycheck.
Handshake
Selectthedesiredmethodforflowcontrol.
Model
SelecttheAllegiantmodelthatyouwanttoemulate.
Seealso
ConfiguringanAllegiantCCLemulation,page149
23.23 MobileVideoServicepage

AllowsyoutoaddoneormoretranscodingserviceentriestoyourBoschVMS.This
transcodingserviceadaptsthevideostreamfromacameraconfiguredinBoschVMStothe
availablenetworkbandwidth.ThisenablesmobilevideoclientslikeaniPhone,iPadorWeb
Clienttoreceiveliveorplaybackvideodataviaunreliablenetworkconnectionswithlimited
bandwidth.
Seealso
23.23.1 AddMobileVideoServicedialogbox
Mainwindow> Devices>Right-click >ClickAddMobileVideoService

URI
TypeintheURIofyourMobileVideoService.Followthesyntaxrulesoftheexample:
https://www.MyDomain.org/mvs
Youmuststarttheentryalwayswithhttps://,evenwhenyoudidnotconfigureanencrypted
accesstoyourWebserver.
Seealso
23.24 IntrusionPanelspage

AllowsyoutoaddandconfigureintrusionpanelsfromBosch.Thedevicemustbeconnected
andavailable.
Whenyouhaveaddedanintrusionpanel,theareasandpointsaredisplayedintheDevice
Treehierarchically.
Youcanremoveorrenamethepanel,eachareaandeachpoint.
Whentheconfigurationontheintrusionpanelwaschanged,yourescanthedevice.
Notice!
Allalarmeventsthatcanoccuratapoint,areautomaticallyconfiguredasaBoschVMSalarm.
Example:Firealarm
Warning!
Ifadoorisnotassignedtoapointintheconfigurationofanintrusionpanelthatisaddedto
! yourBoschVMS,analarmfromthisdoordoesnottriggeraBoschVMSeventandhenceno
BoschVMSalarm.
Seealso
23.24.1 AddIntrusionPaneldialogbox
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand >Right-click >AddPanelcommand

AllowsyoutoaddanintrusionpanelfromBosch.
Networkaddress:
TypeintheIPaddressofthedevice.
NetworkPort:
Selecttheportnumberconfiguredinthedevice.
AutomationPasscode:
Typeinthepasscodeforauthenticatingatthedevice.
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand >Expand > >Settingstab

Allowsyoutochangetheconnectionsettingsoftheintrusionpanel.
23.25 VRMDevicespage

AllowsyoutoaddandconfigureVRMdevices.AVRMdeviceneedsatleastanencoder,an
iSCSIdevice,andaLUNassignedtotheiSCSIdevice,andastoragepool.SeetheRelease
Notesandthedatasheetforcurrentfirmwareversions.
Caution!
AfteryouhaveaddedaniSCSIdevicewithrespectiveencoderstoyourBoschVMS,youmust
addtheIQNofeachencodertothisiSCSIdevice(validforsomeiSCSIdevicetypes).
SeeConfiguringaniSCSIdevice,page120fordetails.
Caution!
EnsurethatthetimeoftheVRMcomputerissynchronizedwiththeManagementServer.
Otherwiseyoucanlooserecordings.
ConfigurethetimeserversoftwareontheManagementServer.OntheVRMcomputer,
configuretheIPaddressoftheManagementServerastimeserverusingstandardWindows
procedures.
Seealso
VRMSettingspage,page238
Poolpage,page239
iSCSIdevicepage,page244
ChangingthepasswordofaVRMdevice,page122
23.25.1 AddVRMdialogbox

AllowsyoutoaddaVRMdevice.Youcanselectthetypeofthedeviceandenterthe
credentials.

Name
Typeinadisplaynameforthedevice.
NetworkAddress/Port:
TypeintheIPaddressofyourdevice.
Type:
Selectthedesireddevicetype.
UserName:
Typeintheusernameforauthentication.
Password:
Typeinthepasswordforauthentication.
Showpassword
Clicktoenablethatthepasswordisvisible.
Test
Clicktocheckwhetherthedeviceisconnectedandauthenticationissuccessful.
Properties
Ifrequired,changetheportnumbersfortheHTTPportandfortheHTTPSport.Thisisonly
possiblewhenyouaddoreditaVRMthatisnotconnected.IftheVRMisconnected,the
valuesareretrievedandyoucannotchangethem.
TheMasterVRMtablerowshowstheselecteddeviceifapplicable.
Seealso
AddingaPrimaryVRMmanually,page117
AddingaMirroredVRMmanually,page118
AddingaFailoverVRMmanually,page118
23.25.2 AddFailoverVRMdialogbox
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand >Right-click >ClickAddFailoverVRM

>AddFailoverVRMdialogbox
YoucanaddaFailoverVRMdevice.Youcaneitheradditmanuallyoryoucanselectadevice
fromalistofscannedVRMdevices.
Networkaddress
TypeintheIPaddressofyourdeviceorselectanetworkaddressintheScannedVRMslist.
ScannedVRMs
DisplaysthelistofscannedVRMcomputers.Torescan,closethedialogboxanddisplaythe
dialogboxagain.
23.26 VRMSettingspage
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand > >MainSettings>VRMSettings

Serverinitiatorname
DisplaystheiSCSIinitiatornameofVRMServer.

System-wideCHAPpassword
EnterthepasswordthatyouhaveconfiguredintheiSCSIstoragedevice.TheCHAPpassword
isvalidfortheVRMandissenttoalldevicesautomatically.Replayclientsdonotneed
additionalconfiguration.YoumustconfiguretheiSCSIsystemsmanuallywiththeCHAP
password.IfyouareusingaCHAPpassword,allstoragesystemshavetobeconfiguredtouse
theCHAPpassword.OnlyonesystemwideCHAPpasswordissupportedbytheVRMsystem.
23.26.1 SNMPpage
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand >Expand >Network>SNMP

1.SNMPhostaddress2.SNMPhostaddress
VRMsupportstheSNMP(SimpleNetworkManagementProtocol)formanagingand
monitoringnetworkcomponents,andcansendSNMPmessages(traps)toIPaddresses.The
unitsupportsSNMPMIBIIintheunifiedcode.IfyouwishtosendSNMPtraps,entertheIP
addressesofoneortworequiredtargetunitshere.
SomeeventsaresentasSNMPtrapsonly.RefertotheMIBfilefordescriptions.
23.26.2 Advancedpage
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand >Expand >Service>Advanced

RCP+logging/Debuglogging/Replaylogging/VDPlogging/Performancelogging
ActivatethedifferentlogsforVRMServerandConfigurationManager.
ThelogfilesforVRMServerarestoredonthecomputeronwhichVRMServerhasbeen
started,andcanbeviewedordownloadedwithVRMMonitor.
ThelogfilesforConfigurationManagerarestoredlocallyinthefollowingdirectory:
%USERPROFILE%\MyDocuments\Bosch\VideoRecordingManager\Log
Retentiontime(days)
Specifytheretentiontimeforlogfilesindays.
Completememorydumpfile
Onlyactivatethisoptionifnecessary,forexampleiftheTechnicalCustomerServiceteam
requestsacompletesummaryofthemainmemory.
Telnetsupport
ActivatethisoptionifaccesswiththeTelnetprotocolistobesupported.Onlyactivateif
necessary.
Caution!
ExtensiveloggingrequiresconsiderableCPUpowerandHDDcapacity.
Donotuseextensiveloggingincontinuousoperation.
23.27 Poolpage

Allowsyoutoconfigurerecordingsettingsvalidforalldevicesthatarecollectedinthis
storagepool.

Recordingpreferencesmode
Failover
Recordingsaresavedonlytoprimarytarget.Ifitisnotpossibletosavetothistarget,the
recordingwillbesavedtothetargetenteredundersecondarytarget.
Afailuresituationisreachediftheprimarytargetdoesnotprovidestorageblocksdueto
whateverreason:systemdown,networkerror,nocapacityleft.
Youcanleavethesecondlistempty.Inthiscasenofailoverispossiblebutthenumberof
requirediSCSIsessionsisreducedandnodiskspaceonsecondarytargetisallocated.
Thisreducessystemoverheadandextendsthesystemretentiontime.
Automatic
Loadbalancingisconfiguredautomatically.Eachencoderisautomaticallyassigned
2iSCSItargetsandblocksonthese2iSCSItargetsareassignedtotheencoder.
Sanitycheckperiod(days)
Movetheslidertoconfiguretherequiredtimeperiod.AfterthistimeperiodtheiSCSItargetis
checkedandblocksarereassignedifneeded.
Secondarytargetusage
Enableordisabletheuseofasecondarytarget.
Blockreservationfordowntime
Enterthenumberofdaysthattheassignedencoderswillberecordedalthoughthe
VRMServerisdown.
Forexample,ifyouset4,theencoderswillberecordedduringapproximately4daysof
VRMServerdowntime.
Ifyoursystemhasencoderswithlowbitrate,youcansignificantlyreducethepre-allocated
diskspace.Thisensuresaproperdistributionofstoragecapacityandextendstheretention
time.
Seealso
AddingaVRMpool,page119
23.27.1 AddEncoder/AddDecoderdialogbox

or

dialogbox
or

dialogbox
or


or

AddDecoderdialogbox
Allowsyoutoaddanencoderordecodermanually.Thisisespeciallyusefulwhenyouwantto
addanyVideoIPdevicefromBosch(onlyforVRM).
IPaddress:
TypeinavalidIPaddress.
Encodertype:/Decodertype:
Foradevicewithknowndevicetype,selecttheappropriateentry.Itisnotnecessarythatthe
deviceisavailableinthenetwork.
IfyouwanttoaddanyVideoIPdevicefromBosch,select<AutoDetect>.Thedevicemustbe
availableinthenetwork.
Seealso
23.27.2 EditEncoder/EditDecoderdialogbox

or

dialogbox
or

dialogbox
or

or


Allowsyoutocheckandupdatethedevicecapabilitiesofadevice.Onopeningthisdialogbox
thedeviceisconnected.Thepasswordischeckedandthedevicecapabilitiesofthisdevice
arecomparedwiththedevicecapabilitiesstoredinBoschVMS.
Name
Displaysthedevicename.WhenyouaddaVideoIPdevicefromBosch,thedevicenameis
generated.Ifrequiredchangetheentry.
Networkaddress
Username
Displaystheusernameusedforauthenticatingatthedevice.
Password
Showpassword
thispassword.
Authenticate

DeviceCapabilities
Youcansortthedisplayeddevicecapabilitiespercategoryoralphabetically.
Amessagetextinformsyouwhetherthedetecteddevicecapabilitiesmatchthecurrentdevice
capabilities.ClickOKtoapplythechangesofthedevicecapabilitiesafteranupgradeofthe
device.
Seealso
23.27.3 ChangePoolfordialogbox
Mainwindow>Devices>Expand >Expand > >Right-click >Change

Pool...command>ChangePoolfordialogbox
or

or

Allowsyoutochangethepoolassignmentofadevice.
CurrentPool:
Displaysthenumberofthepoolwhichtheselecteddeviceiscurrentlyassignedto.
NewPool:
Selectthedesiredpoolnumber.
Seealso
Movinganencodertoanotherpool,page125
MovinganiSCSIsystemtoanotherpool,page121
MovingaVSGtoanotherpool,page134
23.27.4 AddStreamingGatewaydialogbox
Right-click >AddVideoStreamingGateway>AddVideoStreamingGatewaydialog
box
YoucanaddVSGdevicestoaVRMpool.
Name:
Typeinthedesireddisplaynameforthedevice.
Networkaddress
UserName:
Typeintheusernameusedforauthenticatingatthedevice.Usually:service
Password:
Showpassword
thispassword.

Test
Seealso
VideoStreamingGatewaydevicepage,page247
23.28 iSCSIdevicepage
YoucaneitheraddaE-SeriesiSCSIdeviceoranyothersupportediSCSIdevice.
Seealso
AddinganiSCSIdevice,page119
AddingaDSAE-SeriesiSCSIdevice,page119
AddingaLUN,page121
FormattingaLUN,page122
23.28.1 AddiSCSIDevicedialogbox
Mainwindow> Devices> >Expand >Right-click >AddiSCSI

Device>AddiSCSIDevicedialogbox
AllowsyoutoaddaniSCSIdevicestoaVRM.
Name
NetworkAddress
Typeinavalidnetworkaddressofthedevice.
iSCSIDeviceType
Selecttheappropriatedevicetype.
Password
Typeinthepasswordforauthenticatingatthedevice.
RelatedTopics
ScanningforVRMdevices,page116
23.28.2 AddDSAE-SeriesDevicedialogbox
Mainwindow> Devices> >Expand >Right-click >AddDSAE-

SeriesDevice>AddDSAE-SeriesDevicedialogbox
AllowsyoutoaddaDSAE-SeriesiSCSIdevice.ThisdevicetypehasamanagementIPaddress
differentfromtheIPaddressoftheiSCSIstorage.ViathismanagementIPaddressthedevice
isautomaticallydetectedandconfigured.
Name
Managementaddress
TypeintheIPaddressforautomaticconfigurationofthedevice.
Password
Typethepasswordofthisdevice.

DSAE-Seriestype
Displaysthedevicetype.
NetworkaddressiSCSICh3
DisplaystheIPaddressoftheiSCSIportofthedevice.IfavailableyoucanselectanotherIP
address.
Managementaddress
DisplaystheIPaddressforautomaticconfigurationofthesecondcontrollerifavailable.If
availableyoucanselectanotherIPaddress.
NetworkaddressiSCSICh3
DisplaystheIPaddressoftheiSCSIportofthesecondcontrollerifavailable.Ifavailableyou
canselectanotherIPaddress.
Connect
Clicktodetectthesettingsofthedevice.
Ifconnectionisestablished,thefieldsintheControllergroupandthe2ndControllergroup
arefilled.
RelatedTopics
AddingaDSAE-SeriesiSCSIdevice,page119
23.28.3 LoadBalancingdialogbox
>LoadBalancing...command>LoadBalancingdialogbox
Prerequisite:ConfiguretheAutomaticrecordingmode.
SettheupperlimitsforthepermittedbitrateandthenumberofsimultaneousiSCSI
connectionsforeachiSCSIsystem.Iftheselimitsareexceeded,dataisnolongerbeing
writtentotheiSCSIsystemandislost.
Forsupportedsystems(forexampleBoschRAID,NetApp,DLA),usethedefaultvalues.For
anotherdeviceseethedocumentationofthisdevice.Starttestingwithsmallvalues.
23.28.4 BasicConfigurationpage
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand >Expand >Expand >Click

>BasicConfigurationtab
AllowsyoutoperformabasicconfigurationofyouriSCSIdevice.YoucreateLUNsonthe
iSCSIharddriveandformattheseLUNs.
OnlydisplayedifthedeviceisoneoftheiSCSIstoragesystemssupportedbyBosch,for
exampleDSAorDLS1x00.
ThedisplayedoptionscandifferdependingontheusedtypeofiSCSIstoragesystem.
Notice!
AfterthebasicconfigurationofanE-Seriesthesystemneedsmanyhours(orevendays)to
initialize.Inthisphasethefullperformanceisnotavailableandinphase1.5formattingcan
fail.
Physicalcapacity[GB]
Informationonthetotalcapacityofthestoragesystem.

NumberofLUNs
YoucanchangethenumberofLUNs.
Notice!
IfyouchangethenumberofLUNs,theentireiSCSIsystemisreorganizedandanysequences
savedonthesystemarelost.
Therefore,beforemakingchanges,checktherecordingsandbackupanyimportant
sequences.
CapacityfornewLUNs[GB]
ThisoptionisonlydisplayedforE-Series.
As256isthemaximumnumberofLUNsofastoragearray,theLUNsizeshouldnotbesettoa
toosmallvalue(otherwisenomoreLUNscanbecreatedinthefuture,ifanadditionalshelfis
installed).
Targetsparedisks
Numberofsparediskstheuserwantsthesystemtohave.
Actualsparedisks
Numberofsparediskswhicharecurrentlyinthesystem.Thisnumbercandifferfromthe
numberabove,e.g.ifthestoragesystemisreconfiguredmanuallyorifdisksarebroken.
Initializationstatus(%)
Additionalinformationisdisplayedduringinitialization.Wheninitializationiscomplete
(100%),youwillalsohavetheopportunitytodeleteallLUNsagain.
Note:OnFASstoragesystems,itcantakeseveralhoursbeforeLUNsarefullydeleted.During
thattime,thetotalcapacityofnewlycreatedLUNscanbereduced.Youcanonlycreatenew
LUNswithfullcapacityaftertheoldLUNshavebeencompletelydeleted.
RAID-DP(reliabilityfocused)
ActivatethisoptionifyoudonotwishtousethespecifiedRAIDtypeRAID-4,butwouldprefer
tousethemorereliableRAIDtypeRAIDDP.
RAID6(reliabilityfocused)
ActivatethisoptionifyoudonotwishtousethespecifiedRAIDtypeRAID-5,butwouldprefer
tousethemorereliableRAIDtypeRAID6.
Clear
Clearstheconfiguration,i.e.deletingallLUNs.
Defaults
Setsthestoragesystembacktoitsfactorydefault.Additionallytoclearthestoragesystem
nameandalliSCSIIPaddressesaredeleted.Onlymanagementaddressesandthe
configurationpasswordareretained.
Serialnumber
Theserialnumberneededforsupportcases.Itisonlycorrectifthecontrollerisnotmovedto
adifferentshelf.
DeleteallLUNs
AsalreadystatedabovetheusershouldwaitsomehoursbeforehecreatesnewLUNs.
Additionalinformation
Additionalinformationisdisplayedhere,forexampleinformationthatthestoragesystemis
notconfiguredcorrectlyandthatthereforenosetupispossible.

23.28.5 iqn-Mapperdialogbox
>MapIQNs
AllowsyoutostarttheIQNmappingprocess.
Seealso
23.28.6 LUNspage
>
Allowsyoutoadd,remove,orformatLUNs.
Add
ClicktodisplaytheAddLUNdialogbox.
Remove
ClicktoremovetheselectedLUNs.Amessageboxisdisplayed.
FormatLUN
ClicktoformattheselectedLUN.Amessageboxisdisplayed.
Note:
IntheFormatLUNcolumn,clickthecheckboxforthedesiredLUN.
Seealso
23.28.7 AddLUNdialogbox
> >ClickAdd
AllowsyoutoaddaLUN.
Id
EntertheIDofthedesiredLUN.
Seealso
23.29 VideoStreamingGatewaydevicepage

Allowsyoutoaddandconfigurethefollowingencodertypes:
Boschencoders
ONVIFencoders
JPEGencoders
RTSPencoders
Seealso
AddingaVideoStreamingGatewaydevice,page133
23.29.1 Multicasttab(VideoStreamingGateway)

Networktab>Multicasttab
Allowsyoutoconfiguremulticastfortheassignedcameras.
Enable
Clicktoenablemulticastforthiscamera.
MulticastAddress
Insertavalidmulticastaddress(intherange224.0.0.0-239.255.255.255).
Typein1.0.0.0.AuniquemulticastaddressisautomaticallyinsertedbasedontheMAC
addressofthedevice.
Port
Whenafirewallisused,enteraportvaluethatisconfiguredasnon-blockedportinthe
firewall.
Streaming
Clicktoenablecontinuousmulticaststreamingtotheswitch.Thismeansthatthemulticast
connectionisnotprecededbyaRCP+registration.Theencoderstreamsalwaysalldatatothe
switch.Theswitchinreturn(ifnoIGMPmulticastfilteringissupportedorconfigured)sends
thisdatatoallports,withtheresultthattheswitchwillflood.
Youneedstreamingwhenusinganon-Boschdeviceforreceivingamulticaststream.
Seealso
Configuringmulticast,page135
23.29.2 Advancedtab(VideoStreamingGateway)

Servicetab>Advancedtab
AllowsyoutoactivateloggingforVideoStreamingGateway.
Thelogfilesareusuallystoredinthefollowingpath:
C:\ProgramFiles(x86)\Bosch\VideoStreamingGateway\log
RCP+logging
ClicktoenableRCP+logging.
Debuglogging
Clicktoenabledebuglogging.

RTPlogging
ClicktoenableRTPlogging.
Retentiontime(days)
Selectthedesirednumberofdays.
Completememorydumpfile
Onlyactivatethisoptionifnecessary,forexampleiftheTechnicalCustomerServiceteam
requestsacompletesummaryofthemainmemory.
Telnetsupport
ActivatethisoptionifaccesswiththeTelnetprotocolistobesupported.Onlyactivateif
necessary.
Caution!
ExtensiveloggingrequiresconsiderableCPUpowerandHDDcapacity.
Donotuseextensiveloggingincontinuousoperation.
Seealso
Configuringlogging,page135
23.29.3 AddBoschEncoderdialogbox
>AddEncoder/camera>BoschEncodercommand
YoucanaddanencoderfromBoschtoyourVSGdevice.
Name:
Networkaddress
Type:
Displaysthedetecteddevicetype,ifsupported.
UserName:
Password:
Showpassword
thispassword.
Test
Properties
Clicktoenablethedesiredfeaturesavailableforthisdevice.
Audio Clicktoactivateaudioifavailableforthisdevice.
PTZ ClicktoactivatePTZifavailableforthisdevice.

Cameraprotocol TCP
UsedfortransmissionintheInternetand/orforlosslessdata
transmission.Ensuresthatnodatapacketgetslost.Bandwidth
requirementcanbehigh.
UseifthedeviceislocatedbehindaFirewall.Doesnotsupport
multicast.
UDP
Usedforconnectionlessandlightweightdatatransmissionin
privatenetworks.Datapacketscangetlost.Bandwidth
requirementcanbelow.
Supportsmulticast.
Usevideoinput1-Use Clicktoselectthevideoinputsifyouconfigureamultichannel
videoinput4 device.
Seealso
AddingacameratoaVSG,page134
23.29.4 AddONVIFEncoderdialogbox
>AddEncoder/camera>AddONVIFEncodercommand
or
Mainwindow> Devices>Right-click >AddONVIFEncodercommand
YoucanaddanONVIFencodertoyourVSGdeviceorasaliveonlyencoder.
YoumustconfiguretheusedprofileforrecordingandliveintheCameraTable.
Name:
Networkaddress
UserName:
Password:
Showpassword
thispassword.
Test
Properties
Devicetype Displaystheretrieveddevicetype.
Manufacturer Displaystheretrievedmanufacturername.

Model Displaystheretrievedmodelname.
Numberofvideoinput Enterthenumberofdesiredvideoinputs.
channels
Numberofaudioinput Enterthenumberofdesiredaudioinputs.
channels
Numberofalarminputs Enterthenumberofdesiredalarminputs.
Numberofrelays Enterthenumberofdesiredrelays.
Seealso
23.29.5 AddJPEGCameradialogbox
>AddEncoder/camera>JPEGcameracommand
YoucanaddaJPEGcameratoyourVSGdevice.
Name:
URL
EntertheURLofyourJPEGcamera/RTSPcamera.
ForaJPEGcamerafromBosch,typeinthefollowingstring:
http://<ipaddress>/snap.jpg?jpegCam0<channel_no.>
ForanRTSPcamerafromBosch,typeinthefollowingstring:
rcpp://<ipaddress>/rtsp_tunnel
UserName:
Password:
Showpassword
thispassword.
Test
Properties
Numberofvideoinput Enterthenumberofavailablevideoinputsifavailable.
channels
Framerate[ips] Enterthedesiredframerate.
Seealso

23.29.6 AddRTSPEncoderdialogbox
>AddEncoder/camera>RTSPcameracommand
YoucanaddanRTSPencodertoyourVSGdevice.
Name:
URL
EntertheURLofyourJPEGcamera/RTSPcamera.
ForaJPEGcamerafromBosch,typeinthefollowingstring:
http://<ipaddress>/snap.jpg?jpegCam0<channel_no.>
ForanRTSPcamerafromBosch,typeinthefollowingstring:
rcpp://<ipaddress>/rtsp_tunnel
UserName:
Password:
Showpassword
thispassword.
Test
Properties
Numberofvideoinput Enterthenumberofavailablevideoinputsifavailable.
channels
Seealso
23.30 LiveOnlypage

Allowsyoutoaddandconfigureencodersusedforliveonly.YoucanaddBoschencodersand
ONVIFnetworkvideotransmitters.
Seealso
Addingaliveonlyencoder,page125

23.31 ONVIFEncoderpage
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand > >ONVIFEncodertab

or
> >ONVIFEncodertab
DisplaysinformationonaliveonlyONVIFencoderaddedtoyourBoschVMS.
Name
DisplaysthenameoftheONVIFdevice.YoucanrenameitintheDeviceTreedirectly.
NetworkAddress
DisplaystheIPaddressofthedevice.
Manufacturer
Displaysthemanufacturername.
Model
Displaysthemodelname.
VideoInputs
Enterthenumberofcamerasconnectedtothisencoder.
AudioInputs
Enterthenumberofaudioinputsconnectedtothisencoder.
AlarmInputs
Enterthenumberofalarminputsconnectedtothisencoder.
Relays
Enterthenumberofrelaysconnectedtothisencoder.
Seealso
23.32 ONVIFEncoderEventspage
or

YoucanmapONVIFeventstoBoschVMSevents.Thisensuresthatyoulatercanconfigure
ONVIFeventsasBoschVMSalarms.

MappingTable
YoucancreateoreditaMappingTable.
Click todisplaytheAddMappingTabledialogbox.
Click todisplaytheRenameMappingTabledialogbox.
Click toremovetheMappingTablewithallrows.
Click or toimportorexportanONVIFMappingTable.
EventsandAlarms
SelectaBoschVMSeventformappingwithanONVIFevent.
Addrow
ClicktoaddarowtotheMappingTable.
Whenmultiplerowsareavailable,aneventoccursifonerowistrue.
Removerow
ClicktoremovetheselectedrowfromtheMappingTable.
ONVIFTopic
Typeinorselectastring,forexample:
tns1:VideoAnalytics/tnsaxis:MotionDetection
ONVIFDataName
Typeinorselectastring.
ONVIFDataType
ONVIFDataValue
Typeinorselectastringornumber.
Seealso
ONVIFevents,page54
23.32.1 Add/RenameONVIFMappingTabledialogbox
> >ONVIFEncoderEventstab> or
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand > >ONVIFEncoderEventstab>
or
AllowsyoutoaddaMappingTable.IfthisMappingTableshallserveasatemplateforfuture
ONVIFencodersofthesamemanufacturerandmodel,selectthecorrectentries.
MappingTablename
Typeinnameforeasyidentification.

Manufacturer
Selectanentryifrequired.
Model
Selectanentryifrequired.
23.33 ONVIFEventSourcepage
>Expand > >ONVIFEventSourcetab

or
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand >Expand > >ONVIFEvent

Sourcetab
or

or

Sourcetab
or

or

Sourcetab
YoucanconfigureONVIFeventsofasource(videochannel,inputorrelay).Anactivatedevent
definitionisaddedtotheMappingTableoftheencoder.
Forexampleforamultichannelencoder,youconfigureforwhichcameraaMotionDetected
eventistriggered.
TriggerEvent
Activatethisevent.
ONVIFTopic

ONVIFSourceName
ONVIFSourceType
ONVIFSourceValue
Seealso
ONVIFevents,page54
23.34 LocalStoragepage

Allowsyoutoaddandconfigureencoderswithlocalstorage.
Seealso
Addingalocalstorageencoder,page126
23.35 BoschVMSScanWizard
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand >Right-click >ClickScanfor

Encoders>BoschVMSScanWizarddialogbox
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand >Right-click >ClickScanforVideo

StreamingGateways>BoschVMSScanWizarddialogbox
Mainwindow> Devices>Right-click >ClickScanforLiveOnlyEncoders>

BoschVMSScanWizarddialogbox
Mainwindow> Devices>Right-click >ClickScanforLocalStorageEncoders

>BoschVMSScanWizarddialogbox

ScanforDecoders>BoschVMSScanWizarddialogbox
Thisdialogboxallowsyoutoscanforavailabledevicesinyournetwork,configurethemand
addthemtoyoursysteminoneprocess.
Use
Clicktoselectadeviceforaddingtothesystem.

Type(notavailableforVSGdevices)
Displaysthetypeofthedevice.
DisplayName
DisplaysthedevicenamethatwasenteredintheDeviceTree.
NetworkAddress
DisplaystheIPaddressofthedevice.
UserName
Displaystheusernamethatisconfiguredonthedevice.
Password
Typeinthepasswordforauthenticatingwiththisdevice.
Status
Displaysthestatusofauthentication.
:Succeeded
:Failed
Mainwindow> Devices>Right-click >ClickScanforVRMDevices>Bosch

VMSScanWizarddialogbox
Notice!
Role
Inthelist,selectthedesiredentry.
ThefollowingtablelistswhichroleseachVRMtypecanhave:
Role/Type PrimaryVRM SecondaryVRM
Primary(Normal) X
Secondary(Normal) X
PrimaryFailover X
SecondaryFailover X
Mirrored X
ToaPrimaryVRMyoucanaddaVRMdevicewiththefollowingroles:
FailoverVRM
MirroredVRM
ToaSecondaryVRMyoucanaddVRMdeviceswiththefollowingrole:
FailoverVRM
MasterVRM
Inthelist,selectthedesiredentry.
UserName
DisplaystheusernamethatisconfiguredontheVRMdevice.
Youcantypeinanotherusernameifrequired.

Seealso
AddinganencodertoaVRMpool,page124
Addingalocalstorageencoder,page126

BoschVideoManagementSystem BoschEncoder/Decoderpage|en 259
24 BoschEncoder/Decoderpage
Toconfigureanencoder/decoder:

or

or

or

or

Mostofthesettingsontheencoder/decoderpagesareactiveimmediatelyafteryouclick
.Ifyouclickanothertabwithoutclicking andchangeshaveoccurred,two
correspondingmessageboxesaredisplayed.Confirmthembothifyouwanttosave.
Tochangethepasswordsofanencoderright-clickthedeviceiconandclickChange
password....
TodisplaythedeviceinaWebbrowserright-clickthedeviceiconandclickShowWebpagein
Browser.
Note:
Dependingontheselectedencoderorcamera,notallpagesdescribedhereareavailablefor
eachdevice.Thewordingusedherefordescribingthefieldlabelscandeviatefromyour
software.
Seealso
Configuringanencoder/decoder,page127

260 en|BoschEncoder/Decoderpage BoschVideoManagementSystem
24.1 Enterpassworddialogbox
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand >Expand > >Right-click >

Changepassword...command
Mainwindow> Devices>Expand >Right-click >Changepassword...>

Enterpassworddialogbox
>Changepassword...command

Apasswordpreventsunauthorizedaccesstothedevice.Youcanusedifferentauthorization
levelstolimitaccess.
Properpasswordprotectionisonlyguaranteedwhenallhigherauthorizationlevelsarealso
protectedwithapassword.Therefore,youalwayshavetostartfromthehighestauthorization
levelwhenassigningpasswords.
Youcandefineandchangeapasswordforeachauthorizationlevelifyouareloggedinas
serviceoriftheunitisnotpasswordprotected.
Enterthepasswordfortheappropriateauthorizationlevelhere.Themaximumpasswordtext
lengthis19charactersandnospecialcharactersareallowed.
Thedevicehasthreeauthorizationlevels:service,user,andlive.
serviceisthehighestauthorizationlevel.Enteringthecorrectpasswordgivesaccessto
allthefunctionsandallowsallconfigurationsettingstobechanged.
useristhemiddleauthorizationlevel.Atthislevelyoucanoperatethedevice,playback
recordings,andalsocontrolcamera,forexample,butyoucannotchangethe
configuration.
liveisthelowestauthorizationlevel.Atthislevelyoucanonlyviewthelivevideoimage
andswitchbetweenthedifferentliveimagedisplays.
Foradecoderthefollowingauthorizationlevelreplacestheliveauthorizationlevel:
destinationpassword(onlyavailablefordecoders)
Usedforaccesstoanencoder.
Seealso
Providingthedestinationpasswordforadecoder,page130

24.2 UnitAccesspage
24.2.1 Identification/Cameraidentification
Devicename
Typethenameofthedevice.
Thenamesimplifiesthemanagementofmultipledevicesinlargesystems.Thenameisused
foridentificationofadevice.Useanamethatmakesitaseasyaspossibletoidentifyits
location.
Donotuseanyspecialcharactersinthename.Specialcharactersarenotsupportedandmay
causeproblems,e.g.withplayback.
Click toupdatethenameintheDeviceTree.
Eachdeviceshouldbeassignedauniqueidentifierthatcanbeenteredhereasanadditional
meansofidentification.
Initiatorname
DisplaystheiSCSIinitiatorname.Theinitiatornameisautomaticallydisplayedaftera
connectionisestablished.
Initiatorextension
TypeyourowntexttomaketheuniteasiertoidentifyinlargeiSCSIsystems.Thistextis
addedtotheinitiatorname,separatedfromitbyafullstop.
24.2.2 Cameraname
Camera
Typethenameofthecamera.EnsurethatCamera1isallocatedtoVideoInput1,Camera2to
VideoInput2,etc.
Thecameranamefacilitatestheidentificationoftheremotecameralocation,forexamplein
caseofanalarm.Useanamethatmakesitaseasyaspossibletoidentifythelocation.
Donotuseanyspecialcharactersinthename.Specialcharactersarenotsupportedandmay
causeproblems,forexampletheplaybackofrecordings.Thesettingsonthispageapplytoall
camerainputs.
24.2.3 Versioninformation
Hardwareversion
Displaystheversionofthehardware.
Firmwareversion
Displaystheversionofthefirmware.
24.3 Date/Timepage
DevicedateformatDevicedateDevicetime
Iftherearemultipledevicesoperatinginyoursystemornetwork,itisimportantto
synchronizetheirinternalclocks.Forexample,itisonlypossibletoidentifyandcorrectly
evaluatesimultaneousrecordingswhenalldevicesareoperatingonthesametime.
1. Enterthecurrentdate.Sincethedevicetimeiscontrolledbytheinternalclock,itisnot
necessarytoenterthedayoftheweekitisaddedautomatically.

2. EnterthecurrenttimeorclickSynctoPCtoapplythesystemtimefromyourcomputer
tothedevice.
Note:
Itisimportantthatthedate/timeiscorrectforrecording.Anincorrectdate/timesettingcould
preventcorrectrecording.
Devicetimezone
Selectthetimezoneinwhichthesystemislocated.
Daylightsavingtime
SetbyBoschVMSManagementServer.
TimeserverIPaddress
SetbyBoschVMSManagementServer.
Timeservertype
SetbyBoschVMSManagementServer.DefaultsettingisSNTP.
24.4 VideoInputpage
75Ohmterminationinput%s
SelectOffifthevideosignalistobeloopedthrough.
Sourcetypeinput%s
ToallowtheconnectionofVCRsasavideosource,youcanchangethevideosource
characteristicsfromthedefaultCameratoVCR.VCRsrequireamoretolerantsettingforthe
internalPLLasaresultofjittereffectscausedbythemechanicalcomponentsofaVCR.
Notice!
Insomecases,selectingtheVCRoptioncanleadtoanimprovementinthevideoimageeven
withacameraconnected.
24.4.1 Cameranamestamping
Selectthepositionofthecameranameoverlayinthedrop-downbox.Itcanbedisplayedat
theTop,attheBottom,oratapositionofchoiceusingtheCustomoption,oritcanbesetto
Offfornooverlayinformation.
IftheCustomoptionisselected,entervaluesintheXandYpositionfields.
24.4.2 Timestamping
Selectthepositionofthetimeanddateoverlayinthedrop-downbox.Itcanbedisplayedat
theTop,attheBottom,oratapositionofchoiceusingtheCustomoption,oritcanbesetto
Offfornooverlayinformation.
24.4.3 Displaymilliseconds
Ifnecessary,displaymillisecondsforTimestamping.Thisinformationcanbeusefulfor
recordedvideoimages;however,itdoesincreasetheprocessor'scomputingtime.SelectOff
ifdisplayingmillisecondsisnotneeded.
24.4.4 Alarmmodestamping
SelectOninthedrop-downboxforatextmessagetobedisplayedintheeventofanalarm.It
canbedisplayedatapositionofchoiceusingtheCustomoption,oritcanbesettoOffforno
overlayinformation.
24.4.5 Alarmmessage
Enterthemessagetobedisplayedontheimageintheeventofanalarm.Themaximumtext
lengthis31characters.
24.4.6 Transparentstamping
Checkthisboxtomakethestampontheimagetransparent.
24.5 PicturesettingsScenemode
Ascenemodeisacollectionofimageparametersthataresetinthecamerawhenthat
particularmodeisselected(installermenusettingsareexcluded).Severalpre-definedmodes
areavailablefortypicalscenarios.Afteramodehasbeenselected,additionalchangescanbe
madethroughtheuserinterface.
24.5.1 Currentmode
Selectthemodeyouwishtousefromthedrop-downmenu.
24.5.2 ModeID
Thenameoftheselectedmodeisdisplayed.
24.5.3 Copymodeto
Selectthemodefromthedrop-downmenutowhichyouwishtocopytheactivemode.
24.5.4 RestoreModeDefaults
ClickRestoreModeDefaultstorestorethefactorydefaultmodes.Confirmyoudecision.
24.5.5 Scenemodefactorydefaults
Outdoor
Thismodecoversmostsituations.Itshouldbeusedinapplicationswherethelightingchanges
fromdaytonight.Ittakesintoaccountsunhighlightsandstreet(sodiumvapor)lighting.
Motion
Thismodeisusedformonitoringthetrafficmovementonroadsorparkinglots.Itcanalsobe
usedforindustrialapplicationswherefastmovingobjectsaretobemonitored.Motion
artifactsareminimized.Thismodeshouldbeoptimizedforasharpanddetailedpicturein
colorandblack/whitemode.
Lowlight
Thismodeisoptimizedforsufficientdetailsatlowlight.Itrequiresmorebandwidthandcan
introducemotionjudder.
BLC
Thismodeisoptimizedforsceneswithpeoplemovinginfrontofabrightbackground.
Indoor
Thismodeissimilartotheoutdoormodebutitavoidsthelimitationsimposedbythesunor
streetlighting.
Vibrant
Thismodehasenhancedcontrast,sharpnessandsaturation.
Outdoor

Motion
Lowlight
IntelligentAE
Indoor
streetlighting.
Vibrant
Indoor
streetlighting.
Outdoor
Lowlight
Night-optimized
Lowbitrate
Thismodereducesthebitrateforinstallationswithrestrictednetworkbandwidthandstorage.
IntelligentAE
BLC
Vibrant
Sportsandgaming
Thismodeisforhigh-speedcapture,andimprovedcolorrenditionandsharpness.
Motion

Traffic
colorandblack/white.
Retail
Thismodehasimprovedcolorrenditionandsharpnesswithreducedbandwidthrequirements.
24.6 PicturesettingsColor
Contrast(0...255)
Adjustthecontrastwiththesliderfrom0to255.
Saturation(0...255)
Adjustthecolorsaturationwiththesliderfrom0to255.
Brightness(0...255)
Adjustthebrightnesswiththesliderfrom0to255.
24.6.1 Whitebalance
Indoor:Allowsthecameratocontinuallyadjustforoptimalcolorreproductioninan
indoorenvironment.
Outdoor:Allowsthecameratocontinuallyadjustforoptimalcolorreproductioninan
outdoorenvironment.
InManualmodetheRed,Green,andBluegaincanbemanuallysettoadesiredposition.
Hold
ClickHoldtoputATWonholdandsavethecurrentcolorsettings.Themodechangesto
manual.
R-gain
InManualwhitebalancemode,adjusttheredgainslidertooffsetthefactorywhitepoint
alignment(reducingredintroducesmorecyan).
G-gain
InManualwhitebalancemode,adjustthegreengainslidertooffsetthefactorywhitepoint
alignment(reducinggreenintroducesmoremagenta).
B-gain
InManualwhitebalancemode,adjustthebluegainslidertooffsetthefactorywhitepoint
alignment(reducingblueintroducesmoreyellow).
Note:
Itisonlynecessarytochangethewhitepointoffsetforspecialsceneconditions.
Default
ClickDefaulttosetallvideovaluestotheirfactorysetting.
24.6.2 Whitebalance
Basicautomodeallowsthecameratocontinuallyadjustforoptimalcolorreproduction
usinganaveragereflectancemethod.Thisisusefulforindoorlightsourcesandfor
coloredLEDlightillumination.
Standardautomodeallowsthecameratocontinuallyadjustforoptimalcolor
reproductioninanenvironmentwithnaturallightsources.
SON/SOXautomodeallowsthecameratocontinuallyadjustforoptimalcolor
reproductioninanenvironmentwithsodiumvaporlightsources(streetlighting).
Hold
manual.
R-gain
G-gain
B-gain
Note:
Default
24.6.3 Whitebalance
reproductioninanoutdoorenvironment.
Hold
manual.
R-gain
G-gain
B-gain
Note:
Default
24.6.4 Whitebalance
Basicautomodeallowsthecameratocontinuallyadjustforoptimalcolorreproduction
usinganaveragereflectancemethod.Thisisusefulforindoorlightsourcesandfor
coloredLEDlightillumination.
reproductioninanenvironmentwithnaturallightsources.
SON/SOXautomodeallowsthecameratocontinuallyadjustforoptimalcolor
reproductioninanenvironmentwithsodiumvaporlightsources(streetlighting).

Dominantcolorautomodetakesintoaccountanydominantcolorintheimage(for
example,thegreenofafootballpitchorofagamingtable)andusesthisinformationto
obtainawellbalancedcolorreproduction.
Hold
manual.
RGB-weightedwhitebalance
Inanautomode,RGB-weightedwhitebalancecanbeswitchedOnorOff.WhenOn,
additionalfinetuningoftheautomaticcolorreproductioncanbemadewiththeR,GandB
weightsliders.
R-gain
G-gain
B-gain
Note:
Default
24.7 PicturesettingsALC
24.7.1 ALCmode
Selectthemodeforautomaticlight-levelcontrol:
Fluorescent50Hz
Fluorescent60Hz
Outdoor
24.7.2 ALClevel
Adjustthevideooutputlevel(-15to0to+15).
SelecttherangewithinwhichtheALCwilloperate.Apositivevalueismoreusefulforlow-
lightconditions;anegativevalueismoreusefulforverybrightconditions.
24.7.3 Saturation(av-pk)
Thesaturation(av-pk)sliderconfigurestheALClevelsothatitcontrolsmainlyonscene
averagelevel(sliderposition-15)oronscenepeaklevel(sliderposition+15).Scenepeak
levelisusefulforcapturingimagesthatcontaincarheadlights.
24.7.4 Exposure/framerate
Automaticexposure
Selecttoletthecameraautomaticallysettheoptimumshutterspeed.Thecameratriesto
maintaintheselectedshutterspeedaslongasthelightlevelofthescenepermits.
4 Selecttheminimumframerateforautomaticexposure.(Thevaluesavailabledependon
thevaluesetfortheBaseframerateintheInstallerMenu.)
Fixedexposure
Selecttosetafixedshutterspeed.
4 Selecttheshutterspeedforfixedexposure.(Thevaluesavailabledependonthevalueset
fortheALCmode.)
Defaultshutter
Thedefaultshutterimprovesthemotionperformanceinautoexposuremode.
4 Selectadefaultshutterspeed.
24.7.5 Day/night
Auto-thecameraswitchestheIRcut-offfilteronandoffdependingonthesceneillumination
level.
Monochrome-theIRcut-offfilterisremoved,givingfullIRsensitivity.
Color-thecameraalwaysproducesacolorsignalregardlessoflightlevels.
Switchlevel
SetthevideolevelatwhichthecamerainAutomodeswitchestomonochromeoperation(-15
to0to+15).
Alow(negative)valuemeansthatthecameraswitchestomonochromeatalowerlightlevel.A
high(positive)valuemeansthatthecameraswitchestomonochromeatahigherlightlevel.
Note:
ToensurestabilitywhenusingIRilluminators,usethealarminterfaceforreliableDay/Night
switching.
Switchlevel
SetthevideolevelatwhichthecamerainAutomodeswitchestomonochromeoperation(-15
to0to+15).
IRfunction
SelectthecontrolsettingforIRillumination:
Auto:thecameraautomaticallyswitchestheIRillumination.
On:theIRilluminationisalwayson.
Off:theIRilluminationisalwaysoff.
Intensitylevel
SettheintensityoftheIRbeam(0to30).
Day-to-nightswitchover
AdjusttheslidertosetthevideolevelatwhichthecamerainAutomodeswitchesfromcolor
tomonochromeoperation(-15to+15).
Night-to-dayswitchover
AdjusttheslidertosetthevideolevelatwhichthecamerainAutomodeswitchesfrom
monochrometocoloroperation(-15to+15).
Alow(negative)valuemeansthatthecameraswitchestocoloratalowerlightlevel.Ahigh
(positive)valuemeansthatthecameraswitchestocoloratahigherlightlevel.
(Theactualswitch-overpointmightchangeautomaticallytoavoidinstableswitching.)
Note:
switching.
24.8 PicturesettingsEnhance
24.8.1 WDR
SelectAutoforautomaticWideDynamicRange(WDR);selectOfftodisableWDR.
Note:
WDRcanonlybeactiveifAutoexposureisselected,andthereisamatchbetweenthebase
framerateselectedintheinstallermenuandtheALCfluorescentmodefrequency.Ifthereisa
conflict,apop-upwindowwillsuggestasolutionandadjusttheappropriatesettings.
24.8.2 Sharpnesslevel
Theslideradjuststhesharpnesslevelbetween-15and+15.Zeropositionoftheslider
correspondstothefactorydefaultlevel.
Alow(negative)valuemakesthepicturelesssharp.Increasingsharpnessbringsoutmore
detail.Extrasharpnesscanenhancethedetailsoflicenseplates,facialfeaturesandtheedges
ofcertainsurfacesbutcanincreasebandwidthrequirements.
24.8.3 BacklightCompensation
SelectOfftoswitchoffbacklightcompensation.
SelectOntocapturedetailsinhigh-contrastandextremelybright-darkconditions.
SelectIntelligentAEtocaptureobjectdetailinsceneswithpeoplemovinginfrontofabright
background
24.8.4 Contrastenhancement
SelectOntoincreasethecontrastinlowcontrastconditions.
24.8.5 IntelligentDNR
SelectOntoactivateintelligentDynamicNoiseReduction(DNR)whichreducesnoisebased
onmotionandlightlevels.
Temporalnoisefiltering
AdjuststheTemporalnoisefilteringlevelbetween-15and+15.Thehigherthevalue,the
morenoisefiltering.
Spatialnoisefiltering
AdjuststheSpatialnoisefilteringlevelbetween-15and+15.Thehigherthevalue,themore
noisefiltering.
24.8.6 Intelligentdefog
SelectIntelligentdefogtoactivatetheautomaticintelligentdefog(iDefog)feature.This
featurecontinuouslyadjustsimageparameterstoprovidethebestpicturepossibleunder
foggyormistyconditions.
24.9 EncoderRegionspage
1. Selectoneoftheeightavailableregionsfromthedrop-downbox.
2. Usethemousetodefinetheareaforthatregionbydraggingthecenterorsidesofthe
shadedwindow.
3. Selecttheencoderqualitytobeusedforthedefinedarea.
(ObjectandbackgroundqualitylevelsaredefinedontheExpertSettingssectionofthe
EncoderProfilepage.)
4. Ifrequired,selectanotherregionandrepeatsteps2and3.
5. ClickSettoapplytheregionsettings.
Preview
Click toopenaviewingwindowwherea1:1liveimageandthebitratefortheregion
settingscanbepreviewed.
24.10 PicturesettingsScenemodescheduler
Thescenemodeschedulerisusedtodeterminewhichscenemodeshouldbeusedduringthe
dayandwhichscenemodeshouldbeusedduringthenight.
1. SelectthemodeyouwishtouseduringthedayfromDaymodedrop-downbox.
2. SelectthemodeyouwishtouseduringthenightfromNightmodedrop-downbox.
3. UsethetwosliderbuttonstosettheDaytimerange.
24.11 Installer/Initializationmenu
24.11.1 Applicationvariant
Thecamerahasachoiceofapplicationvariantsthatsetupthecameraforoptimum
performanceinaspecificenvironment.Selecttheapplicationvariantbestsuitedtoyour
installation.
Theapplicationvariantmustbeselectedbeforeanyotherchangesaremade,asthecamera
rebootsautomaticallyandresetsthefactorydefaultswhentheapplicationvariantischanged.
24.11.2 Baseframerate
Selectthebaseframerateforthecamera.
Note:
Shuttertimesandframerates,andtheanalogoutput(ifpresent)areaffectedbythisvalue.
24.11.3 CameraLED
DisabletheCameraLEDonthecameratoswitchitoff.
24.11.4 Mirrorimage
SelectOntooutputamirrorimageofthecamerapicture.
24.11.5 Flipimage
SelectOntooutputanupsidedowncameraimage.
24.11.6 Menubutton
SelectDisabledtopreventaccesstotheinstallwizardviathemenubuttononthecamera
itself.
24.11.7 Heater
SelectAutotoletthecameradeterminewhentheheatershouldbeswitchedon.
24.11.8 Rebootdevice
24.11.9 Factorydefaults
ClickDefaultstorestorethefactorydefaultsforthecamera.Aconfirmationscreenappears.
Allowseveralsecondsforthecameratooptimizethepictureafterareset.
24.11.10 LensWizard
ClickLensWizard...toopenaseparatewindowwhichcanbeusedtofocusthecameralens
(notforallcameras).
24.12 RecordingManagementpage
Activerecordingsareindicatedby .
Pointtotheicon.Detailedinformationabouttheactiverecordingsaredisplayed.
Recordingsmanuallymanaged
Therecordingsaremanagedlocallyonthisencoder.Allrelevantsettingsmustbecarriedout
manually.Theencoder/IPcameraactsasaliveonlydevice.ItisnotberemovedfromVRM
automatically.
Recording1managedbyVRM
TherecordingsofthisencoderaremanagedbytheVRMsystem.
DualVRM
Recording2ofthisencoderismanagedbyasecondaryVRM.
iSCSIMediatab
ClicktodisplaytheavailableiSCSIstorageconnectedtothisencoder.
LocalMediatab
Clicktodisplaytheavailablelocalstorageonthisencoder.
Add
Clicktoaddastoragedevicetothelistofmanagedstoragemedia.
Remove
Clicktoremoveastoragedevicefromthelistofmanagedstoragemedia.
Seealso
24.13 Recordingpreferencespage
TheRecordingpreferencespageisdisplayedforeachencoder.Thispageonlyappearsifa
deviceisassignedtoaVRMsystem.
Primarytarget
OnlyvisibleiftheRecordingpreferencesmodelistonthePoolpageissettoFailover.
Selecttheentryfortherequiredtarget.
Secondarytarget
OnlyvisibleiftheRecordingpreferencesmodelistonthePoolpageissettoFailoverandif
theSecondarytargetusagelistissettoOn.
Selecttheentryfortherequiredtargetforconfiguringfailovermode.
Seealso
Poolpage,page239
24.14 VCApage
ThedevicecontainsanintegratedVideoContentAnalysis(VCA),whichcandetectandanalyze
changesinthesignalusingimageprocessingalgorithms.Suchchangesaretriggeredby
motioninthecamera'sfieldofview.

Ifthereisnotenoughcomputingpower,priorityisgiventoliveimagesandrecordings.This
canleadtoimpairmentoftheVCAsystem.Observetheprocessorloadandoptimizethe
settingsofthedeviceortheVCAsettings,ifnecessary.
YoucanconfigureprofileswithdifferentVCAconfigurations.Youcansaveprofilesonyour
computer'sharddriveandloadsavedprofilesfromthere.Thiscanbeusefulifyouwantto
testanumberofdifferentconfigurations.Saveafunctioningconfigurationandtestnew
settings.Youcanusethesavedconfigurationtorestoretheoriginalsettingsatanytime.
4 SelectaVCAprofileandchangethesettingsifnecessary.
TorenametheVCAprofile:
4 Click .TheEditdialogboxisdisplayed.Typethenewname,andthenclickOK.
Alarmstatus
Displaysthecurrentalarmstatetochecktheeffectsofyoursettingsimmediately.
Aggregationtime[s]
Setanaggregationtimeofbetween0and20seconds.Theaggregationtimealwaysstarts
whenanalarmeventoccurs.Itextendsthealarmeventbythevalueset.Thispreventsalarm
eventsthatoccurinquicksuccessionfromtriggeringseveralalarmsandsuccessiveeventsina
rapidsequence.Nofurtheralarmistriggeredduringtheaggregationtime.
Thepost-alarmtimesetforalarmrecordingsonlystartsoncetheaggregationtimehas
expired.
Analysistype
Selecttherequiredanalysisalgorithm.Motion+offersamotiondetectorandessential
recognitionoftampering.
Metadataisalwayscreatedforavideocontentanalysis,unlessthisisexplicitlyexcluded.
Dependingontheanalysistypeselectedandtherelevantconfiguration,additionalinformation
overlaysthevideoimageinthepreviewwindownexttotheparametersettings.Withthe
Motion+analysistype,forexample,thesensorfieldsinwhichmotionisrecordedaremarked
withrectangles.
Note:
Forsuitabledevices,additionalanalysisalgorithmswithcomprehensivefunctions,suchas
IVMDandIVA,arealsoavailable.RefertotheIVAdocumentationformoreinformationon
usingthese.
Motiondetector
SeeMotiondetector(MOTION+only),page273.
MotiondetectionisavailablefortheMotion+analysistype.Forthedetectortofunction,the
followingconditionsmustbemet:
Analysismustbeactivated.
Atleastonesensorfieldmustbeactivated.
Theindividualparametersmustbeconfiguredtosuittheoperatingenvironmentandthe
desiredresponses.
Thesensitivitymustbesettoavaluegreaterthanzero.
Note:
Reflectionsoflight(fromglasssurfaces,etc.),lightsswitchingonandoff,orchangesinthe
lightlevelcausedbycloudmovementonasunnydaycantriggerunintendedresponsesfrom
themotiondetectorandgeneratefalsealarms.Runaseriesoftestsatdifferenttimesofthe
dayandnighttoensurethatthevideosensorisoperatingasintended.Forindoor
surveillance,ensureconstantlightingoftheareasduringthedayandatnight.

Tamperdetection
SeeTamperdetection,page274
Load...
Clicktoloadasavedprofile.TheOpendialogboxisdisplayed.Selectthefilenameofthe
profileyouwanttoload,andthenclickOK.
Save...
Clicktosavetheprofilesettingstoanotherfile.TheSavedialogboxisdisplayed.Typethe
filename,selectthefolderwheretosavethefile,andthenclickOK.
Default
Clicktoreturnallsettingstotheirdefaultvalues.
24.14.1 Motiondetector(MOTION+only)
Motiondetector
Forthedetectortofunction,thefollowingconditionsmustbemet:
Analysismustbeactivated.
Atleastonesensorfieldmustbeactivated.
Theindividualparametersmustbeconfiguredtosuittheoperatingenvironmentandthe
desiredresponses.
Thesensitivitymustbesettoavaluegreaterthanzero.
Caution!
Reflectionsoflight(offglasssurfaces,etc.),switchinglightsonorofforchangesinthelight
levelcausedbycloudmovementonasunnydaycantriggerunintendedresponsesfromthe
! motiondetectorandgeneratefalsealarms.Runaseriesoftestsatdifferenttimesoftheday
andnighttoensurethatthevideosensorisoperatingasintended.
Forindoorsurveillance,ensureconstantlightingoftheareasduringthedayandatnight.
Debouncetime1s
Thedebouncetimepreventsverybriefalarmeventsfromtriggeringindividualalarms.Ifthe
Debouncetime1soptionisactivated,analarmeventmustlastatleast1secondtotriggeran
alarm.
Selectingthearea
Selecttheareasoftheimagetobemonitoredbythemotiondetector.Thevideoimageis
subdividedintosquaresensorfields.Activateordeactivateeachofthesefieldsindividually.To
excludeparticularregionsofthecamera'sfieldofviewfrommonitoringduetocontinuous
movement(byatreeinthewind,forexample),therelevantfieldscanbedeactivated.
1. ClickSelectAreatoconfigurethesensorfields.Anewwindowopens.
2. Ifnecessary,clickClearAllfirsttoclearthecurrentselection(fieldsmarkedred).
3. Left-clickthefieldstobeactivated.Activatedfieldsaremarkedred.
4. Ifnecessary,clickSelectAlltoselecttheentirevideo-frameformonitoring.
5. Right-clickanyfieldstodeactivate.
6. ClickOKtosavetheconfiguration.
7. Clicktheclosebutton(X)inthewindowtitlebartoclosethewindowwithoutsavingthe
changes.
Sensitivity
SensitivityisavailablefortheMotion+analysistype.Thebasicsensitivityofthemotion
detectorcanbeadjustedfortheenvironmentalconditionstowhichthecameraissubject.The
sensorreactstovariationsinthebrightnessofthevideoimage.Thedarkertheobservation
area,thehigherthevaluethatmustbeselected.

Minimumobjectsize
Specifythenumberofsensorfieldsthatamovingobjectmustcovertogenerateanalarm.
Thissettingpreventsobjectsthataretoosmallfromtriggeringanalarm.Aminimumvalueof4
isrecommended.Thisvaluecorrespondstofoursensorfields.
24.14.2 SelectAreadialogbox
Thisdialogboxdisplaysthecameraimage.Withinthiswindowyoucanactivatetheareasof
theimagetobemonitored.
Toactivateanarea:
Inthecameraimage,dragovertheareayouwanttoactivate.Activatedareasaremarked
yellow.
Todeactivateanarea:
Inthecameraimage,presstheSHIFTkeyandclicktheareayouwanttodeactivate.
Toobtaincommandsinthewindow:
Toseethecommandsforactivatingordeactivatingtheareas,right-clickanywhereinthe
window.Thefollowingcommandsareavailable:
Undo
Undoesthelastcommand.
SetAll
Activatestheentirecameraimage.
ClearAll
Deactivatestheentirecameraimage.
Tool
Definestheshapeofthemousepointer.
Settings
DisplaystheEditorSettingsdialogbox.Inthisdialogboxyoucanchangethesensitivity
andtheminimumobjectsize.
24.14.3 Tamperdetection
Youcandetecttamperingofcamerasandvideocablesbymeansofvariousoptions.Runa
seriesoftestsatdifferenttimesofthedayandnighttoensurethatthevideosensoris
operatingasintended.
Theoptionsfortamperdetectioncanonlybesetforfixedcameras.Domecamerasorother
motorizedcamerascannotbeprotectedinthismannerasthemovementofthecameraitself
causeschangesinthevideoimagethataretoogreat.
Scenetoobright
Activatethisfunctioniftamperingassociatedwithexposuretoextremelight(forinstance,
shiningaflashlightdirectlyontheobjective)shouldtriggeranalarm.Theaveragebrightness
ofthesceneprovidesabasisforrecognition.
Globalchange(slider)
Sethowlargetheglobalchangeinthevideoimagemustbeforanalarmtobetriggered.This
settingisindependentofthesensorfieldsselectedunderSelectArea.Setahighvalueif
fewersensorfieldsneedtochangetotriggeranalarm.Withalowvalue,itisnecessaryfor
changestooccursimultaneouslyinalargenumberofsensorfieldstotriggeranalarm.This
optionallowsdetection,independentlyofmotionalarms,manipulationoftheorientationor
locationofacameraresultingfromturningthecameramountbracket,forexample.

Scenetoodark
Activatethisfunctioniftamperingassociatedwithcoveringtheobjective(forinstance,by
sprayingpaintonit)shouldtriggeranalarm.Theaveragebrightnessofthesceneprovidesa
basisforrecognition.
Scenetoonoisy
ActivatethisfunctioniftamperingassociatedwithEMCinterference(noisysceneastheresult
ofastronginterferencesignalinthevicinityofthevideolines)shouldtriggeranalarm.
Referencecheck
Saveareferenceimagethatcanbecontinuouslycomparedwiththecurrentvideoimage.If
thecurrentvideoimageinthemarkedareasdiffersfromthereferenceimage,analarmis
triggered.Thisdetectstamperingthatwouldotherwisenotbedetected,forexample,ifthe
cameraisturned.
1. ClickReferencetosavethecurrentlyvisiblevideo-imageasareference.
2. ClickSelectAreaandselecttheareasinthereferenceimagethataretobemonitored.
3. ChecktheboxReferencechecktoactivatetheon-goingcheck.Thestoredreference
imageisdisplayedinblackandwhitebelowthecurrentvideoimage,andtheselected
areasaremarkedinyellow.
4. SelecttheDisappearingedgesorAppearingedgesoptiontospecifythereferencecheck
onceagain.
Triggerdelay[s]
Setdelayedalarmtriggeringhere.Thealarmisonlytriggeredafterasettimeintervalin
secondshaselapsedandthenonlyifthetriggeringconditionstillexists.Iftheoriginal
conditionhasbeenrestoredbeforethistimeintervalelapses,thealarmisnottriggered.This
avoidsfalsealarmstriggeredbyshort-termchanges,forexample,cleaningactivitiesinthe
directfieldofvisionofthecamera.
Sensitivity
Thebasicsensitivityofthetamperdetectioncanbeadjustedfortheenvironmentalconditions
towhichthecameraissubject.Thealgorithmreactstothedifferencesbetweenthereference
imageandthecurrentvideoimage.Thedarkertheobservationarea,thehigherthevaluethat
mustbeselected.
Appearingedges
Selectthisoptioniftheselectedareaofthereferenceimageincludesalargelyhomogenous
surface.Ifstructuresappearinthisarea,thenanalarmistriggered.
Disappearingedges
Theareaselectedinthereferenceimageshouldcontainaprominentstructure.Ifthis
structureisconcealedormoved,thereferencechecktriggersanalarm.Iftheselectedareais
toohomogenous,sothatconcealingandmovingthestructurewouldnottriggeranalarm,then
analarmistriggeredimmediatelytoindicatetheinadequatereferenceimage.
Seealso
SelectAreadialogbox,page274
24.15 PrivacyMaskspage
Privacymaskingisusedtoblockaspecificareaofascenefrombeingviewed.Fourprivacy
maskareascanbedefined.Theactivatedmaskedareasarefilledwiththeselectedpatternin
liveview.
1. Selectthepatterntobeusedforallmasks.
2. Checktheboxofthemaskyouwishtoactivate.

3. Usethemousetodefinetheareaforeachofthemasks.
Notice!
Drawthemask10%largerthantheobjecttoensurethatthemaskcompletelycoversthe
objectasthecamerazoomsinandout.ClickthecheckboxZoomthreshold.
Drawthemaskat50%opticalzoomorlessforimprovedmaskingperformance.
Activemasks
Toactivateamask,selecttheappropriatecheckbox.
Privacymasks
Selecttheprivacymasknumber.Thepreviewwindowdisplaysagrayrectangleinthescene.
Enabled
Selectthecheckboxtoactivatetheprivacymask.Aftersaving,thecontentinsidetheprivacy
maskisnolongervisibleinthepreview.Thisareaisblockedoutfrombeingviewingand
recording.
Pattern
Patternoftheprivacymask.
Previewwindow
Ifnecessary,changethesizeoftheprivacymaskareaandmoveittothepositionyouwant.
24.16 Camerapage
AE-responsespeed
Selectthespeedoftheresponseofautoexposure.OptionsareSuperslow,Slow,Medium
(default),Fast.
Backlightcompensation
Optimizesthevideolevelfortheselectedareaoftheimage.Partsoutsidethisareamaybe
underexposedoroverexposed.SelectOntooptimizethevideolevelforthecentralareaofthe
image.ThedefaultsettingisOff.
BlueGain
Thebluegainadjustmentoffsetsthefactorywhitepointalignment(reducingblueintroduces
moreyellow).Itisonlynecessarytochangethewhitepointoffsetforspecialscene
conditions.
Colorhue
Thedegreeofcolorinthevideoimage(HDonly).Valuesrangefrom-14to14;thedefaultis
8.
FixedGain
Usetheslidetoselectthedesirednumberforfixedgain.Thedefaultis2.
Gaincontrol
Adjuststheautomaticgaincontrol(AGC).Automaticallysetsthegaintothelowestpossible
valueneededtomaintainagoodpicture.
AGC(default):electronicallybrightensdarkscenes,whichmaycausegraininessinlow
lightscenes.
Fixed:noenhancement.ThissettingdisablestheMax.GainLeveloption.
Ifyouselectthisoption,thecameramakesthefollowingchangesautomatically:
NightMode:switchestoColor
AutoIris:switchestoConstant

HighSensitivity
Adjuststhelevelofintensityorluxwithintheimage(HDonly).SelectfromOfforOn.
MaximumGainLevel
ControlsthemaximumvaluethegaincanhaveduringAGCoperation.Tosetthemaximum
gainlevel,choosefrom:
Normal
Medium
High(default)
Nightmode
Selectsnightmode(B/W)toenhancelightinginlowlightscenes.Selectfromthefollowing
options:
Monochrome:ForcesthecameratostayinNighModeandtransmitmonochromeimages.
Color:ThecameradoesnotswitchtoNightModeregardlessofambientlightconditions.
Auto(default):ThecameraswitchesoutofNightModeaftertheambientlightlevel
reachesapre-definedthreshold.
Nightmodethreshold
Adjuststheleveloflightatwhichthecameraautomaticallyswitchesoutofnightmode(B/W)
operation.Selectavaluebetween10and55(inincrementsof5;default30).Thelowerthe
value,theearlierthecamerawillswitchtocolormode.
NoiseReduction
Turnsonthe2Dand3Dnoisereductionfeature.
NoiseReductionLevel
Adjuststhenoiseleveltotheappropriatelevelforshootingconditions.Selectavaluebetween
1and5.
RedGain
Theredgainadjustmentoffsetsthefactorywhitepointalignment(reducingredintroduces
morecyan).
Saturation
Thepercentageoflightorcolorinthevideoimage(HDonly).Valuesrangefrom60%to200%;
thedefaultis110%.
Sharpness
Adjuststhesharpnessofthepicture.Tosetthesharpness,usetheslidertoselectanumber.
Thedefaultis12.
Currentmode
Shutter
Adjuststheelectronicshutterspeed(AES).Controlsthetimeperiodforwhichlightis
gatheredbythecollectingdevice.Thedefaultsettingis1/60secondforNTSCand1/50for
PALcameras.Therangeofsettingsisfrom1/1to1/10000.
ShutterMode
Fixed:Theshuttermodeisfixedtoaselectableshutterspeed.
AutoSensUp:increasescamerasensitivitybyincreasingtheintegrationtimeonthe
camera.Thisisaccomplishedbyintegratingthesignalfromanumberofconsecutive
videoframestoreducesignalnoise.
Ifyouselectthisoption,thecameramakesthefollowingchangeautomatically:
AutoIris:switchestoConstant
Shutter:isdisabled

Stabilization
Thisfeatureisidealforcamerasmountedonapoleormast,oronanotherlocationthat
shakesfrequently.
SelectOntoactivatethevideostabilizationfeature(ifavailableonyourcamera)thatreduces
camerashakeinboththeverticalandhorizontalaxis.Thecameracompensatesforthe
movementoftheimagebyupto2%oftheimagesize.
SelectAutotoactivatethefeatureautomaticallywhenthecameradetectsvibration.
SelectOfftodeactivatethefeature.
Note:Thisfeatureisnotavailableon20xmodels.
WhiteBalance
Adjuststhecolorsettingstomaintainthequalityofthewhiteareasoftheimage.
24.16.1 ALC
ALCmode
Selectthemodeforautomaticlight-levelcontrol:
Fluorescent50Hz
Fluorescent60Hz
Outdoor
ALClevel
Adjustthevideooutputlevel(-15to0to+15).
SelecttherangewithinwhichtheALCwilloperate.Apositivevalueismoreusefulforlow-
lightconditions;anegativevalueismoreusefulforverybrightconditions.
Thesaturation(av-pk)sliderconfigurestheALClevelsothatitcontrolsmainlyonscene
averagelevel(sliderposition-15)oronscenepeaklevel(sliderposition+15).Scenepeak
levelisusefulforcapturingimagesthatcontaincarheadlights.
Exposure
Automaticexposure
Selecttoletthecameraautomaticallysettheoptimumshutterspeed.Thecameratriesto
maintaintheselectedshutterspeedaslongasthelightlevelofthescenepermits.
4 Selecttheminimumframerateforautomaticexposure.(Thevaluesavailabledependon
thevaluesetfortheBaseframerateintheInstallerMenu.)
Fixedexposure
Selecttosetafixedshutterspeed.
4 Selecttheshutterspeedforfixedexposure.(Thevaluesavailabledependonthevalueset
fortheALCmode.)
Defaultshutter
Thedefaultshutterimprovesthemotionperformanceinautoexposuremode.
4 Selectadefaultshutterspeed.
Day/night
Auto-thecameraswitchestheIRcut-offfilteronandoffdependingonthesceneillumination
level.
Monochrome-theIRcut-offfilterisremoved,givingfullIRsensitivity.
Color-thecameraalwaysproducesacolorsignalregardlessoflightlevels.
Note:
switching.

Night-to-dayswitchover
AdjusttheslidertosetthevideolevelatwhichthecamerainAutomodeswitchesfrom
monochrometocoloroperation(-15to+15).
Alow(negative)valuemeansthatthecameraswitchestocoloratalowerlightlevel.Ahigh
(positive)valuemeansthatthecameraswitchestocoloratahigherlightlevel.
(Theactualswitch-overpointmightchangeautomaticallytoavoidinstableswitching.)
Day-to-nightswitchover
AdjusttheslidertosetthevideolevelatwhichthecamerainAutomodeswitchesfromcolor
tomonochromeoperation(-15to+15).
IRfunction
SelectthecontrolsettingforIRillumination:
Auto:thecameraautomaticallyswitchestheIRillumination.
On:theIRilluminationisalwayson.
Off:theIRilluminationisalwaysoff.
Intensitylevel
SettheintensityoftheIRbeam(0to30).
24.16.2 Scenemode
Ascenemodeisacollectionofimageparametersthataresetinthecamerawhenthat
particularmodeisselected(installermenusettingsareexcluded).Severalpre-definedmodes
areavailablefortypicalscenarios.Afteramodehasbeenselected,additionalchangescanbe
madethroughtheuserinterface.
Currentmode
Selectthemodeyouwishtousefromthedrop-downmenu.
ModeID
Thenameoftheselectedmodeisdisplayed.
24.16.3 SceneModeScheduler
Thescenemodeschedulerisusedtodeterminewhichscenemodeshouldbeusedduringthe
dayandwhichscenemodeshouldbeusedduringthenight.
1. SelectthemodeyouwishtouseduringthedayfromDaymodedrop-downbox.
2. SelectthemodeyouwishtouseduringthenightfromNightmodedrop-downbox.
3. UsethetwosliderbuttonstosettheDaytimerange.
Outdoor
Vibrant
Motion

Lowlight
IntelligentAE
Indoor
streetlighting.
BLC
24.16.4 WDR
SelectAutoforautomaticWideDynamicRange(WDR);selectOfftodisableWDR.
Note:
WDRcanonlybeactiveifAutoexposureisselected,andthereisamatchbetweenthebase
framerateselectedintheinstallermenuandtheALCfluorescentmodefrequency.Ifthereisa
conflict,apop-upwindowwillsuggestasolutionandadjusttheappropriatesettings.
24.16.5 Sharpnesslevel
Theslideradjuststhesharpnesslevelbetween-15and+15.Zeropositionoftheslider
correspondstothefactorydefaultlevel.
Alow(negative)valuemakesthepicturelesssharp.Increasingsharpnessbringsoutmore
detail.Extrasharpnesscanenhancethedetailsoflicenseplates,facialfeaturesandtheedges
ofcertainsurfacesbutcanincreasebandwidthrequirements.
24.16.6 BacklightCompensation
SelectIntelligentAEtocaptureobjectdetailinsceneswithpeoplemovinginfrontofabright
background
24.16.7 Contrastenhancement
SelectOntoincreasethecontrastinlowcontrastconditions.
24.16.8 IntelligentDNR
Temporalnoisefiltering
AdjuststheTemporalnoisefilteringlevelbetween-15and+15.Thehigherthevalue,the
morenoisefiltering.
Spatialnoisefiltering
AdjuststheSpatialnoisefilteringlevelbetween-15and+15.Thehigherthevalue,themore
noisefiltering.
24.16.9 Intelligentdefog
SelectIntelligentdefogtoactivatetheautomaticintelligentdefog(iDefog)feature.This
featurecontinuouslyadjustsimageparameterstoprovidethebestpicturepossibleunder
foggyormistyconditions.

24.17 Lenspage
24.17.1 Focus
Autofocus
Continuouslyadjuststhelensautomaticallytothecorrectfocusforthesharpestpicture.
Onepush(default):ActivatestheAutoFocusfeatureafterthecamerastopsmoving.
Oncefocused,AutoFocusisinactiveuntilthecameraismovedagain.
Autofocus:AutoFocusisalwaysactive.
Manual:AutoFocusisinactive.
Focuspolarity
Normal(default):Focuscontrolsoperatenormally.
Reverse:Focuscontrolsarereversed.
Focusspeed
ControlshowfasttheAutofocuswillreadjustwhenthefocusbecomesblurred.
24.17.2 Iris
Autoiris
Automaticallyadjuststhelenstoallowthecorrectilluminationofthecamerasensor.Thistype
oflensisrecommendedforusewhentherearelowlightorchanginglightconditions.
Constant(default):Cameraconstantlyadjuststovaryinglightconditions.
Ifyouselectthisoption,forexampletheAutoDomeJuniorHDmakesthefollowing
changesautomatically:
Gaincontrol:switchestoAGC
Shuttermode:switchestoNormal
Manual:Cameramustbemanuallyadjustedtocompensateforvaryinglightconditions.
Irispolarity
Capabilitytoreversetheoperationoftheirisbuttononthecontroller.
Normal(default):Iriscontrolsoperatenormally.
Reverse:Iriscontrolsarereversed.
Autoirislevel
Increasesordecreasesbrightnessaccordingtotheamountoflight.Typeavaluebetween1
and15,inclusive.Thedefaultsettingis8.
Irisspeed
ControlshowfasttheIriswilladjusttheopeningaccordingtotheilluminationofthescene.
Typeavaluebetween1and10,inclusive.Thedefaultsettingis5.
24.17.3 Zoom
Maximumzoomspeed
Controlsthezoomspeed.Defaultsetting:Fast
Zoompolarity
Capabilitytoreversetheoperationofthezoombuttononthecontroller.
Normal(default):Zoomcontrolsoperatenormally.
Reverse:Zoomcontrolsarereversed.
Digitalzoom
Digitalzoomisamethodofdecreasing(narrowing)theapparentangleofviewofadigital
videoimage.Itisaccomplishedelectronically,withoutanyadjustmentofthecamera'soptics,
andnoopticalresolutionisgainedintheprocess.

Off(default):EnablestheDigitalZoomfeature.
On:DisablestheDigitalZoomfeature.
24.18 PTZpage
Autopanspeed
Continuouslypansthecameraataspeedbetweenrightandleftlimitsettings.Typeavalue
between1and60(expressedindegrees),inclusive.Thedefaultsettingis30.
Inactivity
Selectsthetimeperiodthedomemustbenotcontrolleduntiltheinactivityeventwillbe
executed.
Off(default):Cameraremainsonacurrentsceneindefinitely.
Scene1:CamerareturnstoPreset1.
PreviousAux:Camerareturnstothepreviousactivity.
Inactivityperiod
Determinesthebehaviorofthedomewhenthecontrolfordomeisinactive.Selectatime
periodfromthepull-downlist(3sec.-10min.).Thedefaultsettingis2minutes.
Autopivot
TheAutoPivottiltsthecamerathroughtheverticalpositionasthecameraisrotatedto
maintainthecorrectorientationoftheimage.
SettheAutoPivottoOn(default)toautomaticallyrotatethecamera180whenfollowinga
subjecttravelingdirectlybeneaththecamera.Todisablethisfeature,clickOff.
Freezeframe
SelectOn(default)tofreezetheimagewhilethecameramovestoapredeterminedscene
position.
Tiltuplimit
ClickSet,tosettheuppertiltlimitofthecamera.
Tiltlimits
ClickResettocleartheuppertiltlimit.
24.19 PrepositionsandTourspage
Allowsyoutodefinetheindividualscenesandaprepositiontourcomprisedofthedefined
scenes.
Toaddscenes:
Click .
Todeletescenes:
Selectthescene,thenclick .
Tooverwrite(save)scenes:
Click .
Toviewscenes:
Selectthescene,thenclick .
Includeinstandardtour(markedwith*)
Selectthecheckboxifthesceneshouldbepartoftheprepositiontour.Theasterisk(*)on
theleftofthescenenameindicatesthis.

24.20 Sectorspage
Sector
Thepancapability(forexamplefortheAutoDomeJuniorHDcamera)is360andisdivided
intoeightequalsectors.Thisallowsyoutoapplyatitleforeachsectorandtodesignateany
sectorsasaBlankedSector.
Todefineatitleforsectors:
1. Placethepointerintheinputboxtotherightofthesectornumber.
2. Typeatitleforthesector,upto20characterslong.
3. Toblankthesector,clickthecheckboxtotherightofthesectortitle.
24.21 Miscpage
Address
Allowstheappropriatedevicetobeoperatedviathenumericaladdressinthecontrolsystem.
Typeanumberbetween0000and9999,inclusive,toidentifythecamera.
24.22 Logspage
Thispageallowsyoutodisplayandtosavelogfiles.
Download
Clicktoobtainthelogfileinformation.Thelogfilesaredisplayedintheoverview.
Save
Clicktosavethelogfiles.
24.23 Audiopage
Thisfunctionallowsyoutosetthegainoftheaudiosignalstosuityourspecificrequirements.
Thecurrentvideoimageisshowninthesmallwindownexttotheslidecontrolstohelpyou
checktheselectedaudiosourceandimproveassignments.Yourchangesareeffective
immediately.
Thenumberingoftheaudioinputsfollowsthelabelingonthedeviceandtheassignmentto
therespectivevideoinputs.TheassignmentcannotbechangedforWebbrowserconnections.
Audio
Theaudiosignalsaresentinaseparatedatastreamparalleltothevideodata,andsoincrease
thenetworkload.TheaudiodataareencodedaccordingtoG.711andrequireanadditional
bandwidthofapproximately80kbpsforeachconnection.
On:Transmitsaudiodata.
Off:Notransmissionofaudiodata.
LineIn1-LineIn4
Enterthevalueofthegainoftheaudiosignal.Makesurethatthedisplayoftheslider
remainsgreen.
LineOut
Enterthevalueofthegain.Makesurethatthedisplayoftheslider remainsgreen.
Microphone(MIC)
Enterthevalueofthegainforthemicrophone.
LineOut/Speaker(SPK)
Enterthevalueofthegainofthelineandtheloudspeaker.
Recordingformat
Selectaformatforaudiorecording.
G.711:defaultvalue.
L16:SelectL16ifyouwantbetteraudioqualitywithhighersamplingrates.Thisrequires
approximatelyeighttimestheG.711bandwidth.
24.24 Relaypage
Thisfunctionallowsyoutoconfiguretheswitchingbehavioroftherelayoutputs.
Youcanconfiguretheswitchingbehavioroftherelayoutputs.Foreachrelay,youcanspecify
anopenswitchrelay(normallyclosedcontact)oraclosedswitchrelay(normallyopen
contact).
Youcanalsospecifywhetheranoutputshouldoperateasabistableormonostablerelay.In
bistablemode,thetriggeredstateoftherelayismaintained.Inmonostablemode,youcanset
thetimeafterwhichtherelayreturnstotheidlestate.
Youcanselectdifferenteventsthatautomaticallyactivateanoutput.Itispossible,for
example,toturnonafloodlightbytriggeringamotionalarmandthenturningthelightoff
againwhenthealarmhasstopped.
Idlestate
SelectOpenifyouwanttherelaytooperateasanNOcontact,orselectClosediftherelayis
tooperateasanNCcontact.
Operatingmode
Selectanoperatingmodefortherelay.
Forexample,ifyouwantanalarm-activatedlamptostayonafterthealarmends,selectthe
Bistableentry.Ifyouwishanalarm-activatedsirentosoundfortenseconds,selectthe10s
entry.
Relayfollows
Ifrequired,selectaspecificeventthatwilltriggertherelay.Thefollowingeventsarepossible
triggers:
Off:Relayisnottriggeredbyevents
Connection:Triggerwheneveraconnectionismade
Videoalarm:Triggerbyinterruptionofthevideosignalatthecorrespondinginput
Motionalarm:Triggerbymotionalarmatthecorrespondinginput,asconfiguredontheVCA
page.
Localinput:Triggerbythecorrespondingexternalalarminput
Remoteinput:Triggerbyremotestation'scorrespondingswitchingcontact(onlyifa
connectionexists)
Note:
Thenumbersinthelistsofselectableeventsrelatetothecorrespondingconnectionsonthe
device,Videoalarm1,forexampletotheVideoIn1connection.
Triggeroutput
Clicktherelaybuttontotriggertherelaymanually(forexample,fortestingpurposesorto
activateadooropener).
Therelaybuttondisplaysthestateofeachrelay.
Red:Relayisactivated.
Blue:Relayisnotactivated.
24.25 Peripherypage
24.25.1 COM1
Thisfunctionallowsyoutoconfiguretheserialinterfaceparametersaccordingtoyour
requirements.
Ifthedeviceisworkinginmulticastmode,thefirstremotelocationtoestablishavideo
connectiontothedeviceisalsoassignedthetransparentdataconnection.However,after
about15secondsofinactivitythedataconnectionisautomaticallyterminatedandanother
remotelocationcanexchangetransparentdatawiththedevice.
Serialportfunction
Selectacontrollabledevicefromthelist.SelectTransparentdatatotransmittransparentdata
viatheserialport.SelectTerminaltooperatethedevicefromaterminal.
Afterselectingadevice,theremainingparametersinthewindowaresetautomaticallyand
shouldnotbechanged.
Baudrate(bps)
Selectthevalueforthetransmissionrate.
Stopbits
Selectthenumberofstopbitspercharacter.
Paritycheck
Selectthetypeofparitycheck.
Interfacemode
Selecttheprotocolfortheserialinterface.
24.26 NetworkAccesspage
Thesettingsonthispageareusedtointegratethedeviceintoanexistingnetwork.
Note:
AfterchangingtheSubnetmaskand/ortheGatewayaddress,restartthecomputer.
DHCP
IfthenetworkhasaDHCPserverforthedynamicassignmentofIPaddresses,selectOnto
automaticallyaccepttheDHCP-assignedIPaddress.
Forcertainapplications,theDHCPservermustsupportthefixedassignmentbetweenIP
addressandMACaddress,andmustbeappropriatelysetupsothat,onceanIPaddressis
assigned,itisretainedeachtimethesystemisrebooted.
Subnetmask
EntertheappropriatesubnetmaskforthesetIPaddress.
Gatewayaddress
Forthedevicetoestablishaconnectiontoaremotelocationinadifferentsubnet,entertheIP
addressofthegatewayhere.Otherwise,thisfieldcanremainempty(0.0.0.0).
IPaddress
EnterthedesiredIPaddressforthecamera.TheIPaddressmustbevalidforthenetwork.
Prefixlength
EntertheappropriateprefixlengthforthesetIPaddress.
ThedeviceiseasiertoaccessifitislistedonaDNSserver.Forexample,toestablishan
Internetconnectiontothecamera,itissufficienttoenterthenamegiventothedeviceonthe
DNSserverasaURLinthebrowser.EntertheDNSserver'sIPaddress.Serversaresupported
forsecureanddynamicDNS.
Videotransmission
SelectTCPasprotocolforunitsusedbehindfirewalls.SelectUDPforunitsusedinalocal
network.
Note:

UDPsupportsmulticast.TCPdoesnot.TheMaximumTransmissionUnit(MTU)valuein
UDPmodeis1514bytes.
BoschVMSNVRonlysupportsUDP.
HTTPbrowserport
SelecttheHTTPbrowserportfromthelist.Thedefaultportis80.Tolimitconnectionto
HTTPS,deactivatetheHTTPport.Todothis,selectOff.
HTTPSbrowserport
Tolimitbrowseraccesstoencryptedconnections,chooseanHTTPSportfromthelist.The
standardHTTPSportis443.SelecttheOffoptiontodeactivateHTTPSportsandlimit
connectionstounencryptedports.
ThecamerausestheTLS1.0protocol.Ensurethatthebrowserhasbeenconfiguredto
supportthisprotocol.AlsoensurethatJavaapplicationsupportisactivated(intheJavaPlug-
inControlPaneloftheWindowsControlPanel).
TolimitconnectionstoSSLencryption,settheOffoptionintheHTTPbrowserport,theRCP+
port,andTelnetsupport.Thisdeactivatesallunencryptedconnectionsallowingconnections
ontheHTTPSportonly.
Configureandactivateencryptionformediadata(video,audio,metadata)ontheEncryption
page.
RCP+port1756
SelectOntoallowunencryptedconnectionsonthisport.SelectOfftoallowonlyencrypted
connections(notsupported).
Telnetsupport
SelectOntoallowunencryptedconnectionsonthisport.SelectOfftoallowonlyencrypted
connections(notsupported).
InterfacemodeETH1/InterfacemodeETH2
Ifnecessaryselectthevaluefortheinterface,forexample100MbpsHD.Thisvalueisdevice
dependentandmustbesetindividually.
NetworkMSS[Byte]
Enterthemaximumsegmentsize(MSS)fortheIPpacket'suserdata.
Thissettingallowsyoutoadjustthesizeofthedatapacketstothenetworkenvironmentand
tooptimizedatatransmission.ObservetheMTUvalueof1514bytesinUDPmode.
iSCSIMSS[Byte]
EntertheMaximumSegmentSize(MSS)foraconnectiontotheiSCSIsystem.
ThemaximumsegmentsizeforaconnectiontotheiSCSIsystemcanbehigherthanforthe
otherdatatrafficviathenetwork.Thesizedependsonthenetworkstructure.Ahighervalueis
onlyusefuliftheiSCSIsystemislocatedinthesamesubnetasthedevice.
MACaddress
DisplaystheMACaddress.
24.26.1 JPEGposting
ThisfunctionallowsyoutosaveindividualJPEGimagesonanFTPserveratspecificintervals.
Then,retrievetheseimagesatalaterdatetoreconstructalarmevents,ifrequired.
Imagesize
SelecttheresolutionfortheJPEGimages.
Filename
Selecthowfilenamesarecreatedfortheindividualimagesthataretransmitted.
Overwrite

Thesamefilenameisalwaysused.Anexistingfileisoverwrittenbythecurrentfile.
Increment
Anumberfrom000to255isaddedtothefilenameandautomaticallyincrementedby1.
Whenthenumberreaches255,thenumberstartsagainfrom000.
Date/timesuffix
Thedateandtimeareautomaticallyaddedtothefilename.Ensurethatthedateand
timeofthedevicearealwayssetcorrectly.Forexample,thefilesnap011008_114530.jpg
wasstoredonOctober1,2008at11.45and30seconds.
Postinginterval(s;0=Off)
EntertheintervalinsecondsatwhichtheimagesissenttoanFTPserver.Enterzeroforno
imagestobesent.
24.26.2 FTPserver
FTPserverIPaddress
TypetheIPaddressoftheFTPserveronwhichtosavetheJPEGimages.
FTPserverlogin
TypeyourloginnamefortheFTPserver.
FTPserverpassword
TypethepasswordfortheFTPserver.
PathonFTPserver
TypetheexactpathwheretosavetheimagesontheFTPserver.
PostJPEGfromcamera
SelectthecheckboxtoactivatethecamerainputfortheJPEGimage.Thenumberingfollows
thelabelingofthevideoinputsonthedevice.
Max.bitrate
YoucanlimitthebitrateforFTPposting.
24.27 Advancedpage
24.27.1 SNMP
ThedevicesupportstheSNMPV2(SimpleNetworkManagementProtocol)formanagingand
monitoringnetworkcomponents,andcansendSNMPmessages(traps)toIPaddresses.The
devicesupportsSNMPMIBIIintheunifiedcode.
SNMP
SelectOntoactivatetheSNMPfunction.
1.SNMPhostaddress/2.SNMPhostaddress
TypetheIPaddressesofoneortwotargetunits.Thedevice(forexampleencoder,camera)
sendsSNMPtrapsautomaticallytothetargetunits.
IfyoudonotenterIPaddresses,thedeviceonlyrepliestoSNMPrequestsanddoesnotsend
SNMPtrapstothetargetunits.
SNMPtraps
Allowsyoutoselectwhichtrapsthedevicesendstothetargetunits.Todothis,clickSelect.
TheSNMPtrapsdialogboxisdisplayed.
SNMPtrapsdialogbox
Selectthecheckboxesoftheappropriatetraps,andthenclickOK.

24.27.2 802.1x
IEEE802.1xallowsyoutocommunicatewiththedeviceifaRADIUSserverisusedina
network.
Authentication
SelectOntoactivate802.1x.
Identity
TypetheusernamethattheRADIUSserverusesforidentifyingthedevice.
Password
TypethepasswordthattheRADIUSserverusesforidentifyingthedevice.
24.27.3 RTSP
RTSPport
Ifnecessary,selectadifferentportfortheexchangeoftheRTSPdata.Thedefaultportis554.
OffdisablestheRTSPfunction.
24.27.4 UPnP
Youcanactivatetheuniversalplugandplayfunction(UPnP).Whenactivatedthecamera
reactsonrequestsfromthenetworkandwillberegisteredautomaticallyasanewnetwork
deviceontheinquiringcomputers.Theaccesstothecameraisthenpossibleusingthe
Windowsfileexplorer,andwithoutknowledgeofthecamerasIPaddress.
Note:
InordertousetheUPnPfunctiononacomputerwithWindowsXPorWindowsVista,the
UniversalPlugandPlayDeviceHostandtheSSDPDiscoveryservicesmustbeactivated.
24.27.5 TCPmetadatainput
ThisfeatureallowsadevicetoreceivedatafromanexternalTCPsender,forexampleanATM
orPOSdevice,andstoreitasmetadata.
TCPport
SelecttheportforTCPcommunication.SelectOfftodeactivatetheTCPmetadatafunction.
SenderIPaddress
TypetheIPaddressoftheTCPmetadatasenderhere.
24.27.6 QualityofService
Qualityofservice
ThepriorityofthedifferentdatachannelscanbesetbydefiningtheDiffServCodePoint
(DSCP).Enteranumberbetween0and252asamultipleoffour.Foralarmvideoyoucanset
ahigherprioritythanforregularvideoandyoucandefineaPostAlarmTimeoverwhichthis
priorityismaintained.
24.28 Multicastpage
Inadditiontoa1:1connectionbetweenanencoderandasinglereceiver(unicast),thedevice
enablesmultiplereceiverstoreceivethevideosignalfromanencodersimultaneously.
Thedeviceeitherduplicatesthedatastreamitselfandthendistributesittomultiplereceivers
(Multi-unicast)oritsendsasingledatastreamtothenetwork,wherethedatastreamis
simultaneouslydistributedtomultiplereceiversinadefinedgroup(Multicast).Youcanentera
dedicatedmulticastaddressandportforeachstream.

Theprerequisiteformulticastoperationisamulticast-capablenetworkthatusestheUDPand
IGMPprotocols.Othergroupmanagementprotocolsarenotsupported.TheTCPprotocol
doesnotsupportmulticastconnections.
AspecialIPaddress(classDaddress)mustbeconfiguredformulticastoperationina
multicast-enablednetwork.ThenetworkmustsupportgroupIPaddressesandtheInternet
GroupManagementProtocol(IGMPV2).Theaddressrangeisfrom225.0.0.0to
239.255.255.255.Themulticastaddresscanbethesameformultiplestreams.However,itis
thennecessarytouseadifferentportineachcasesothatmultipledatastreamsarenotsent
simultaneouslyusingthesameportandthesamemulticastaddress.
Note:Thesettingsmustbedoneforeachencoder(videoinput)andforeachstream
individually.Thenumberingfollowsthelabelingofthevideoinputsonthedevice.
Enable
Toenablesimultaneousdatareceptiononseveralreceiversyouneedtoactivatethemulticast
function.Todothis,selectthecheckbox.Thenenterthemulticastaddress.
MulticastAddress
Enteravalidmulticastaddressforeachstreamfromtherelevantencoder(videoinput)tobe
operatedinmulticastmode(duplicationofthedatastreamsinthenetwork).
Withthesetting0.0.0.0theencoderfortherelevantstreamoperatesinmulti-unicastmode
(copyingofdatastreamsinthedevice).Thedevicesupportsmulti-unicastconnectionsforup
tofivesimultaneouslyconnectedreceivers.
Note:Duplicationofdataplacesaheavydemandonthedeviceandcanleadtoimpairmentof
theimagequalityundercertaincircumstances.
Port
Assignadifferentporttoeachdatastreamiftherearesimultaneousdatastreamsatthesame
multicastaddress.
Entertheportaddressoftherequiredstreamhere.
Streaming
Selectthecheckboxtoactivatemulticaststreamingmodefortherelevantstream.Thedevice
evenstreamsmulticastdataifnoconnectionisactive.
Fornormalmulticastoperation,streamingistypicallynotrequired.
PacketTTL(onlyforDinionIP,Gen4andFlexiDome)
Enteravaluetospecifyhowlongthemulticastdatapacketsareactiveonthenetwork.If
multicastistoberunviaarouter,thevaluemustbegreaterthan1.
24.29 IPv4Filter
TorestricttherangeofIPaddresseswithinwhichyoucanactivelyconnecttothedevice,fill-in
anIPaddressandmask.Tworangescanbedefined.
4 ClickSetandconfirmtorestrictaccess.
Ifeitheroftheserangesareset,noIPV6addressesareallowedtoactivelyconnecttothe
device.
Thedeviceitselfmayinitiateaconnection(forexample,tosendanalarm)outsidethedefined
rangesifitisconfiguredtodoso.
24.30 Licensespage
Youcanentertheactivationkeytoreleaseadditionalfunctionsorsoftwaremodules.

Notice!
Theactivationkeycannotbedeactivatedagainandisnottransferabletootherunits.
24.31 Decoderpage
24.31.1 Decoderprofile
Allowsyoutosetthevariousoptionsforthedisplayofvideoimagesonananalogmonitoror
VGAmonitor.
Monitorname
Typethenameofthemonitor.Themonitornamefacilitatestheidentificationoftheremote
monitorlocation.Useanamethatmakesitaseasyaspossibletoidentifythelocation.
Standard
Selectthevideooutputsignalofthemonitoryouareusing.Eightpre-configuredsettingsfor
theVGAmonitorsareavailableinadditiontothePALandNTSCoptionsforanalogvideo
monitors.
Caution!
SelectingaVGAsettingwithvaluesoutsidethetechnicalspecificationofthemonitorcan
resultinseveredamagetothemonitor.Refertothetechnicaldocumentationofthemonitor
youareusing.
Windowlayout
Selectthedefaultimagelayoutforthemonitor.
VGAscreensize
Typetheaspectratioofthescreen(forexample4x3)orthephysicalsizeofthescreenin
millimeters.Thedeviceusesthisinformationtoaccuratelyscalethevideoimagefor
distortion-freedisplay.
24.31.2 Monitordisplay
Thedevicerecognizestransmissioninterruptionsanddisplaysawarningonthemonitor.
Displaytransmissiondisturbance
SelectOntodisplayawarningincaseoftransmissioninterruption.
Disturbancesensitivity
Movetheslidertoadjusttheleveloftheinterruptionthattriggersthewarning.
Disturbancenotificationtext
Typethetextofthewarningthemonitordisplayswhenconnectionislost.Themaximumtext
lengthis31characters.
Deletedecoderlogo
ClicktodeletethelogothathasbeenconfiguredontheWebpageofthedecoder.

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25 MapsandStructurepage
Permissionscangetlost.Ifyoumoveagroupofdevices,thesedevicesloosetheirpermission
settings.YoumustsetthepermissionsontheUserGroupspageagain.
DisplaystheDeviceTree,theLogicalTree,andthemapwindow.
AllowsyoutointroduceastructureforallthedevicesinyourBoschVMS.Yourstructureis
displayedintheLogicalTree.
ConfiguringtheFullLogicalTree
Managingresourcefiles,assigningthemtonodes
Creatinghotspotsonamap
Creatingamalfunctionrelay
Resourcefilescanbe:
Sitemapfiles
Documentfiles
Webfiles
Audiofiles
CommandScripts
Camerasequencefiles
Hotspotscanbe:
Cameras
Inputs
Relays
CommandScripts
Sequences
Linkstoothermaps
Displaysadialogboxformanagingresourcefiles.
DisplaysadialogboxforaddingaCommandScripttotheLogicalTree.
Displaysadialogboxforaddingacamerasequencefile.
Displaysadialogboxforaddinganode.
Displaysadialogboxforaddingmapresourcefiles.
DisplaysadialogboxforaddinganHTMLfile.
Displaysadialogboxforaddingamalfunctionrelay.

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25.1 ResourceManagerdialogbox
or
Mainwindow> MapsandStructure> >Manage...

Allowsyoutomanageresourcefiles.
Youcanmanagethefollowingfileformats:
DWFfiles(mapresourcefiles)
ForuseinOperatorClient,thesefilesareconvertedtoabitmapformat.
HTMLfiles(HTMLdocuments,e.g.actionplans)
MP3(audiofile)
TXTfiles(textfiles)
URLfiles(containlinkstoWebpages)
MHTfiles(Webarchives)
WAV(audiofile)
Clicktodisplayadialogboxforimportingaresourcefile.
ClicktodisplaytheAddURLdialogbox.
Clicktoremovetheselectedresourcefile.
Clicktorenametheselectedresourcefile.
Clicktodisplayadialogboxforreplacingtheselectedresourcefilewithanotherone.
Clicktodisplayadialogboxforexportingtheselectedresourcefile.
Seealso
Managingresourcefiles,page152
25.2 SelectResourcedialogbox
AllowsyoutoaddamapfileinDWFformattotheLogicalTree.
Selectaresourcefile:
Clickafilenametoselectamapfile.Thecontentoftheselectedfileisdisplayedinthe
previewpane.
Manage...
ClicktodisplaytheResourceManagerdialogbox.

Seealso
Addingamap,page155
Assigningamaptoafolder,page156
Addingadocument,page157
25.3 SequenceBuilderdialogbox
Allowsyoutomanagecamerasequences.
ClicktodisplaytheAddSequencedialogbox.
Clicktorenameacamerasequence.
Clicktoremovetheselectedcamerasequence.
AddStep
ClicktodisplaytheAddSequenceStepdialogbox.
RemoveStep
Clicktoremoveselectedsteps.
Step
Displaysthenumberofthestep.Allcamerasofaparticularstephavethesamedwelltime.
Dwell
Allowsyoutochangethedwelltime(seconds).
CameraNumber
Clickacelltoselectacameraviaitslogicalnumber.
Camera
Clickacelltoselectacameraviaitsname.
CameraFunction
Clickacelltochangethefunctionofthecamerainthisrow.
Data
Typethetimeforthedurationoftheselectedcamerafunction.Toconfigurethis,youmust
haveselectedanentryintheCameracolumnandanentryintheCameraFunctioncolumn.
DataUnit
Selecttheunitfortheselectedtime,forexampleseconds.Toconfigurethis,youmusthave
selectedanentryintheCameracolumnandanentryintheCameraFunctioncolumn.
AddtoLogicalTree
ClicktoaddtheselectedcamerasequencetotheLogicalTreeandtoclosethedialogbox.
Seealso
Managingpre-configuredcamerasequences,page153
25.4 AddSequencedialogbox
Mainwindow> MapsandStructure> >SequenceBuilderdialogbox>

Allowsyoutoconfigurethepropertiesofacamerasequence.
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Sequencename:
Typeanappropriatenameforthenewcamerasequence.
Logicalnumber:
ForusingwithaBoschIntuiKeykeyboard,enteralogicalnumberforthesequence.
Dwelltime:
Entertheappropriatedwelltime.
Camerasperstep:
Enterthenumberofcamerasineachstep.
Steps:
Entertheappropriatenumberofsteps.
Seealso
25.5 AddSequenceStepdialogbox
Mainwindow> MapsandStructure> >AddStepbutton

Allowsyoutoaddastepwithanewdwelltimetoanexistingcamerasequence.
Dwelltime:
Entertheappropriatedwelltime.
Seealso
25.6 AddURLdialogbox
Mainwindow> MapsandStructure> >

AllowsyoutoaddanInternetaddress(URL)toyoursystem.YoucanaddthisInternetaddress
totheLogicalTreeasadocument.TheusercandisplayanInternetpageinhis
OperatorClient.
Name:
TypeadisplaynamefortheURL.
URL:
TypetheURL.
Seealso
Addingadocument,page157
25.7 SelectMapforLinkdialogbox
Mainwindow> MapsandStructure>Selectamapfolder intheLogicalTree>

Onthemap,right-clickandclickCreateLink
Allowsyoutoselectamapforcreatingalinktoanothermap.

Clickanothermaptoselect.
Select
Clicktoinsertthelinktotheselectedmap.
Seealso
Addingalinktoanothermap,page156
25.8 MalfunctionRelaydialogbox
Mainwindow> MapsandStructure> >MalfunctionRelaydialogbox

Youcanaddamalfunctionrelaytoyoursystem.Youdefinetherelaythatistobeusedas
malfunctionrelayandyouconfiguretheeventsthatcantriggerthemalfunctionrelay.
TherelaymustalreadybeconfiguredintheLogicalTree.
MalfunctionRelay
Inthelist,selectthedesiredrelay.
Events...
ClicktodisplaytheOKdialogbox.
Seealso
Addingamalfunctionrelay,page158
Malfunctionrelay,page49

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26 Schedulespage
Mainwindow>
AllowsyoutoconfigureRecordingSchedulesandTaskSchedules.
ClicktorenametheselectedRecordingorTaskSchedule.
RecordingSchedules
DisplaystheRecordingSchedulesTree.Selectanentryforconfiguring.
TaskSchedules
DisplaystheTaskSchedulesTree.Selectanentryforconfiguring.
Add
ClicktoaddanewTaskSchedule.
Delete
ClicktodeletetheselectedTaskSchedule.
Seealso
Configuringschedules,page159
26.1 RecordingSchedulespage
Mainwindow> >SelectanitemintheRecordingSchedulestree
AllowsyoutoconfigureRecordingSchedules.
Weekdays
ClicktodisplaytheScheduleTableforweekdays.ThetimeperiodsofallconfiguredRecording
Schedulesaredisplayed.
Dragthepointertoselectthetimeperiodsfortheselectedschedule.Allselectedcellsgetthe
coloroftheselectedschedule.
The24hoursofthedayaredisplayedhorizontally.Everyhourisdividedinto4cells.Onecell
represents15minutes.
Holidays
ClicktodisplaytheScheduleTableforholidays.
ExceptionDays
ClicktodisplaytheScheduleTableforexceptiondays.
Add
Clicktodisplayadialogboxforaddingtherequiredholidaysorexceptiondays.
Delete
Clicktodisplayadialogboxforremovingholidaysorexceptiondays.
Seealso
ConfiguringaRecordingSchedule,page159
Addingholidaysandexceptiondays,page161
Removingholidaysandexceptiondays,page162
Renamingaschedule,page162

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26.2 TaskSchedulespage
Mainwindow> >SelectanitemintheTaskSchedulestree
AllowsyoutoconfiguretheavailableTaskSchedules.Youcanconfigureastandardora
recurringpattern.
Standard
ClicktodisplaytheScheduleTableforconfiguringstandardTaskSchedules.Ifyouconfigurea
StandardPattern,noRecurringPatternisvalidfortheselectedschedule.
Recurring
ClicktodisplaytheScheduleTableforconfiguringarecurringpatternfortheselectedTask
Schedule.Forexample,youconfigureascheduleforeverysecondTuesdayofeverymonthor
forthe4thofJulyofeveryyear.Ifyouconfigurearecurringpattern,nostandardpatternis
validfortheselectedTaskSchedule.
Weekdays
ClicktodisplaytheScheduleTableforweekdays.
Dragthepointertoselectthetimeperiodsfortheselectedschedule.Theselectedcellsare
displayedinthecoloroftheselectedschedule.
The24hoursofthedayaredisplayedhorizontally.Everyhourisdividedinto4cells.Onecell
represents15minutes.
Holidays
ClicktodisplaytheScheduleTableforholidays.
ExceptionDays
ClicktodisplaytheScheduleTableforexceptiondays.
ClearAll
Clicktoclearthetimeperiodsofallavailabledays(weekdays,holidays,exceptiondays).
SelectAll
Clicktoselectthetimeperiodsofallavailabledays(weekdays,holidays,exceptiondays).
Add...
Clicktodisplayadialogboxforaddingtherequiredholidaysorexceptiondays.
Delete...
Clicktodisplayadialogboxfordeletingholidaysorexceptiondays.
RecurrencePattern
ClickthefrequencywithwhichyouwanttheTaskScheduletorecur(Daily,Weekly,Monthly,
Yearly)andthenselectthecorrespondingoptions.
DayPattern
Dragthepointertoselectthetimeperiod(s)fortherecurringpattern.
Seealso
AddingaTaskSchedule,page160
ConfiguringastandardTaskSchedule,page160
ConfiguringarecurringTaskSchedule,page160
RemovingaTaskSchedule,page161
Addingholidaysandexceptiondays,page161
Removingholidaysandexceptiondays,page162
Renamingaschedule,page162

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27 CamerasandRecordingpage
DisplaystheCameraTablepageoraRecordingTablepage.
Allowsyoutoconfigurecamerapropertiesandrecordingsettings.
Allowsyoutofilterthecamerasthataredisplayedaccordingtotheirtype.
ClicktocopyrecordingsettingsfromoneRecordingScheduletoanother.
ClicktodisplaytheStreamQualitySettingsdialogbox.
ClicktodisplaytheScheduledRecordingSettingsdialogbox.
ClicktodisplaythedialogboxforconfiguringaselectedPTZcamera.
Displaysallavailablecamerasregardlessoftheirstoragedevice.
ClicktochangetheCameraTableaccordingtotheselectedstoragedevice.
DisplaysthecorrespondingCameraTable.Norecordingsettings
areavailablebecausethesecamerasarenotrecordedinBoschVMS.
27.1 Cameraspage
Mainwindow> CamerasandRecording>ClickanicontochangetheCameraspage
accordingtothedesiredstoragedevice,forexample
DisplaysvariousinformationonthecamerasavailableinyourBoschVMS.
Allowsyoutochangethefollowingcameraproperties:
Cameraname
Assignmentofanaudiosource
Logicalnumber
PTZcontrol,ifavailable
Livequality(VRMandLive/LocalStorage)
Recordingsettingsprofile
Minimumandmaximumstoragetime
RegionofInterest(ROI)
AutomatedNetworkReplenishment
DualRecording

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4 Clickacolumntitletosortthetablebythiscolumn.
Camera-Encoder
Displaysthedevicetype.
Camera-Camera
Displaysthenameofthecamera.
Camera-NetworkAddress
DisplaystheIPaddressofthecamera.
Camera-Location
Displaysthelocationofthecamera.IfthecameraisnotassignedtoaLogicalTreeyet,
UnassignedLocationisdisplayed.
Camera-Platform
Displaystheplatformnameofthisencoder.
Camera-DeviceFamily
Displaysthenameofthedevicefamilytowhichtheselectedcamerabelongs.
Camera-Number
Clickacelltoeditthelogicalnumberthatthecamerareceivedautomaticallywhenitwas
detected.Ifyouenteranalreadyusednumber,acorrespondingerrormessageisdisplayed.
Thelogicalnumberis"free"againwhenthecameraisremoved.
Audio
Clickacelltoassignanaudiosourcetothecamera.
Ifanalarmoccurswithlowpriorityandwithacamerathathasaudioconfigured,thisaudio
signalisplayedevenwhenanalarmwithhigherpriorityiscurrentlybeingdisplayed.Butthis
isonlytrue,ifthehighpriorityalarmhasnoaudioconfigured.
Stream1-Codec/Stream2-Codec(onlyVRMandLocalStorage)
Clickacelltoselectthedesiredcodecforencodingthestream.
Stream1-Quality/Stream2-Quality
Selectthedesiredqualityofthestreamusedforliveorrecording.Youconfigurequality
settingsintheStreamQualitySettingsdialogbox.
LiveVideo-Stream(onlyVRMandLiveOnlyandLocalStorage)
ClickacelltoselectthestreamforaVRMoralocalstorage/liveonlyencoder.
LiveVideo-Profile(onlyavailableforONVIFcameras)
ClickacelltobrowsefortheavailableliveprofiletokensofthisONVIFcamera.
Ifyouselectthe<Automatic>entry,thestreamwiththehighestqualityisautomaticallyused.
LiveVideo-ROI
ClicktoenableRegionofInterest(ROI).ThisisonlypossibleifintheQualitycolumnthe
H.264MPSDROIitemisselectedforstream2andstream2isassignedtoLiveVideo.
Note:Ifstream1isusedforLiveforaspecificworkstationthentheOperatorClientrunning
onthisworkstationcannotenableROIforthiscamera.
isautomaticallyenabledinthe table.
Recording-Setting
Clickacelltoselecttherequiredrecordingsetting.Youconfiguretheavailablerecording
settingsintheScheduledRecordingSettingsdialogbox.
Recording-Profile(onlyavailableforONVIFcameras)
ClickacelltobrowsefortheavailablerecordingprofiletokensofthisONVIFcamera.Select
thedesiredentry.
Recording-ANR
SelectacheckboxtoenabletheANRfunction.Youcanonlyenablethisfunction,ifthe
encoderhasanappropriatefirmwareversionandanappropriatedevicetype.
Recording-MaxPre-AlarmDuration
Displaysthecalculatedmaximumpre-alarmdurationforthiscamera.Thisvaluecanhelpyou
incalculatingtherequiredstoragecapacityofthelocalstoragemedium.
Notice!
IfaMirroredVRMisalreadyconfiguredforanencoder,youcannotchangeanysettingsfor
thisencoderintheSecondaryRecordingcolumns.
SecondaryRecording-Setting(onlyavailableifaSecondaryVRMisconfigured)
Clickacelltoassignascheduledrecordingsettingtothedualrecordingofthisencoder.
Dependingonyourconfigurationitcanhappenthattheconfiguredstreamqualityfor
secondaryrecordingisnotvalid.Thestreamqualityconfiguredforprimaryrecordingisthen
usedinstead.
SecondaryRecording-Profile(onlyavailableforONVIFcameras)
ClickacelltobrowseforavailablerecordingprofiletokensofthisONVIFcamera.
(Onlyvisiblewhenyouclick All)
SelectacheckboxtoactivatePTZcontrol.
Note:
ForportsettingsrefertoCOM1,page284.
Port(Onlyvisiblewhenyouclick All)
ClickacelltospecifywhichencoderserialportisusedforPTZcontrol.ForaPTZcamera
connectedtoaBoschAllegiantsystem,youcanselectAllegiant.Forsuchacamerayoudonot
needtouseatrunkline.
Protocol(Onlyvisiblewhenyouclick All)
ClickacelltoselecttheappropriateprotocolforthePTZcontrol.
PTZAddress(Onlyvisiblewhenyouclick All)
TypetheaddressnumberforthePTZcontrol.
Recording-StorageMinTime[days]
SecondaryRecording-StorageMinTime[days](onlyVRMandLocalStorage)
Clickacelltoedittheminimumnumberofdaysthatvideodatafromthiscameraisretained.
Recordingsyoungerthanthisnumberofdaysarenotdeletedautomatically.
Recording-StorageMaxTime[days]
SecondaryRecording-StorageMaxTime[days](onlyVRMandLocalStorage)
Clickacelltoeditthemaximumnumberofdaysthatvideodatafromthiscameraisretained.
Onlyrecordingsolderthanthisnumberofdaysaredeletedautomatically.0=unlimited.
Seealso
ConfiguringPTZcamerasettings,page169
Configuringstreamqualitysettings,page165

Copyingandpastingintables,page164
ExportingtheCameraTable,page165
AssigninganONVIFprofile,page136
ConfiguringtheROIfunction,page169
27.2 ScheduledRecordingSettingsdialogbox(onlyVRMandLocal
Storage)
Allowsyoutoconfigureschedule-dependentrecordingsettingsforeachavailabledevicefamily
.Adevicefamilyisavailablewhenatleastoneencoderofthisdevicefamilyhasbeenaddedto
theDeviceTree.IntheCamerastable,youassignsucharecordingsettingtoeachcamera.
YouusetheRecordingSchedulesconfiguredontheSchedulespage.
Note:Switchingonoroffthenormalrecordingisvalidforalldevicefamilies.
AvailableRecordingSettings
Selectapre-definedrecordingsettingtochangeitsproperties.Youcanaddordeleteauser-
definedsetting.

Name:
Typeinanameforthenewrecordingsetting.
Selectthedesireddevicefamilytoconfiguretherecordingsettingsvalidforthisdevice
family.
Fortheselecteddevicefamily,selectaRecordingScheduletoconfiguretherecording
settings.
Recording
Switchonoroffthenormalrecording(continuousandprealarm).
RecordingMode
Selectthedesiredrecordingmode.
Thefollowingitemsareavailable:
Continuous
Pre-alarm
Stream
Selectthedesiredstreamusedfornormalrecording.
Note:Itdependsonthedevicefamilywhichstreamsareavailable.
Quality
Selectthedesiredstreamqualityusedfornormalrecording.Theavailablequalitysettingsare
configuredintheStreamQualitySettingsdialogbox.
Duration(Pre-alarm)
Enterthedesiredrecordingtimebeforeanalarm.Youenterthetimeintheformathh.mm.ss.
Note:OnlyenabledwhenPre-alarmisselected.
Notice!
Forpre-alarmsettingsbetween1and10s,thepre-alarmsareautomaticallystoredonthe
RAMoftheencoderifenoughRAMspaceisavailable,otherwiseonthestorage.
Forpre-alarmsettingsgreaterthan10s,pre-alarmsarestoredonthestorage.
Thestorageofpre-alarmsontheRAMoftheencoderisonlyavailableforfirmwareversion5.0
orlater.
AlarmRecording
Allowsyoutoswitchonoroffthealarmrecordingforthiscamera.
MotionAlarm
Allowsyoutoswitchonoroffalarmrecordingtriggeredbymotion.
Stream
Selectthestreamusedforalarmrecording.
Note:Itdependsonthedevicefamilywhichstreamsareavailable.
Quality
Selectthedesiredstreamqualityusedforalarmrecording.Theavailablequalitysettingsare
configuredintheStreamQualitySettingsdialogbox.
OnlyfordevicesbelongingtoDeviceFamily2or3:WhenyouselecttheNomodification
entry,alarmrecordingusesthesamequalityasusedforcontinuous/prealarmrecording.We
recommendusingtheNomodificationentry.Whenyouselectastreamqualityforalarm
recording,onlythevaluesforimageencodingintervalandtargetbitratearemodified
accordingtothesettingsinthisstreamquality.Theotherqualitysettingsareusedthatare
configuredinthequalitysettingassignedtothecontinuous/prealarmrecording.

Duration(Post-alarm)
Enterthedesiredalarmrecordingtime.Youenterthetimeintheformathh.mm.ss.
Seealso
Configuringrecordingsettings(onlyVRMandLocalStorage),page166
27.3 Recordingsettingspages(NVRonly)
Mainwindow> CamerasandRecording> >ClickaRecordingScheduletab
(forexample )
AllowsyoutoconfiguretherecordingsettingsforallencodersassignedtoyoursystemsNVR.
ThedisplayedRecordingSchedulesareconfiguredinSchedules.
OnlythosecolumnsaredescribedthatarenotpartofaCameraTable.
4 Clickacolumntitletosortthetablebythiscolumn.
ContinuousRecording
IntheQualitycolumn,clickacelltodisablerecordingortoselectthestreamqualityof
stream1.
Inthe column,selectacheckboxtoactivateaudio.
Live/Pre-eventRecording
IntheQualitycolumn,clickacelltoselectthestreamqualityoftheliveview(requiredfor
instantplayback)andthepre-eventrecording(requiredformotionandalarmrecording)mode
ofstream2.Ifdualstreamingisactiveonthisencoder,youcanselectstream1touseforlive
orpre-eventrecording.
MotionRecording
IntheQualitycolumn,clickacelltodisablerecordingortoselectthestreamqualityof
stream1.
Inthe column,clickacelltoactivateaudio.
InthePre-event[s]column,clickacelltoselecttherecordingtimebeforethemotionevent
inseconds.
InthePost-event[s]column,clickacelltoselecttherecordingtimeafterthemotioneventin
seconds.
AlarmRecording
IntheQualitycolumn,clickacelltoselectthestreamqualityofstream1.
Toenablealarmrecording,configureacorrespondingalarm.
InthePre-event[s]column,clickacelltoselectthetimebeforethealarminseconds.
InthePost-event[s]column,clickacelltoselectthetimeafterthealarminseconds.
Seealso
Configuringrecordingsettings(NVRonly),page167

27.4 StreamQualitySettingsdialogbox
AllowsyoutoconfigurestreamqualityprofilesthatyoucanlaterassignontheCamerasand
RecordingpagetocamerasorintheScheduledRecordingSettingsdialogbox.
Astreamqualitycombinesvideoresolution,framerate,maximumbandwidth,andvideo
compression.
StreamQualities
Selectapredefinedstreamqualityandclick toaddanewstreamqualityonthe
basisofthepredefinedstreamquality.Whenyouselectasinglestreamandclick ,this
streamqualitysettingiscopiedasachildlesstoplevelnode.
Clicktodeleteaselectedstreamquality.Youcannotdeletethestreamqualitysettings.
Thelistdisplaysallavailablepredefinedstreamqualitysettings.Werecommendassigninga
streamqualitywiththesamenameastheplatformofthecamera.
Thefollowingprofilesforstreamqualitiesareavailable:
ImageOptimized:Thesettingsareoptimizedforimagequality.Thiscanburdenthenetwork.
BitRateOptimized:Thesettingsareoptimizedforlowbandwidth.Thiscanreducetheimage
quality.
Balanced:Thesettingsofferacompromisebetweenoptimalimagequalityandoptimal
bandwidthusage.
Name
Displaysthenameofthestreamquality.Whenyouaddanewstreamquality,youcanchange
thename.
SDvideoresolution
Selectthedesiredvideoresolution.ForanHDqualityyouconfiguretheSDqualityof
stream2.
Imageencodinginterval
Movethesliderortypetheappropriatevalue.
ThesystemcalculatesthecorrespondingvaluesforIPS(PALandNTSC).
Withtheimageencodingintervalyouconfiguretheintervalatwhichimagesareencodedand
transmitted.If1isentered,allimagesareencoded.Entering4meansthatonlyeveryfourth
imageisencoded,thefollowingthreeimagesareskipped-thiscanbeparticularly
advantageouswithlowbandwidths.Thelowerthebandwidththehigherthisvalueshouldbe
toachievebest-qualityvideo.
Targetbitrate[Kbps]
Youcanlimitthedataratefortheencodertooptimizeusageofbandwidthinyournetwork.
Thetargetdatarateshouldbesetaccordingtothedesiredpicturequalityfortypicalscenes
withnoexcessivemotion.
Forcompleximagesorfrequentchangesofimagecontentduetofrequentmovements,this
limitcanbetemporarilyexceededuptothevalueyouenterintheMaximumbitrate[Kbps]
field.

Maximumbitrate[Kbps]
Withthemaximumbitrateyouconfigurethemaximumtransmissionspeedwhichcannotbe
exceeded.
Yousetabitratelimittobeabletoreliablydeterminetheappropriatediskspaceforstorage
ofthevideodata.
DependingonthevideoqualitysettingsfortheI-andP-Frames,thisfactcanresultin
individualimagesbeingskipped.
Thevalueenteredheremustbeatleast10%higherthanthevalueenteredintheTargetbit
rate[Kbps]field.Ifthevalueenteredhereistoolow,itwillautomaticallybeadjusted.
I-FrameDistance
ThisparameterallowsyoutosettheintervalsinwhichtheI-Framesarecoded.Click
AutomatictoinsertI-Framesasnecessary.Anentryof1indicatesthatI-Framesare
continuouslygenerated.Anentryof2indicatesthatonlyeverysecondimageisanI-Frame,
and3onlyeverythirdimageetc.TheI-FramesinbetweenarecodedasP-Frames.
FrameQualityLevel
Hereyoucansetavaluebetween0and100forboththeI-FramesandtheP-Frames.The
lowestvalueresultsinthehighestqualityandthelowestframerefreshrate.Thehighestvalue
resultsinthehighestframerefreshrateandthelowestimagequality.
Thelowertheavailabletransmissionbandwidth,thehigheradjustthequalityleveltomaintain
highqualityofthevideo.
Note:
Youadjustthevideoqualitydependentonthemotionandlevelofdetailinthevideo.Ifyou
checktheAutomaticcheckboxes,theoptimumrelationshipbetweenmotionandimage
definitionisautomaticallyadjusted.
VIPX1600XFM4Settings
AllowsyoutoconfigurethefollowingH.264settingsfortheVIPX1600XFM4encodermodule.
H.264deblockingfilter:Selecttoimprovevisualqualityandpredictionperformanceby
smoothingthesharpedges.
CABAC:Selecttoactivatehighefficientcompression.Usesalargeamountofprocessing
power.
Seealso
Configuringstreamqualitysettings,page165
27.5 PTZ/ROISettingsdialogbox
Mainwindow> CamerasandRecording> >SelectaPTZcamera>

AllowsyoutoconfigureaPTZcameraoraROIcamera.
ForaROIcameranoauxiliarycommandsareavailable.
Note:
FirstconfiguretheportsettingsofyourPTZcamerabeforeyoucanconfigurethePTZcamera
settings.OtherwisethePTZcontrolisnotworkinginthisdialogbox.
Clicktomovethecameratothepredefinedpositionortoexecutethecommand.
Clicktosavethepredefinedpositionorcommand.

Clicktorenamethepredefinedpositionorcommand.
Clicktoremovethepredefinedpositionorcommand.
PredefinedPositionstab
Clicktodisplaythetablewiththepredefinedpositions.
Nr
Displaysthenumberofthepredefinedposition.
Name
Clickacelltoeditthenameofthepredefinedposition.
AuxCommandstab(onlyforPTZcameras)
Clicktodisplaythetablewiththeauxiliarycommands.
Nr
Displaysthenumberoftheauxiliarycommand.
Name
Clickacelltoeditthenameofthecommand.
Code
Clickacelltoeditthecommandscode.
Seealso
ConfiguringPTZcamerasettings,page169

BoschVideoManagementSystem Eventspage|en 307
28 Eventspage
Mainwindow> Events
DisplaystheEventTreewithallavailableeventsandanEventConfigurationTableforeach
event.Theeventsaregroupedbytheirtype,forexample,allcamerarecordingeventslike
continuousrecordingoralarmrecordingaregroupedunderRecordingMode.
Theavailableeventsaregroupedbeyondtheircorrespondingdevices.Astatechangeofa
deviceisdisplayedbeyond as .Allothereventsaredisplayedunderdevice
dependantgroupsas .
Youcanconfigureforeachevent:
Triggeranalarmaccordingtoaschedule(notavailableforallevents).
Logtheeventaccordingtoaschedule.AneventisdisplayedintheEventListofthe
OperatorClientifitislogged.
ExecuteaCommandScriptaccordingtoaschedule(notavailableforallevents).
Addingtextdatatocontinuousrecording.
Iftheeventoccurs,yoursettingsareexecuted.
YoucancreateaCompoundEventwhichcombinesseveraleventswithBooleanexpressions.
4 ClickatreeitemtodisplaythecorrespondingEventConfigurationTable.
Clicktoduplicateanevent.Useittogeneratemultiplealarmsforacertainevent.
ClicktodeleteaduplicatedoraCompoundEvent.
ClicktorenametheselectedCompoundEvent.
ClicktodisplayadialogboxforcreatingCompoundEventsusingBooleanexpressions
ofotherevents(maximum10).
CompoundEventsareaddedtotheEventConfigurationTable.
ClicktoedittheselectedCompoundEvent.
ClicktodisplayadialogboxforcreatingandeditingCommandScripts.
DebounceSettingstab
Note:ForsomeeventstheDebounceSettingstabisnotavailableduetotechnicallimitations.
Allowsyoutoconfiguredebouncesettingsfortheselectedevent.
DebounceTime:
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EventStatePriority:
Foraneventstateyoucanassignaprioritysetting.
EditPriorities
Clicktodisplayadialogboxforconfiguringaprioritysetting.
AddSetting
Clicktoaddarowforconfiguringadebouncesettingthatisdeviatingfromthedebounce
settingsforalldevices.
RemoveSetting
Clicktoremoveaselectedrow.Toselectarowclicktheleftrowheader.
Settingstab
Device
Displaysthenameofthedeviceorschedule.
Network
DisplaystheIPaddressofthecorrespondingIPdevice.
TriggerAlarm
ClickacelltoselectaRecordingorTaskSchedulefortriggeringanalarm.
SelectAlwaysifyouwantthealarmtobetriggeredindependentlyfromthepointintime.
SelectNeverifyoudonotwantthealarmtobetriggered.
Log
IntheSchedulecolumn,clickacelltoselectaRecordingorTaskScheduleforlogging.
SelectAlwaysifyouwanttheeventtobeloggedindependentlyfromthepointintime.
SelectNeverifyoudonotwanttheeventtobelogged.
Script
IntheScriptcolumn,clickacelltoselectaCommandScript.
IntheSchedulecolumn,clickacelltoselectaRecordingorTaskScheduleforexecutinga
CommandScript.
SelectAlwaysifyouwanttheCommandScripttobeexecutedindependentlyfromthepoint
intime.
SelectNeverifyoudonotwanttheCommandScripttobeexecuted.
TextDataRecording
Youcanconfigurethattextdataisaddedtothecontinuousrecordingofacamera.
Note:Thiscolumnisavailableonlyforeventsthatcontaintextdata,forexample:ATM/POS
Devices>ATMInput>DataInput
28.1 CommandScriptEditordialogbox
Mainwindow> Events>
AllowsyoutocreateandeditCommandScripts.
Clicktosavethechangedsettings.
Clicktorestorethesavedsettings.
Clicktocheckthecodeofascript.
Clicktocreateascriptletfile.
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Clicktodeleteascriptletfile.
Clicktodisplayadialogboxforimportingascriptfile.
Clicktodisplayadialogboxforexportingascriptfile.
Clicktoconvertanexistingscripttotheotheravailablescriptlanguage.Allexisting
scripttextisdeleted.
ClicktodisplaytheOnlineHelpforBoschVMSScriptAPI.
ClicktodisplaytheOnlineHelpforBoschVMS.
ClicktoclosetheCommandScriptEditordialogbox.
Seealso
ConfiguringCommandScripts,page180
28.2 CreateCompoundEvent/EditCompoundEventdialogbox
Mainwindow> Events>
AllowsyoutocreateormodifyaCompoundEvent.
Eventname:
TypetherequirednamefortheCompoundEvent.
EventStates:
SelectthestatechangethatshallbepartofaCompoundEvent.
Objects:
Selectoneormoreoftheavailableobjectsoftheselectedeventstate.Thisstateandthe
selectedobjectappearintheCompoundEventTree,asimmediatechildoftherootoperator.
CompoundEvent:
AllowsyoutobuildcompoundeventsintheCompoundEventTree.Allimmediatechildrenofa
Booleanoperator(AND,OR)arecombinedbythisoperator.
Seealso
CreatingaCompoundEvent,page175
EditingaCompoundEvent,page176

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28.3 SelectScriptLanguagedialogbox
Mainwindow> Events>
AllowsyoutosetthescriptlanguageforyourCommandScripts.
YoucannotchangethescriptlanguageforexistingCommandScripts.
ScriptLanguage:
Selecttherequiredscriptlanguage.
Seealso
ConfiguringCommandScripts,page180
28.4 EditPrioritiesofEventTypedialogbox
Mainwindow> Events>DebounceSettingstab>EditPrioritiesbutton
Youcanconfigureprioritiesforthedifferentstatechangesofaneventtypeifapplicable,for
exampleVirtualInputClosedandVirtualInputOpened.Astatechangewithhigherpriority
overridesthedebouncetimeofanotherstatechangewithlowerpriority.
NameofPriority:
Typeinanamefortheprioritysetting.
StateValue
Displaysthenamesoftheeventstatesoftheselectevent.
StatePriority
Enterthedesiredpriority.1=highestpriority,10=lowestpriority.
28.5 SelectDevicesdialogbox
Select
SelectthecheckboxforthedesiredentryandclickOKtoaddarowintheDeviceswith
DeviatingDebounceSettingstable.
28.6 TextDataRecordingdialogbox
Mainwindow> Events>IntheEventTreeselect DataInput(textdatamustbe

available,forexample:FoyerCardReaderDevices>FoyerCardReader>CardRejected)>
TextDataRecordingcolumn>
Youcanconfigurethecamerasforwhichtextdataisaddedtothecontinuousrecording.
Seealso

BoschVideoManagementSystem Alarmspage|en 311
29 Alarmspage
Mainwindow> Alarms
DisplaystheEventTreeandanAlarmConfigurationTableforeachevent.Onlytheevents
configuredontheEventspagearedisplayed.
Inthetablesyouconfigureforeacheventhowanalarmtriggeredbythiseventisdisplayed
andwhichcamerasarerecordedanddisplayedwhenthisalarmoccurs.
Someeventsareconfiguredasalarmsbydefault,e.g.,asystemerror.
Forthefollowingeventsyoucannotconfigureanalarm:
Changeofarecordingmode
Changeofanalarmstate
Mostoftheuseractions,e.g.PTZaction
DisplaysadialogboxtosetalarmsettingsvalidforthisManagementServer.
4 ClickatreeitemtodisplaythecorrespondingAlarmConfigurationTable.
Device
DisplaysthedeviceoftheeventconditionselectedintheEventsTree.
NetworkAddress
DisplaystheIPaddressofthecorrespondingIPdevice.
AlarmIdentity
InthePrioritycolumn,clickinacelltotypethealarmpriorityfortheselectedalarm(100is
lowpriority,1ishighpriority).IntheTitlecolumn,clickinacelltotypethetitleofthealarm
tobedisplayedinBoschVMS,forexampleintheAlarmList.IntheColorcolumn,clickina
celltodisplayadialogboxforselectingacolorforthealarmtobedisplayedinthe
OperatorClient,forexampleintheAlarmList.
AlarmImagePanes
Inoneofthe1-5columns,click...inacelltodisplayadialogboxforselectingacamera.
YoucanonlyselectacamerathatwasaddedtotheLogicalTreeinMapsandStructure.
YoucanconfigurethenumberofavailableAlarmImagepanesintheAlarmSettingsdialog
box.
IntheAudioFilecolumn,click...inacelltodisplayadialogboxforselectinganaudiofile
thatisplayedincaseofanalarm.
AlarmOptions
Click...inacelltodisplaytheAlarmOptionsdialogbox.
Seealso
Alarmhandling,page44

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29.1 AlarmSettingsdialogbox
Mainwindow> Alarms>
AlarmSettingstab
Max.Imagepanesperalarm:
EnterthemaximumcountofAlarmImagepanestobedisplayedincaseofanalarm.
Auto-cleartime:
Enterthenumberofsecondsuntilanalarmisautomaticallycleared.
ThisonlyappliesforalarmsthataresettoAuto-clearalarmafterconfiguredtime('Alarm
Settings'dialogbox)intheAlarmspage.
Manualalarmrecordingtime:
OnlyvalidforNVRrecordings.
Enterthenumberofminutesforthedurationofalarmrecordingthatausercanstartmanually
intheOperatorClient.
Theusercanstopthemanualrecordingbeforethistimeiselapsed.
AnalogMonitorGroupstab
Displayorderincaseofsamealarmpriority:
Selectthedesiredentryforsortingalarmsofthesamepriorityaccordingtotheirtimestamp.
Showblankscreen
Clicktoconfigurethatonamonitornotbeingusedforalarmdisplaynothingisshown.
Continuelivedisplay
Clicktoconfigurethatonamonitornotbeingusedforalarmdisplaylivedisplayisshown.
Seealso
Configuringsettingsforallalarms,page177
29.2 SelectImagePaneContentdialogbox
Mainwindow> Alarms> or >AlarmImagePanescolumn>Click...in

oneofthe1-5columns
AllowsyoutoselecttheLogicaltreeitemthatisdisplayedandrecorded(iftheitemisa
camera)incaseoftheselectedalarm.
Notice!
AmapdisplayedinanAlarmImagepaneisoptimizedfordisplayandcontainsonlytheinitial
viewofthebasic.dwffile.
SearchItem
EntertexttofindanitemintheLogicalTree.
Find
Clicktofindthecamerawiththeenteredsearchtextinitsdescription.
Live
Clicktodeterminethattheliveimageofthecameraisdisplayedincaseofanalarm.

Instantplayback
Clicktodeterminethatinstantplaybackofthecameraisdisplayed.
TherewindtimeforinstantplaybackisconfiguredintheAlarmSettingsdialogbox,seeAlarm
Settingsdialogbox,page312.
Pauseplayback
Selectthecheckboxtodisplaythealarminstantplaybackcamerawithpausedinstant
playback.Theusercanstartinstantplaybackifneeded.
Recordthiscamera
Selectthecheckboxtoenablealarmrecordingforthiscameraincaseofanalarm.Ifanalarm
istriggered,thiscameraisrecordedinalarmrecordingquality.Thedurationoftherecording
isthedurationofthealarmstatepluspre-andpost-alarmtime.Thissettingdirectlychanges
thesettingforalarmrecordingintheAlarmOptionsdialogboxandviceversa.
Seealso
Configuringanalarm,page177
29.3 SelectResourcedialogbox
Mainwindow> Alarms> or >AlarmImagePanescolumn>AudioFile

column>Click...
Allowsyoutoselectanaudiofilethatisplayedincaseofanalarm.
Play
Clicktoplaytheselectedaudiofile.
Pause
Clicktopausetheselectedaudiofile.
Stop
Clicktostoptheselectedaudiofile.
Manage...
Seealso
Managingresourcefiles,page173
29.4 AlarmOptionsdialogbox
Mainwindow> Alarms> or >AlarmOptionscolumn>...

Allowsyoutoconfigurethefollowingsettingsforalarms:
Camerasthatstartrecordingincaseofanalarm
Enablingprotectionforthesealarmrecordings
Enablingandconfiguringdeviatingalarmdurationsettings
TriggeringPTZcommandsincaseofalarm
Notificationsthataresentincaseofanalarm
Workflowthathastobeprocessedincaseofanalarm
Assigningcamerasthataredisplayedinanalogmonitorgroupsincaseofanalarm.

Camerastab
Nr
DisplaysthecameranumberasconfiguredontheCamerasandRecordingpage.
Name
DisplaysthecameranameasconfiguredontheCamerasandRecordingpage.
Location
DisplaysthelocationasconfiguredontheMapsandStructurepage.
Record
Selectacheckboxtoenablealarmrecordingforthiscameraincaseofanalarm.Ifanalarmis
triggered,thiscameraisrecordedinalarmrecordingquality.Thedurationoftherecordingis
thedurationofthealarmstatepluspre-andpost-alarmtime.Thissettingdirectlychangesthe
settingforalarmrecordingintheSelectImagePaneContentdialogboxandviceversa.
ProtectRecording
Selectacheckboxtoprotectthealarmrecordingofthiscamera.
DeviatingAlarmDurationSettings
ThecheckboxisautomaticallyenabledwhenyouenabletheRecordcheckboxandwhenthe
camerasupportsANR.
AuxiliaryCommand
Clickacelltoselectanauxiliarycommandtobeexecutedincaseofanalarm.
EntriesinthislistareonlyavailableforaPTZcamera.
PredefinedPosition
Clickacelltoselectapredefinedpositiontobesetincaseofanalarm.
EntriesinthislistareonlyavailableforaPTZcamera.
Notificationstab
E-mail
Selectthecheckboxtosendane-mailincaseofanalarm.
Server:
Selectane-mailserver.
Recipients:
Typethee-mailaddressesoftherecipientsseparatedbycommas(example:
name@provider.com).
SMS
SelectthecheckboxtosendanSMSincaseofanalarm.
Device:
SelectanSMSdevice.
Recipients:
Typethemobilenumbersoftherecipients.
Text:
Typethetextofthenotification.
Information:
Selectthecheckboxtoaddthecorrespondinginformationtothenotificationtext.
Note:Forane-mailthedateofthetimezoneoftheManagementServerisused.

Workflowtab
Recordonlyalarm
Selectthecheckboxtospecifythatthecameraisonlyrecordedandnotbeingdisplayedin
caseofthisalarm.ThischeckboxisonlyactiveiftheRecordcheckboxontheCamerastabis
selected.
Auto-clearalarmafterconfiguredtime('AlarmSettings'dialogbox)
Selectthecheckboxtospecifythatthisalarmisautomaticallycleared.
Auto-clearalarmwheneventstatechangesbacktonormal
Selectthecheckboxtospecifythatthisalarmisautomaticallyclearedwhentheeventthat
triggersthisalarmchangesitsstate.Thealarmwillnotbeclearedautomaticallyifitis
acceptedandunaccepted.
Showactionplan
Selectthecheckboxtoenabletheworkflowthatmustbeprocessedincaseofanalarm.
Resources...
ClicktodisplaytheResourceManagerdialogbox.Selectadocumentwithadescriptionof
thecorrespondingworkflow.
Displayacommentbox
Selectthecheckboxtoenabledisplayingacommentboxincaseofanalarm.Inthiscomment
boxtheusercantypecommentsonthealarm.
Forcetheoperatortoprocesstheworkflow
Selectthecheckboxtoforcetheusertoprocesstheworkflow.Ifselected,theusercannot
clearthealarmuntilhehasenteredacommentonthealarm.
ExecutethefollowingClientScriptwhenalarmisaccepted:
SelectaClientCommandScriptthatisexecutedautomatically,whentheuseracceptsan
alarm.
AnalogMonitorGrouptab
1...10
Inanumberedcolumn,clickacellandselectacamerafromtheLogicalTree.Thiscamerawill
bedisplayedintheassignedmonitorincaseofanalarm.
Cleartable
Clicktoremoveallcameraassignmentstoanalogmonitorgroups.
Alarmtitle
Selectthecheckboxtoconfigurethatthetitleofthealarmisdisplayedontheanalog
monitorsasanon-screendisplay.
Alarmtime
Selectthecheckboxtoconfigurethatthetimeofthealarmisdisplayedontheanalog
Alarmdate
Selectthecheckboxtoconfigurethatthedateofthealarmisdisplayedontheanalog
Alarmcameraname
Selectthecheckboxtoconfigurethatthenameofthealarmcameraisdisplayedonthe
analogmonitorsasanon-screendisplay.

Alarmcameranumber
Selectthecheckboxtoconfigurethatthenumberofthealarmcameraisdisplayedonthe
analogmonitorsasanon-screendisplay.
Onlyon1stmonitor
Selectthecheckboxtoconfigurethatthetitleandthetimeofthealarmisdisplayedonlyon
thefirstmonitoroftheanalogmonitorgroupasanon-screendisplay.
DeviatingAlarmDurationSettingstab
ThesettingsonthistabareonlyavailableifANRisenabledforthiscamera.
UseProfileSettings
Clicktoenablethissetting.Forthiscamerathepre-alarmandpost-alarmdurationsettingsare
usedthatareconfiguredintheScheduledRecordingSettingsdialogbox.
OverrideSettings
Clicktoenablethefollowingsettingsforpre-alarmandpost-alarmduration.
Duration(Pre-alarm)
Availableforallevents.
Duration(Post-alarm)
Onlyavailablefor events.
Seealso
Configuringthepre-andpost-alarmdurationforanalarm,page178

BoschVideoManagementSystem UserGroupspage|en 317
30 UserGroupspage
Thefollowingusergroupisavailablebydefault:
AdminGroup(username:Admin)
Allowsyoutoconfigureusergroups,EnterpriseUserGroupsandEnterpriseAccess.
UserGroupstab
Clicktodisplaythepagesavailableforconfiguringtherightsofthestandardusergroup.
EnterpriseUserGroupstab(onlyavailablewithvalidEnterpriselicense)
ClicktodisplaythepagesavailableforconfiguringthepermissionsofanEnterpriseUser
Group.
EnterpriseAccesstab(onlyavailablewithvalidEnterpriselicense)
ClicktodisplaythepagesavailableforaddingandconfiguringEnterpriseAccess.
Clicktodeleteaselectedentry.
Clicktoaddanewgrouporaccount.
Clicktoaddanewusertotheselectedusergroup.Changethedefaultusernameif
desired.
Clicktoaddanewdualauthorizationgroup.
Clicktoaddanewlogonpairfordualauthorization.
Displaysadialogboxforcopyingpermissionsfromaselectedusergrouptoanother
usergroup.
Clicktodisplaythepagesavailableforconfiguringthepermissionsofthisgroup.
Clicktodisplaythepageavailableforconfiguringthepropertiesofthisuser.
Clicktodisplaythepageavailableforconfiguringthepropertiesofthislogonpair.
Clicktodisplaythepagesavailableforconfiguringthepermissionsofthisdual
authorizationgroup.
PermissionsonanEnterpriseSystem
ForanEnterpriseSystemyouconfigurethefollowingpermissions:
OperatingpermissionsofOperatorClientdefiningtheuserinterfaceforoperatinginthe
EnterpriseSystem,forexampletheuserinterfaceofthealarmmonitor.
UseanEnterpriseUserGroup.ConfigureitontheEnterpriseManagementServer.
DevicepermissionsthatshouldbeavailableforoperatinginanEnterpriseManagement
ServeraredefinedoneachManagementServer.
UseEnterpriseAccounts.ConfigureitoneachManagementServer.

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PermissionsonasingleManagementServer
FormanagingtheaccesstooneoftheManagementServers,usethestandardusergroup.You
configureallpermissionsonthisManagementServerinthisusergroup.
YoucanconfiguredualauthorizationusergroupsforstandardusergroupsandforEnterprise
UserGroups.
Type Contains Availableconfiguration Wheredoyou

settings configure?
Usergroup Users Operatinganddevice Management

permissions Server
EnterpriseUser Users Operatingpermissions Enterprise

Group PerManagement Management
Server:Nameofthe Server
corresponding
EnterpriseAccess
Accountswithlogon
credentials
EnterpriseAccess Devicepermissions Management

Accountpassword Server
Dualauthorization Usergroups Seeusergroups Seeusergroups

usergroup
Enterprisedual EnterpriseUser SeeEnterpriseUser SeeEnterprise

authorization Groups Groups UserGroups
30.1 NewUserGroup/EnterpriseAccountdialogbox
Mainwindow> UserGroups>UserGroupstab>
or
Mainwindow> UserGroups>EnterpriseUserGroupstab>
or
Mainwindow> UserGroups>EnterpriseAccesstab>
Allowsyoutocreateastandardusergroup,anEnterpriseUserGrouporanEnterprise
Account.

TheEnterpriseUserGroupstabisonlyavailableiftheappropriatelicenseisavailableandif
oneormoreManagementServercomputersareconfiguredin Devices>Enterprise
System>ServerList/AddressBook.
Name:
Typeinanameforthegrouporaccount.
Description:
Typeinadescriptionforthegrouporaccount.
ForEnterpriseAccounts:
Password:
Typeinapassword.
ConfirmPassword:
Enterthenewpasswordagain.
Seealso
30.2 UserGroupPropertiespage
Mainwindow> UserGroups>UserGroupstab> >OperatingPermissionstab

>UserGroupPropertiestab
or

Permissionstab>UserGroupPropertiestab
Allowsyoutoconfigurethefollowingsettingsfortheselectedusergroup:
Logonschedule
AssociationofanLDAPusergroup
Description:
Typeaninformativedescriptionfortheusergroup.
Language:
SelectthelanguageoftheOperatorClient.
Logonschedule:
Selectataskorrecordingschedule.Theusersoftheselectedgroupcanonlylogontothe
systeminthetimesdefinedbythisschedule.
AssociatedLDAPgroup:
TypethenameoftheLDAPusergroupthatyouwanttouseforyoursystem.
Youcanalsodouble-clickanitemintheLDAPGroups:list.
LDAPGroups:
DisplaystheavailableLDAPusergroups.YouconfigureLDAPgroupsintheLDAPServer
Settingsdialogbox.

SearchforGroups
ClicktodisplaytheavailableLDAPusergroupsintheLDAPGroups:list.Tofindusergroups
youmustmaketheappropriatesettingsintheLDAPServerSettingsdialogbox.
Settings
ClicktodisplaytheLDAPServerSettingsdialogbox.
AssociateGroup
ClicktoassociatetheselectedLDAPgroupwiththisusergroup.
ClearGroup
ClicktocleartheAssociatedLDAPgroup:field.TheassociationoftheLDAPgrouptothe
BoschVMSusergroupisremoved.
Seealso
ConfiguringLDAPsettings,page185
AssociatinganLDAPgroup,page186
Schedulinguserlogonpermission,page186
30.3 UserPropertiespage
Mainwindow> UserGroups>UserGroupstab >

or
Mainwindow> UserGroups>EnterpriseUserGroupstab> >

Ifyouchangethepasswordforauserordeleteauserwhilethisuserisloggedon,thisuser
canstillcontinueworkingwithOperatorClientafterpasswordchangeordeletion.Ifafter
passwordchangeordeletiontheconnectiontoManagementServerisinterrupted(for
exampleafteractivatingtheconfiguration),theusercannotautomaticallyreconnecttothe
ManagementServeragainwithoutlogoff/logonatOperatorClient.
AllowsyoutoconfigureanewuserinastandardusergrouporinanEnterpriseUserGroup.
Fullname:
Typethefullnameoftheuser.
Description:
Typeaninformativedescriptionfortheuser.
Enternewpassword:
Typethepasswordforthenewuser.
Confirmpassword:
Typethenewpasswordagain.
Apply
Clicktoapplythesettings.
30.4 AddNewDualAuthorizationGroupdialogbox
Mainwindow> UserGroups>UserGroupstab>
or

Mainwindow> UserGroups>EnterpriseUserGroupstab>
AllowstocreateadualauthorizationforastandardusergrouporforanEnterpriseUser
Group.
ForEnterpriseAccess,adualauthorizationisnotavailable.
Name:
Typeinanameforthegroup.
Description:
Typeindescriptionforthegroup.
Seealso
Creatingadualauthorizationgroup,page185
30.5 LogonPairPropertiespage
Mainwindow> UserGroups>UserGroupstab> NewDualAuthorization
Group>
or
Mainwindow> UserGroups>EnterpriseUserGroupstab> NewEnterprise
DualAuthorizationGroup>
Allowsyoutomodifyapairofusergroupstoadualauthorizationgroup.Theusersofthefirst
usergrouparetheusersthatmustlogoninthefirstdialogboxforloggingon,theusersofthe
secondusergroupconfirmthelogon.
SelectLogonPair
Ineachlist,selectausergroup.
Forcedualauthorization
Selectthecheckboxtoforceeachusertologononlytogetherwithauseroftheseconduser
group.
Seealso
30.6 SelectUserGroupsdialogbox
Mainwindow> UserGroups>UserGroupstab> NewDualAuthorization
Group>
or

Mainwindow> UserGroups>EnterpriseUserGroupstab> NewEnterprise
DualAuthorizationGroup>
Allowsyoutoaddapairofusergroupstoadualauthorizationgroup.Theusersofthefirst
usergrouparetheusersthatmustlogoninthefirstdialogboxforloggingon,theusersofthe
secondusergroupconfirmthelogon.
SelectLogonPair
Ineachlist,selectausergroup.
Forcedualauthorization
Selectthecheckboxtoforceeachusertologononlytogetherwithauseroftheseconduser
group.
Seealso
30.7 CameraPermissionspage
Mainwindow> UserGroups>UserGroupstab> >DevicePermissionstab>

CameraPermissionstab
or
Mainwindow> UserGroups>EnterpriseAccesstab> >DevicePermissions

tab>CameraPermissionstab
Allowsyoutoconfiguretheaccessrightsforthefeaturesofaselectedcameraorcamera
groupfortheselectedusergroup.
Ifnewcomponentsareadded,camerapermissionsmustbeconfiguredafterwards.
YoucanrecalltheaccesstoacameraontheCamerapage.
Camera
DisplaysthecameranameasconfiguredontheCamerasandRecordingpage.
Location
DisplaysthelocationofthecameraasconfiguredontheMapsandStructurepage.
Access
Selectacheckboxtoallowaccesstothiscamera.
LiveVideo
Selectacheckboxtoallowusinglivevideo.
LiveAudio
Selectacheckboxtoallowusingliveaudio.
ManualRecording
Selectacheckboxtoallowmanualrecording(alarmrecording).
Youcanselectorclearthischeckboxonlywhenthemanualalarmrecordingisenabledonthe
OperatorFeaturespage.
PlaybackVideo
Selectacheckboxtoallowusingplaybackvideo.
YoucanselectorclearthischeckboxonlywhenplaybackisenabledontheOperator
Featurespage.
PlaybackAudio
Selectacheckboxtoallowusingplaybackaudio.
YoucanselectorclearthischeckboxonlywhenplaybackisenabledontheOperator
Featurespage.
TextData
Selectacheckboxtoallowdisplayingmetadata.
Youcanselectorclearthischeckboxonlywhenthedisplayofmetadataisenabledonthe
Export
Selectacheckboxtoallowexportingvideodata.
Youcanselectorclearthischeckboxonlywhentheexportofvideodataisenabledonthe
PTZ/ROI
SelectacheckboxtoallowusingthePTZcontrolortheROIofthiscamera.
YoucanselectorclearthischeckboxonlywhenthePTZcontrolorROIofthiscamerais
enabledontheOperatorFeaturespage.AdditionallyyoumustconfigurePTZorROIinthe
CameraTable.
Aux
Selectacheckboxtoallowexecutingauxiliarycommands.
YoucanselectorclearthischeckboxonlywhenthePTZcontrolofacameraisenabledonthe
SetPresets
SelectacheckboxtoallowtheusertosetprepositionsofthisPTZcamera.
YoucanalsosetprepositionsfortheRegionofInterestfeature,ifenabledandauthorized.
YoucanselectorclearthischeckboxonlywhenthePTZcontrolofacameraisenabledonthe
ReferenceImage
Selectacheckboxtoallowupdatingthereferenceimageofthiscamera.
Seealso
Configuringcamerapermissions,page189
30.8 ControlPriorities

ControlPrioritiestab
or

tab>ControlPrioritiestab

ControlPriorities
MovetheappropriateslidertotherighttodecreasethepriorityforacquiringPTZcontrolsand
BoschAllegianttrunklines.AuserwithahighprioritycanlockthePTZcontrolsorthecontrol
ofatrunklineforuserswithlowerpriorities.YousetthetimeoutforlockingPTZcontrolon
theTimeoutinmin.field.Thedefaultsettingis1minute.
Timeoutinmin.
Enterthetimeperiodinminutes.
Seealso
Configuringvariouspriorities,page189
30.9 CopyUserGroupPermissionsdialogbox
Mainwindow> UserGroups>UserGroupstab> >

or
Mainwindow> UserGroups>EnterpriseUserGroupstab> >

Allowsyoutoselectusergrouppermissionstobecopiedtoselectedusergroups.
Copyfrom:
Displaystheselectedusergroup.Itspermissionsaretobecopiedtoanotherusergroup.
SettingstoCopy
Selectacheckboxtoselectthedesiredusergrouppermissionsforcopying.
Copyto:
Selectacheckboxtospecifytheusergroupwheretocopytheselectedusergroup
permissionsto.
Seealso
Copyingusergrouppermissions,page190
30.10 DecoderPermissionspage
Mainwindow>UserGroups>UserGroupstab> >DevicePermissionstab>Camera
Permissionstab
or

tab>CameraPermissionstab
Allowsyoutoconfigurethedecodersthattheusersofthisgrouphaveaccessto.
Decoder
Displaystheavailabledecoders.
Clickthecheckboxtogivetheusergroupaccesstothisdecoder.
Seealso
Configuringdecoderpermissions,page189

30.11 EventsandAlarmspage

EventsandAlarmstab
or

tab>EventsandAlarmstab
AllowstoconfigurethepermissionsfortheEventsTree,i.e.yousettheeventstheusergroup
isauthorizedornotauthorizedtouse.
Foreacheventthereisatleastonedevice.Forexample,fortheVideoLosseventtheavailable
camerasarethedevices.ForaneventlikeBackupFinishedthecorrespondingdeviceisTime
ControlledBackup.Hence,adevicecanbeasoftwareprocess.
1. Expandatreeitemandclicktherequiredcheckboxesforenablingtheevents.Inthe
Cameracolumn,selectthecheckboxtoenabletheeventsofalltheavailabledevices.
Thisensuresthattheusergroupgetseventsfromdevicesthatthisusergrouphasno
accessto.TheaccesstothedevicesisconfiguredontheCamerapageandonthe
CameraPermissionspage.
2. Toenableordisablealleventsatonce,selectorcleartheEventsandAlarmscheckbox.
Seealso
Configuringpermissionsforeventsandalarms,page188
30.12 LDAPServerSettingsdialogbox

tab>UserGroupPropertiestab>Settingsbutton
or

Permissionstab>UserGroupPropertiestab>Settingsbutton
YouentertheLDAPserversettingsthatareconfiguredoutsideofBoschVMS.Youwillneed
theassistanceofyourITadministratorwhosetuptheLDAPserverforthefollowingentries.
AllfieldsaremandatoryexceptthefieldsintheTestUser/UserGroupgroupbox.

LDAPServerSettings
LDAPServer:
TypethenameoftheLDAPserver.
Port:
TypetheportnumberoftheLDAPserver(defaultunencrypted:389,encrypted:636)
Secureconnection
Selectthecheckboxtoactivateencrypteddatatransmission.
LDAPbasisforuser:
Typetheuniquename(DN=distinguishedname)oftheLDAPpathinwhichyoucansearch
forauser.ExampleforaDNoftheLDAPbasis:CN=Users,DC=Security,DC=MyCompany,DC=
com
Filterforuser:
Selectafilterusedtosearchforauniqueusername.Examplesarepredefined.Replace
%username%withtheactualusername.
LDAPbasisforgroup:
TypetheuniquenameoftheLDAPpathinwhichyoucansearchforgroups.
ExampleforaDNoftheLDAPbasis:CN=Users,DC=Security,DC=MyCompany,DC=com

Filterforgroupmembersearch:
Selectafilterusedtosearchforagroupmember.
Examplesarepredefined.Replace%usernameDN%withtheactualusernameandhisDN.
ProxyUser
Username(DN):
Typetheuniquenameoftheproxyuser.Thisuserisrequiredtoallowtheusersofthis
BoschVMSusergrouptoaccesstheLDAPserver.
Password:
Typetheproxyuserpassword.
Test
ClicktotestwhethertheproxyuserhasaccesstotheLDAPserver.
TestUser/UserGroup
TheentriesinthisgroupboxarenotsavedafterclickingOK.Theyonlyservefortesting.
Username:
Typethenameofatestuser.OmittheDN.
Password:
Typethetestuserpassword.
TestUser
Clicktotestwhetherthecombinationofusernameandpasswordiscorrect.
Group(DN):
Typetheuniquegroupnamewithwhichtheuserisassociated.
TestGroup
Clicktotesttheassociationoftheuserwiththegroup.
Groupsearchfilter:
Donotleavethisfieldempty.Ifthereisnoentry,youcannotassignanLDAPgrouptoa
BoschVMSusergroup.
Selectafiltertofindausergroup.
Examplesarepredefined.
Seealso
ConfiguringLDAPsettings,page185
30.13 Credentialspage
Mainwindow>UserGroups>EnterpriseAccesstab> >DevicePermissionstab>
Credentialstab
ConfigurethecredentialsofanEnterpriseAccountonaManagementServer.
YouconfigureEnterpriseAccessoneachManagementServerthatismemberofyour
EnterpriseSystem.TheEnterpriseManagementServerusesthiscredentialtograntaccessto
thedevicesofthisManagementServerfortheOperatorClientthatlogsonasauserofan
EnterpriseUserGroup.
Renamethe itemasdesired.ThisisthenameoftheEnterpriseAccount.
Description:
TypeinadescriptionforthisEnterpriseAccount.

Enternewpassword:/Confirmpassword:
TypeinandconfirmthepasswordforthisManagementServer.
Seealso
30.14 LogicalTreepage

Cameratab
or

tab>Cameratab
AllowsyoutoconfiguretheLogicalTreeforeachusergroup.
Camera
Selectacheckboxtogivetheusersoftheselectedusergroupaccesstothecorresponding
devices.
YoucanrecalltheaccesstoacameraontheCameraPermissionspage.
Seealso
ConfiguringpermissionsforLogicalTree,page188
30.15 OperatorFeaturespage

>OperatorFeaturestab
or

Permissionstab>OperatorFeaturestab
Allowsyoutoconfigurevariouspermissionsfortheselectedusergroup.
PTZcontrolofdomecameras
Selectthecheckboxtoallowthecontrolofacamera.
ControlPrioritiespage:IntheControlPrioritiesfield,youcansetthepriorityforacquiring
thecontrolofacamera.
Allegianttrunklines
SelectthecheckboxtoallowaccessingBoschAllegianttrunklines.
ControlPrioritiespage:IntheControlPrioritiesfield,youcansetthepriorityforacquiring
BoschAllegianttrunklines.
Printandsavevideodata
Selectthecheckboxtoallowprintingandsavingvideodata.
Alarmprocessing
Selectthecheckboxtoallowalarmprocessing.
InterrupttheWindowsScreenSaverforincomingalarms
Selectthecheckboxtoensurethatanincomingalarmisdisplayedevenwhenthescreen
saverisactive.Ifthescreensaverrequiresausernameandpasswordforbeinginterrupted,
thissettinghasnoeffect.
Alarmdisplay
Selectthecheckboxtoallowalarmdisplay.Ifyouselectthisoption,theAlarmprocessingis
deactivatedsimultaneously.
Playback
SelectthecheckboxtoallowahigherpriorityforPlaybackModeandtoallowtheother
playbackfeatures.
Ifyouclearthischeckbox,theExportvideofiles,Protectvideodata,Deletevideo,and
Accesstovideodatathathasbeenrecordedinperiodswhentheusergrouphasnotbeen
allowedtologonpermissionsandtheLiveVideopermissionsforallavailablecamerasonthe
CameraPermissionspageareclearedanddisabled.
Exportvideofiles
Selectthecheckboxtoallowexportingvideodata.
Ifyouclearthischeckbox,thepermissionsforallavailablecamerasontheCamera
Permissionspagearedisabledalso.
ExportMOV/ASFvideo
SelectthecheckboxtoallowexportingvideodatainASFandMOVformat.
Protectvideodata
Selectthecheckboxtoallowprotectingvideodata.
Deletevideo
Selectthecheckboxtoallowdeletingvideodata.
Accesstovideodatathathasbeenrecordedinperiodswhentheusergrouphasnotbeen
allowedtologon
Selectthecheckboxtoallowaccessingthedescribedvideodata.
Logbookaccess
SelectthecheckboxtoallowaccessingtheLogbook.
Operatoreventbuttons
SelectthecheckboxtoallowusereventbuttonsintheOperatorClient.
CloseOperatorClient
SelectthecheckboxtoallowclosingtheOperatorClient.
MinimizeOperatorClient
SelectthecheckboxtoallowminimizingtheOperatorClient.
AudioIntercom
Selectthecheckboxtoallowtheusertospeakontheloudspeakersofanencoderwithaudio-
inandaudio-outfunction.
ManualAlarmRecording
Selectthecheckboxtoallowmanualalarmrecording.
Ifyouclearthischeckbox,theTextDatapermissionsforallavailablecamerasontheCamera
Permissionspageareclearedanddisabled.
AccessVRMMonitor
SelectthecheckboxtoallowaccesstotheVRMMonitorsoftware.
Setreferenceimage
SelectthecheckboxtoallowupdatingthereferenceimageintheOperatorClient.
Setareaselectionforreferenceimage
Selectthecheckboxtoallowselectingtheareainthecameraimageforupdatingthe
referenceimageintheOperatorClient.
Changepassword
SelectthecheckboxtoallowauserofOperatorClienttochangethepasswordforloggingon.
Armintrusionpanelareas
SelectthecheckboxtoallowauserofOperatorClienttoarmareasconfiguredinanintrusion
panelthatispartofyourBoschVMSconfiguration.
Forcearmintrusionpanelareas
SelectthecheckboxtoallowauserofOperatorClienttoforcethearmingofareasconfigured
inanintrusionpanelthatispartofyourBoschVMSconfiguration.
Disarmintrusionpanelareas
SelectthecheckboxtoallowauserofOperatorClienttodisarmareasconfiguredinan
intrusionpanelthatispartofyourBoschVMSconfiguration.
Displayorderincaseofsamealarmpriority:
SelecttheappropriatevaluetoconfiguretheorderofAlarmImagepanesintheAlarmDisplay
oftheOperatorClient.
Instantplaybackrewindtime:
Enterthenumberofsecondsforthedurationofinstantplayback.
Repeatalarmaudio:
Selectthecheckboxandenterthenumberofsecondsafteranalarmsoundisrepeated.
Limitaccesstorecordedvideotothelastnminutes:
Selectthecheckboxtolimittheaccesstorecordedvideos.
Inthelist,enterthenumberofminutes.
EnforceautomaticOperatorlogoffafterthistimeofinactivity:
SelectthecheckboxtoenabletheautomaticlogoffofOperatorClientaftertheconfigured
timeperiod.
Seealso
Inactivitylogoff,page48
Configuringoperatingpermissions,page187
30.16 Prioritiespage

tab>Prioritiestab
or

Permissionstab>Prioritiestab
AllowsyoutoconfigurethetimeoutforexplicitPTZlocking.YoucansettheprioritiesforPTZ
controlandthedisplayofincomingalarms.

AutomaticPopupBehavior
MovetheslidertoadjustthepriorityvalueofLiveImagewindoworPlaybackImagewindow.
Thisvalueisrequiredforincomingalarmstodecidewhetherthisalarmisautomatically
displayedintheAlarmImagewindow.
Forexample:IfyoumovethesliderforLiveImagewindowto50andforthePlaybackDisplay
to70andanalarmcomesinwithapriorityof60,thealarmisonlyautomaticallydisplayedif
theuserhasPlaybackDisplayactive.Thealarmisnotautomaticallydisplayedwhentheuser
hasLiveDisplayactive.
Seealso
Configuringvariouspriorities,page189
30.17 UserInterfacepage

>UserInterfacetab
or

Permissionstab>UserInterfacetab
Allowsyoutoconfiguretheuserinterfaceof4monitorsusedbyOperatorClient.
ControlMonitor
SelectthecontrolmonitorwhichdisplaysLiveModeonly.
AlarmMonitor
SelectthealarmmonitorwhichcandisplayeitherLiveandAlarmModeoronlyAlarmMode.
Monitor1-4
Inthecorrespondinglist,selecttherequiredentry.
Imagepanesaspectratio
ForeachmonitorselecttherequiredaspectratiofortheinitialstartupofOperatorClient.Use
16:9forHDcameras.
Savesettingswhenshuttingdown
Selectthecheckboxtoactivatethatthesystemremembersthelaststateoftheuserinterface
whentheuserlogsofffromtheOperatorClient.Ifthecheckboxisnotselected,the
OperatorClientstartsalwayswiththeconfigureduserinterface.
RestoreDefault
Clicktorestorethedefaultsettingsofthispage.
LoadCustomLayout
ClicktoimportanXMLfilewithuserinterfacesettings.
UnloadCustomLayout
Clicktodisplayadialogboxforunloadingimportedinterfacesettings.
Seealso
Configuringuserinterfacesettings,page187

30.18 ServerAccesspage
Mainwindow> UserGroups>EnterpriseUserGroupstab> >ServerAccess

tab
YouconfiguretheserveraccessonanEnterpriseManagementServer.
YouenterthenameoftheEnterpriseAccountanditspasswordforeachManagementServer
ofyourEnterpriseSystem.ThisaccountisconfiguredoneachManagementServer.
ManagementServer
DisplaysthenameoftheManagementServerthatyouconfiguredonthisEnterprise
ManagementServer.
ManagementServer
DisplaysthenameoftheManagementServerthathasbeenaddedtotheServerList
(Mainwindow> Devices>EnterpriseSystem>ServerList/AddressBook).
PrivateNetworkAddress
DisplaystheprivateIPaddressorDNSnameoftheManagementServer.
PublicNetworkAddress
DisplaysthepublicIPaddressorDNSnameoftheManagementServer.
ServerNumber
DisplaysthenumberoftheManagementServer.ThisnumberisusedbyanIntuiKeykeyboard
toselectthedesiredManagementServer.
Access
ClicktocheckwhenyouwanttograntaccesstotheManagementServer.ThisManagement
ServerisnowanEnterpriseManagementServer.
EnterpriseAccount
TypeinthenameoftheEnterpriseAccountthathasbeenconfiguredontheManagement
Server.
EnterpriseAccountPassword
ClicktodisplayadialogboxfortypinginthepasswordoftheEnterpriseAccountthathas
beenconfiguredontheManagementServer.
ServerDescription
Displaysthedescriptivetextforthisserver.
FurthercolumnsaredisplayediftheyhavebeenaddedtotheServerList.
Seealso

BoschVideoManagementSystem Troubleshooting|en 333
31 Troubleshooting
ThischaptercontainsinformationonhowtohandleknownproblemsusingBoschVMS
ProblemsafterupdatingBoschVideoManagementSystem
Issue Cause Solution
TheNVRdoesnotrecord TheconnectionbetweenNVR Reestablishtheconnection

afterupdatingBoschVideo andManagementServerwas betweenNVRand
ManagementSystem. lostaftertheupdate.The ManagementServer.
updatecanpotentiallyhave
changedtheBoschVMS
databaseontheManagement
Server.TheNVRmustknow
thesechanges.
Problemsduringinstallation
Setupdisplayswrong TheWindowslanguage Configuringthedesired

characters. settingsarenotcorrect. languageinWindows,page
335
Setupstopswithamessage OPCServerfilescannotbe UninstallOPCCore

thatOPCServercannotbe overwritten. ComponentsRedistributable
installed. andrestartBoschVMSSetup.
Thesoftwarecannotbe StartControlPanel>Add/
uninstalledbyexecuting RemoveProgramsand
Setup. uninstallBoschVMS.
Problemsimmediatelyafterstartingtheapplication
BoschVMSdisplaysthe Windowsisnotswitchedto Configuringthelanguageof

wronglanguage. thedesiredlanguage. ConfigurationClient,page93
or
Configuringthelanguageof
OperatorClient,page93
Thelogondialogboxof Althoughyouhavechanged Configuringthedesired

OperatorClientshowsthe thelanguagefor languageinWindows,page
wronglanguage. OperatorClientin 335
ConfigurationClient,the
languageforthelogondialog
boxofOperatorClient
dependsontheWindows
language.

334 en|Troubleshooting BoschVideoManagementSystem
Problemswithdisplaylanguage
Somedisplaytextsin TheOSlanguageofthe Donotchangethis.

ConfigurationClientor computerwherethe
OperatorClientareina ManagementServeris
foreignlanguage,usually installed,isoftenEnglish.
English. Hence,whentheBoschVMS
databaseisgeneratedonthis
computer,manydisplaytexts
arecreatedinEnglish.They
remainunchangedregardless
oftheWindowslanguageof
anOperatorClientcomputer.
Toavoidsuchlanguage
discrepancies,install
ManagementServersoftware
onacomputerwiththe
desiredWindowsinterface
language.
ProblemswithBoschIntuiKeykeyboard
TheBoschIntuiKeykeyboard Theconnectiontothe Reestablishingtheconnection

triggersanalarmandthe workstationislost.Eitherthe toaBoschIntuiKeykeyboard,
softkeydisplaydisplaysOff cableisdamagedor page335
Line. unplugged,ortheworkstation
hasbeenreset.
Problemswiththesettingsintherecordingcontrolofyoursoundcard
Feedbacksoccurwhenusing Intherecordingcontrolof Changethesettinginthe

amicrophoneforIntercom yoursoundcardthe configurationfileof
functionality. microphonemustbe OperatorClientto
selected,notthestereomix microphone.
(orsomethingelse).
OperatorClientchecksits
configurationfileduring
startupandchangesthe
settingsintherecording
controlaccordingly.This
configurationfilecontainsa
defaultentrywhichmightnot
matchyoursystem
configuration.Thissettingis
restoredduringeachstartof
OperatorClient.

CrashingConfigurationClient
ConfigurationClientcrashes. Iftherearemanycameras SeeReducingthenumberof

configuredinanAllegiantfile Allegiantcameras,page335.
whicharenotconnectedto
BoschVideoManagement
System,youcanreducethis
number.Thisavoids
unnecessarysystemload.
CrashingOperatorClient
OperatorClientcrashes. DiBosWebclientisinstalled UninstalltheDiBosWeb

andhasbeenstartedonthe client.
computerwhereOperator
Clientisinstalled.
31.1 ConfiguringthedesiredlanguageinWindows
IfyouwanttochangethedisplaylanguageforthesetupofBoschVMS,youmustswitchthe
languageinyourWindows.Foractivatingthelanguagesettingsthecomputerisrestartedafter
performingthefollowingsteps.
Toconfigurethedesiredlanguage:
1. ClickStart,clickControlPanel,andthendouble-clickRegionalandLanguageOptions.
2. ClicktheAdvancedtab,underLanguagefornon-Unicodeprograms,selectthedesired
language.
3. ClickOK.
4. Ineachofthenextmessageboxes,clickYes.
Yourcomputerisrestarted.
31.2 ReestablishingtheconnectiontoaBoschIntuiKeykeyboard
1. Pluginthecableagainorwaituntiltheworkstationisonline.
TheOffLinemessagedisappears.
2. PresstheTerminalsoftkeytoenterBoschVMS.
31.3 ReducingthenumberofAllegiantcameras
YouneedtheAllegiantMasterControlSoftwaretoedittheAllegiantfile.
ToreducethenumberofAllegiantcameras:
1. StarttheMasterControlSoftware.
2. OpentheAllegiantfile.
3. ClicktheCameratab.
4. Markthecamerasthatarenotrequired.
5. OntheEditmenu,clickDelete.
6. Savethefile.Thefilesizeremainsunchanged.
7. Repeatthelaststepformonitorsthatyoudonotneed.ClicktheMonitorstab.
8. ImportthisfileinBoschVideoManagementSystem(seeAddingdevices,page138).

31.4 Usedports
ThissectionlistsforallcomponentsofBoschVMStheportsthatmustbeopenwithinaLAN.
DonotopentheseportstotheInternet!ForoperationviaInternetusesecureconnectionslike
VPNorRemoteAccess.
Eachtableliststhelocalportsthatmustbeopenonthecomputerwheretheserveris
installedorontherouter/level3switchthatisconnectedtothehardware.
OnaWindows7Firewall,configureanInboundRuleforeachopenport.
AllowalloutgoingconnectionsforallBoschVMSsoftwareapplications.
ExampleforasimpleInboundRuleinWindows7Firewall
ManagementServer/EnterpriseManagementServerports
Server Protocol Inboundports Client(Requester) Remark

(Listener)
Management TCP 5390 OperatorClient,ConfigurationClient, .NETRemoting

Server BoschVMSSDKApplication
Management TCP 5392 OperatorClient,ConfigurationClient, WCF,

Server MobileVideoService gateway.push.apple.co
m
Management TCP 5395 ConfigurationClient,OperatorClient Userpreferences,File

Server transfer
VideoRecordingManagerports

(Listener)
VRM TCP 1756 ManagementServer, viaRCP+

ConfigurationClient
VRM UDP 1757 ManagementServer,OperatorClient ScanTarget
VRM UDP 1800 ManagementServer,OperatorClient MulticastNetwork

ScanTarget
VRM TCP 80 OperatorClient VRMplaybackviahttp
VRM TCP 443 OperatorClient VRMplaybackviahttps
VRM TCP 5364,5365 OperatorClient VRMeXportWizard

(projectversion)

MobileVideoServiceports

(Listener)
MobileVideo TCP 80 ManagementServer,OperatorClient, Accessviahttp

Service ConfigurationClient,HTMLClient,
MobileApps
MobileVideo TCP 443 ManagementServer,OperatorClient, Accessviahttps

Service ConfigurationClient,HTMLClient,
MobileApps
MobileVideo TCP 2195 ApplePushNotification MaciOS

Service
MobileVideo UDP 1064-65535 Encoder,VRM

Service
MobileVideo TCP 5382 MobileVideoServicemobileprovider Mediastream

Service
transcoder
MobileVideo TCP 5385 MobileVideoServicemobileprovider Mediastream

Service
transcoder
MobileVideo TCP 5383 OperatorClient Mediastream

Service
BoschVMS
provider
MobileVideo TCP 5384 HTMLClient,MobileApps Mediastream

Servicemobile
provider
iSCSIStorageSystemports
Configureportforwardingattheconnectedrouterforthisdevice.

(Listener)
iSCSIstorage TCP 3260 Encoder,VRM,

system ConfigurationClient
BoschVideoStreamingGatewayports

(Listener)
BoschVideo TCP 8756-8762 VRM,ManagementServer,

Streaming ConfigurationClient
Gateway
BoschVideo TCP 1756 VRMConfigurationClient viaRCP+

Streaming
Gateway


(Listener)
BoschVideo TCP 1757 VRMConfigurationClient ScanTarget

Streaming
Gateway
BoschVideo TCP 1758 VRMConfigurationClient ScanResponse

Streaming
Gateway
BoschVideo TCP 1800 VRMConfigurationClient MulticastNetwork

Streaming ScanTarget
Gateway
BoschVideo UDP 1064-65535 Encoder,VRM

Streaming
Gateway
ONVIFcameraports

(Listener)
ONVIFcamera TCP 80 ManagementServer,VSG, Accessviahttp

ConfigurationClient,
OperatorClient
ONVIFcamera RTSP 554 ManagementServer,VSG,

OperatorClient
BoschVMSOperatorClient/CameoSDKports
Server Protocol Inbound Client(Requester) Remark

(Listener) ports
OperatorClient TCP 5394 BoschVMSSDKApplication,BIS .NETRemoting
OperatorClient UDP 1024-65535 Encoder,VRM
Encoderports

(Listener)
Encoder TCP 1756 Decoder,ManagementServer,VRM, viaRCP+

OperatorClient,ConfigurationClient,
BoschVMSSDKApplication
Encoder UDP 1757 Decoder,ManagementServer, ScanTarget

OperatorClient
Encoder UDP 1758 Decoder,ManagementServer, ScanResponse

OperatorClient


(Listener)
Encoder UDP 1800 Decoder,ManagementServer, MulticastNetwork

OperatorClient ScanTarget
Encoder TCP 80 OperatorClient,BoschVMSSDK Accessviahttp

Application,VSG
Encoder TCP 443 OperatorClient,BoschVMSSDK Accessviahttps

Application,VSG
BoschVMSDecoderports
Server Protocol Inbound Client(Requester) Remark

(Listener) ports
Decoder TCP 1756 ManagementServer,OperatorClient, viaRCP+

ConfigurationClient,BoschVMSSDK
Application
Decoder UDP 1757 ManagementServer,OperatorClient ScanTarget
Decoder UDP 1758 ManagementServer,OperatorClient ScanResponse
Decoder UDP 1800 ManagementServer,OperatorClient MulticastNetwork

ScanTarget
Decoder TCP 80 OperatorClient Accessviahttp
Decoder TCP 443 OperatorClient Accessviahttps
Decoder UDP 1024-65535 Encoder
NVR/RedundantNVR/FailoverNVRports

(Listener)
NVR TCP 5391 OperatorClient,ManagementServer, .NETRemoting

FailoverNVR,ConfigurationClient
Redundant TCP 5391 OperatorClient,ManagementServer, .NETRemoting

NVR FailoverNVR,ConfigurationClient
FailoverNVR TCP 5391 OperatorClient,ManagementServer, .NETRemoting

NVR,RedundantNVR,
ConfigurationClient
NVR UDP 1024-65535 Encoder
Redundant UDP 1024-65535 Encoder

NVR
FailoverNVR UDP 1024-65535 Encoder

DiBos/BRSports

(Listener)
DiBos8.7/ TCP 808 ManagementServer, WebService

BRS8.10 ConfigurationClient ForDiBosv.8.7a
patchisneeded.
Alternative:
DiBos/BRS TCP 135 OperatorClient,Management DCOM,usedwhen

Server,ConfigurationClient WebServicedoesnot
workortheusedDiBos
versiondoesnot
supportWebService
Firewallmustbe
disabled
DiBos/BRS UDP 135 OperatorClient,Management DCOM,usedwhen

Server,ConfigurationClient WebServicedoesnot
workortheusedDiBos
versiondoesnot
supportWebService
Firewallmustbe
disabled
DVRports

(Listener)
DVR TCP 80 ManagementServer, Accessviahttp

OperatorClient
BarcoMonitorWall

(Listener)
Barco TCP 1756 ManagementServer, viaRCP+

MonitorWall OperatorClient,
BoschVMSSDKApplication
Barco UDP 1757 ManagementServer, ScanTarget

MonitorWall OperatorClient
Barco UDP 1758 ManagementServer, ScanResponse

MonitorWall OperatorClient
Barco UDP 1800 ManagementServer, MulticastNetwork

MonitorWall OperatorClient ScanTarget

VIDOS

(Listener)
VIDOS TCP 1756 Encoder,ConfigurationClient viaRCP+
VIDOS TCP 1757 Encoder ScanTarget
VIDOS TCP 1758 Encoder ScanResponse
VIDOS TCP 1800 Encoder MulticastNetwork

ScanTarget
31.5 EnablingloggingforONVIFevents
YoucanenableloggingforONVIFeventsforexamplewhenyouencounterproblemswith
receivingBoschVMSevents.Loggingthenhelpsyoutofindtheissue.
Toenablelogging:
1. Openthefile%programfiles(x86)%\Bosch\VMS\AppData\Server\CentralServer
\BVMSLogCfg.xmlinanappropriateeditor,forexampleNotepad.RuntheNotepad
applicationasadministrator.
2. Navigatetothelinecontainingthefollowingstring:
Addloggingforonvifeventsofadevicebynetworkaddress
Thecommentedlinescontainabriefexplanation.
3. Astheloggername,typeinOnvifEvents.<Networkaddress>.
TypeinonlyOnvifEventstologtheeventsforallONVIFdevices.
4. Aslevelvalue,typeinDEBUGforallincomingandoutgoingevents.
TypeinINFOforalloutgoingevents.
TypeinWARNorERRORtodisable.
Thefollowinglinesshowanexampleforloggingtheeventsfromdevice172.11.122.22withall
outgoingandincomingevents:
<loggername="OnvifEvents.172.11.122.22"additivity="false">
<levelvalue="DEBUG"/>
<appenderrefref="OnvifRollingFileAppender"/>
</logger>
Seealso
ONVIFevents,page54

342 en|Glossary BoschVideoManagementSystem
Glossary
802.1x exactlyfillsthegapthatoccurredafterthe
TheIEEE802.1xstandardprovidesageneral networkfailure.Hencethetransceiverneedsany
methodforauthenticationandauthorizationin kindoflocalstorage.Therecordingcapacityon
IEEE-802networks.Authenticationiscarriedout thislocalstorageiscalculatedwiththefollowing
viatheauthenticator,whichchecksthe formula:(networkbandwidthxestimatednetwork
transmittedauthenticationinformationusingan downtime+safetymargin)x(1+1/backup
authenticationserver(seeRADIUSserver)and speed).Theresultingrecordingcapacityis
approvesordeniesaccesstotheofferedservices requiredbecausethecontinuousrecordingmust
(LAN,VLANorWLAN)accordingly. continueduringthecopyprocess.
ActivationKey area
Numberthattheusermustentertoactivatethe Agroupofdetectiondevicesconnectedtothe
purchasedlicenses.YoureceivetheActivationKey securitysystem.
afterenteringtheAuthorizationNumberinthe ASF
BoschSecuritySystemSoftwareLicense AdvancedSystemsFormat;MicrosoftWindows
Manager. mediaaudioandvideoformat.
Alarm ATM
Eventthatisconfiguredtocreateanalarm.Thisis AutomaticTellerMachine
aparticularsituation(motiondetected,doorbell
AuthorizationNumber
rung,signallost,etc.)thatrequiresimmediate
attention.Analarmcandisplaylivevideo, NumberthatyoufindintheAuthorizationLetter.
playbackvideo,anactionplan,awebpage,ora YoumustentertheAuthorizationNumberinthe
map. BoschSecuritySystemSoftwareLicensemanager
toobtaintheActivationKey.Additionallyyoumust
AlarmImagewindow
enterthecomputersignature.
ImagewindowfordisplayingoneormoreAlarm
BIS
Imagepanes.
BuildingIntegrationSystem
AlarmList
Bookmark
WindowinBoschVideoManagementSystemused
todisplayalistofactivealarms. Usedforstoringatimeperiodofliveorrecorded
video.Thisallowsfortaggingparticularscenesfor
Allegiant
laterinvestigation.Additionallyyoucanshareyour
Boschfamilyofanalogmatrixswitchingsystems. investigationresultswithotherusersbyexporting
Analogmonitorgroup abookmark.
Asetofanalogmonitorsconnectedtodecoders. BoschATM/POSBridge
Theanalogmonitorgroupcanbeusedforalarm Receivesstringviaserialcable/COMinterface
processinginagivenphysicalarea.Forexample, andforwardsthesestringsviaEthernetcable
aninstallationwiththreephysicallyseparated (TCP/IP).ThestringsareusuallyPOSdataor
controlroomsmighthavethreemonitorgroups. transactionsfromATMs.
Themonitorsinananalogmonitorgroupare
BRS
logicallyconfiguredintorowsandcolumnsand
canbesettofull-screenorquadview. BoschRecordingStation.Videorecordingand
managementsoftware.
ANR
CCLemulation
AutomatedNetworkReplenishment;integrated
processthatcopiesmissingvideodatafroma EmulationoftheCommandConsoleLanguage
videotransceivertothenetworkvideorecorder usedforcontrollinganAllegiantmatrix.Youcan
afteranetworkfailure.Thecopiedvideodata usethissetofcommandstoswitchaBoschVMS

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IPcamera/encodertoaBoschVMSIPdecoder. occurs.TheMotionStoppedeventisnotaccepted
Youcannotcontrololdanalogcamerasorthe asanewevent.Example3alsodealswithevents
Allegiantmatrixitselfdirectly. creatingdifferentstateswiththesamepriority:
CommandScript Thestateofavirtualinputison.Thestate
prioritiesforbothstatechangesareidentical.Ata
Macro,thattheadministratorcanprogramto
specificpointintime,thevirtualinputisswitched
buildanautomaticactionlikepositioningaPTZ
off,thedebouncetimeisstarted.Duringthis
cameraorsendE-mails.Forthatfunctionality
debouncetimethevirtualinputisswitchedon.
BoschVideoManagementSystemprovidesa
Thisstatechangeisnotacceptedasanewevent
specificsetofcommands.CommandScriptsare
becauseithasthesamepriority.Afterthe
dividedintoClientScriptsandServerScripts.
debouncetimehaselapsed,thevirtualinputisin
ClientScriptsareusedonclientworkstationsto
anotherstate.Theswitch-ongetsthetimestamp
executecertaintasksthatcanrunonaclient
oftheendofthedebouncetimeandnonew
workstation.ServerScriptsareexecuted
debouncetimestarts.Example4dealswith
automaticallybyaneventthatwastriggeredinthe
eventswithdifferentprioritiescreatingdifferent
system.Theygetargumentsprovidedbytheevent
states:TheMotionDetectedeventoccursandthe
likedateandtime.ACommandScriptcanconsist
configureddebouncetimestarts.Duringthistime
ofseveralscriptlets.YoucancreateaCommand
theMotionStoppedeventwithahigherpriority
Scriptusingthefollowingscriptinglanguages:C#,
occurs.TheMotionStoppedeventisacceptedas
VB.Net.CommandScriptsareexecutedin
aneweventbutthedebouncetimedoesnotstart
responsetoeventsoralarmsautomatically
again.Example5alsodealswitheventswith
accordingtoaschedule(ServerScriptsonly),
differentprioritiescreatingdifferentstates:The
manuallyfromtheLogicalTree,ormanuallyfrom
stateofavirtualinputisoff.Thestatepriorityfor
iconsoronmaps.
switchedonis"5",forswitchedoffis"2".Ata
CompoundEvent specificpointintime,thevirtualinputisswitched
Combinationofdifferentevents.Thecombination on(prio"5"),thedebouncetimeisstarted.During
usesBooleanexpressions,i.e.ANDandOR.You thisdebouncetimethevirtualinputisswitched
cancombineonlystatechanges,forexamplethe off(prio"2").Thisstatechangeisacceptedasa
changeofaconnectionstatetodisconnectedor neweventbecauseithasahigherpriority.The
theactivationofaschedule. debouncetimeofthefirstswitch-oniscontinued.
Debouncetime Furtherstatechangesarenotacceptedduring
thisdebouncetime.
Timeperiodstartingwiththeoccurrenceofan
event.Duringthistimeperiodusuallynoother Decoder
eventofthesametypeisaccepted.Thisprevents Changesadigitalstreamtoananalogstream,e.g.,
forexamplethataswitchingsensorcreatesa todisplaydigitalvideoonaanalogmonitor.
largenumberofevents.Foreventswithseveral DeviceFamily
states,youcanconfigureadifferentpriority
Boschencoders/IPcamerascanbelongtooneof
settingforeachstate.Thefollowingexamples
thefollowingdevicefamilies:DeviceFamily1,
helpyouingettingadeeperunderstandingofthe
DeviceFamily2,DeviceFamily3.Devicesof
conceptofdebouncetime.Example1dealswith
DeviceFamily1canonlyrecordstream1.Devices
eventscreatingthesamestate:TheSystemInfo
ofDeviceFamily2canrecordstream1orstream
eventoccursandtheconfigureddebouncetime
2.DevicesofDeviceFamily3canrecordstream1,
starts.DuringthistimeanotherSystemInfoevent
stream2orI-Frameonly.
occurs.ThisSystemInfoeventisnotacceptedas
anewevent.Example2dealswitheventscreating DeviceTree
differentstateswiththesamepriority:AMotion Hierarchicallistofalltheavailabledevicesinthe
Detectedeventoccursandtheconfigured system.
debouncetimestarts.Duringthistime,the
MotionStoppedeventwiththesamepriority

Dewarping Dualstreaming
Theuseofsoftwaretoconvertacircularimage Dualstreamingallowsanincomingdatastreamto
fromafisheyelenswithradialdistortiontoa beencodedsimultaneouslyaccordingtotwo
rectilinearimagefornormalviewing(dewarpingis different,individuallyconfiguredsettings.This
thecorrectionofdistortion). createstwodatastreams:oneforliveandpre-
DNS eventrecording,theotherforcontinuous,motion,
andalarmrecording.
DomainNameSystem.ADNSserverconvertsa
URL(www.myDevice.com,forexample)intoanIP Duplex
addressonnetworksthatusetheTCP/IP Termusedtodefinethedirectionofdata
protocol. transmissionbetweentwoparties.Half-duplex
DTP allowsdatatransmissioninbothdirectionsbut
notsimultaneously.Full-duplexallows
ADTPdevice(DataTransformProcessor)
simultaneousdatatransmission.
transformsserialdataofATMdevicestoadefined
dataformatandsendsthesedataviaEthernetto DVR
BoschVMS.Youmustensurethata DigitalVideoRecorder
transformationfilterissetontheDTPdevice.This Dwelltime
taskisperformedwithaseparatesoftwarefrom
Presetamountoftimeacameraisdisplayedinan
themanufactureroftheDTPdevice.
Imagewindowuntilthenextcameraisdisplayed
Dualauthorization duringacamerasequence.
Securitypolicythatrequirestwodifferentusersto DWF
logontotheOperatorClient.Boththeusersmust
DesignWebFormat.Usedtodisplaytechnical
bememberofanormalBoschVideoManagement
drawingsonacomputermonitor.
Systemusergroup.Thisusergroup(ortheseuser
groupsiftheusersaremembersofdifferentuser DynDNS
groups)mustbepartofadualauthorization DynamicDomainNameSystem.ADNShost
group.Adualauthorizationgrouphasitsown servicethatholdsIPaddressesreadyina
accessrightswithinBoschVideoManagement database.DynamicDNSallowsyoutoconnectto
System.Thisdualauthorizationgroupshouldhave thedeviceviatheInternetusingthehostnameof
moreaccessrightsthanthenormalusergroup thedevice.SeeDNS.
thattheuserbelongsto.Example:UserAis Edgedewarping
memberofausergroupcalledGroupA.UserBis
Dewarpingperformedinthecameraitself.
memberofGroupB.Additionallyadual
Encoder
authorizationgroupisconfiguredwithGroupA
andGroupBasmembers.FortheusersofGroup Changesananalogstreamtoadigitalstream,e.g.,
A,dualauthorizationisoptional,forusersof tointegrateanalogcamerasinadigitalsystemlike
GroupBitismandatory.WhenuserAlogson,a BoschVideoManagementSystem.Someencoders
seconddialogboxforconfirmingthelogonis canhavealocalstoragelikeaflashcard,aUSB
displayed.Inthisdialogbox,asecondusercan harddisk,ortheycanstoretheirvideodataon
logonifheisavailable.Ifnot,userAcancontinue iSCSIdevices.IPcamerashaveanencoderbuilt
andstarttheOperatorClient.Hethenhasonly in.
theaccessrightsofGroupA.WhenuserBlogs EnterpriseAccess
on,againaseconddialogboxforloggingonis
ConsistsofoneormoreEnterpriseAccounts.
displayed.Inthisdialogbox,asecondusermust
EachEnterpriseAccountcontainsdevice
logon.Ifnot,userBcannotstarttheOperator
permissionstodevicesofaparticular
Client.
ManagementServer.

EnterpriseAccount GSM
AuthorizationthatenablesanOperatorClientto GlobalSystemforMobileCommunication.
connecttothedevicesofaManagementServer Standardfordigitalmobilephones.
beingpartofanEnterpriseSystem.Inan H.264
EnterpriseAccount,allpermissionsforthe
Standardforencoding(compressing)digitalaudio
devicesofthisManagementServerare
andvideoformultimediaapplications.This
configured.OperatorClientcansimultaneously
standardincludesdifferentprofilesthatcanbe
connecttoallManagementServercomputersthat
manufacturer-dependent.Thefollowingprofiles
arepartofthisEnterpriseSystem.Thisaccessis
areavailable:Baseline,Baseline+,MainProfile.
eithercontrolledbythemembershiptoan
Baseline(notusedinBoschVideoManagement
EnterpriseUserGroup,andiscontrolledbythe
System)supports2CIF.Baseline+supports4CIF
devicepermissionsconfiguredintheEnterprise
andprovidesabetterimagequalitythanBaseline.
AccountforthisManagementServer.
MainProfilesupports4CIFandprovidesahigh
EnterpriseManagementServer efficientcompressionalgorithmcalledCABAC
BoschVMSManagementServerhostingthe (Context-adaptivebinaryarithmeticcoding).This
configurationofEnterpriseUsergroups.Youneed servesforhighqualityencodingforstorage.
oneormoreEnterpriseUsergroupsreferringto Hotspot
oneormoreserverscomputers.Therolesof
Mousesensitiveiconinmapthatisconfiguredin
EnterpriseManagementServerandManagement
ConfigurationClient.Hotspotsarecameras,
Servercanbecombinedinoneconfiguration.
relays,CommandScripts.Theuserusesitfor
EnterpriseSystem localizingandselectingadeviceinabuilding.
FeatureofBoschVideoManagementSystemthat Imagepane
allowsauserofOperatorClienttoaccess
Usedfordisplayingliveandrecordedvideoofa
multipleManagementServercomputers
singlecamera,amap,oranHTMLfile.
simultaneously.
Imagepanebar
EnterpriseUserGroup
ToolbarofanImagepane.
UsergroupthatisconfiguredonanEnterprise
ManagementServer.Definestheusersthatare Imagewindow
authorizedtoaccessmultipleManagementServer ContainerforImagepanes,structuredbyan
computerssimultaneously.Definestheoperating Imagewindowpattern.
permissionsavailablefortheseusers. Instantplayback
Event Playstherecordedimageoftheselectedcamera
Acircumstanceorstatethatislinkedtoanalarm inanImagepaneonthelivescreen.Thestarttime
and/oranaction.Eventscanarisefrommany (numberofsecondsinthepast,orrewindtime)
sourcessuchascameras,archivers,directories, canbeconfigured.
digitalinputs,etc.Theycanincludestart- Intercomfunctionality
recordingstates,lossofsignalstates,diskfull
Usedtotalkontheloudspeakersofanencoder.
messages,userlogons,digitalinputtriggers,etc.
Thisencodermusthaveaudio-inandaudio-out.
EventTree TheIntercomfunctionalitycanbegrantedper
usergroup.
FailoverVRM IPS
SoftwareintheBoschVMSenvironment.Takes Imagespersecond.Numberofvideoimages
overthetaskoftheassignedPrimaryVRMor transmittedorrecordedpersecond.
SecondaryVRMincaseoffailure.

IQN JPEG
iSCSIQualifiedName.TheinitiatornameinIQN JointPhotographicExpertsGroup.Encoding
formatisusedforprovisioningaddressesforboth processforstillimages.
iSCSIinitiatorsandtargets.WithIQNmapping LDAP
youcreateaninitiatorgroupthatcontrolsthe
LightweightDirectoryAccessProtocol.Network
accesstotheLUNsonaniSCSItargetandyou
protocolrunningoverTCP/IPthatallows
writetheinitiatornamesofeachencoderandthe
accessingdirectories.Adirectorycanbefor
VRMintothisinitiatorgroup.Onlythedevices
examplealistofusergroupsandtheiraccess
whoseinitiatornamesareaddedtoaninitiator
rights.BoschVideoManagementSystemusesitto
grouparepermittedtoaccessaLUN.SeeLUN
getaccesstothesameusergroupsasMS
andseeiSCSI.
Windowsoranotherenterpriseusermanagement
iSCSI system.
InternetSmallComputerSystemInterface. LiveMode
ProtocolthatmanagesstorageviaaTCP/IP
network.iSCSIenablesaccesstostoreddata
fromeverywhereinthenetwork.Especiallywith Logbook
theadventofGigabitEthernet,ithasbecome ContainerforloggingalleventsinBoschVideo
affordabletoattachiSCSIstorageserverssimply ManagementSystem.
asremoteharddiskstoacomputernetwork.In Logicalnumber
iSCSIterminology,theserverprovidingstorage
LogicalnumbersareuniqueIDsassignedtoeach
resourcesiscalledaniSCSItarget,whilethe
deviceinthesystemforeaseofreference.Logical
clientconnectingtotheserverandaccessingthe
numbersareonlyuniquewithinaparticulardevice
resourcesoftheserveriscallediSCSIinitiator.
type.TypicaluseoflogicalnumbersareCommand
IVA Scripts.
IntelligentVideoAnalysis.Algorithmthatdetects LogicalTree
specificpropertiesandthebehaviorofobjectsin
Treewithacustomizedstructureofallthe
ascenemonitoredbyavideocameraandfrom
devices.TheLogicalTreeisusedintheOperator
thisgeneratesalarmeventsthat,inturn,canbe
Clienttoselectcamerasandotherdevices.Inthe
processedinaCCTVsystem.RecordingwithIVA
ConfigurationClient,the"FullLogicalTree"is
settingsactivatedisapreconditiontobeableto
configured(ontheMapsandStructurepage)and
selectivelyandquicklysearchthroughvideo
tailoredforeachusergroup(ontheUserGroups
materiallater.IVAmakesitpossibletocapture
page).
andevaluatedirectionalmovementofobjectsin
LUN
suchawaythatfalsealarmsarepreventedtoa
largeextent.IVAadaptsautomaticallytochanging LogicalUnitNumber.UsedintheiSCSI
environmentalconditionsandisthereforelargely environmenttoaddressanindividualdiskdriveor
non-sensitivetoperturbinginfluencessuchasrain avirtualpartition(volume).Thepartitionispartof
andtreemovement.Especiallywhenusedfor aRAIDdiskarray(theiSCSItarget).
forensicsearch,IVAallowsforfilteringmoving ManagementServer
objectsbytheircolorspecifications.Withtheaid
BoschVMSservermanagingdevices.
ofIVAalgorithmextensivevideomaterialcanbe
MasterControlSoftware
searchedselectivelyforobjectswithspecificcolor
properties. SoftwareusedasinterfacebetweenBoschVideo
ManagementSystemandanAllegiantdevice.
JPEG
Version2.8orgreaterisused.
JointPhotographicExpertGroup

MHT deploymentisusedforupdatingtheOperator
Alsocalled'WebArchive'.Fileformatthatcan ClientsfromtheManagementServer.Theupdate
saveallHTMLandimagefilesofanInternetsitein takesplaceifanewversionisstoredonthe
onefile.Toavoidproblemswerecommendto ManagementServerandwheneachuseris
createMHTfileswithInternetExplorer7.0or loggingontotheOperatorClient.Ifyouworkwith
higheronly. oneOperatorClientagainstmultipleManagement
Servercomputers,no-touchdeploymentusesonly
MirroredVRM
thesoftwareversionstoredontheManagement
SoftwareintheBoschVMSenvironment.Special ServerwheretheOperatorClienthaslastlogged
caseofaSecondaryVRM.Ensuresthatthe onsuccessfully.Whenyoutrytologontoanother
recordingperformedbyaPrimaryVRMsis ManagementServerwithadifferentapplication
additionallyandsimultaneouslyperformedto version,thisonedisplaystheManagementServer
anotheriSCSItargetwiththesamerecording asnotonlinebecausethesoftwareversionsdo
settings. notmatch.
MOV NVR
Fileextensionofthedefaultvideoformatusedby BoschNetworkVideoRecorder;computerinthe
QuickTimePlayerfromApple. BoschVideoManagementSystemstoringaudio
MPEG-4 andvideodata,actingasFailoverNVR,oras
MotionPictureExpertGroup.Standardfor RedundantNVR.ThisNVRisdifferentfromthe
encoding(compressing)digitalaudioandvideo VIDOSNVRwhichcanbeintegratedinBosch
formultimediaapplications. VideoManagementSystem.
MSS OID
MaximumSegmentSize.Thelargestamountof ObjectIdentifier.TermintheSNMPenvironment.
data,specifiedinbytes,thatacomputeror DeterminesaMIBvariable.
communicationsdevicecanhandleinasingle, ONVIF
unfragmentedpiece. OpenNetworkVideoInterfaceForum.Global
MTU standardfornetworkvideoproducts.ONVIF
MaximumTransmissionUnit.Describesthe conformantdevicesareabletoexchangelive
maximumamountofdata(inbytes)thatcanbe video,audio,metadata,andcontrolinformation
transferredwithoutbeingfragmented. andensurethattheyareautomaticallydiscovered
andconnectedtonetworkapplicationssuchas
Multicast
videomanagementsystems.
Communicationbetweenasingletransceiverand
OperatorClient
multiplereceiversonanetworkbydistributionof
asingledatastreamonthenetworktoanumber ComponentofBoschVideoManagementSystem
ofreceiversinadefinedgroup.Requirementfor thatprovidestheuserinterfaceforsystem
multicastoperationisamulticastcompliant monitoringandoperation.
networkwithimplementationoftheUDPprotocol OperatorClientworkstation
andtheIGMPprotocol. ComputerintheBoschVideoManagement
Networkmonitoring Systemenvironmentforviewingliveandplayback
Measurementofnetworkrelatedvaluesand videoandforconfigurationtasks.OperatorClient
evaluationofthesevaluesagainstconfigurable isinstalledonthiscomputer.
thresholds. OSD
No-touchdeployment On-screenDisplay:Menusareshownonthe
Methodforautomaticdownloading,installingand displaymonitor.
running.NETapplicationswithoutchangingthe Panoramiccamera
registryorsharedsystemcomponents.With Camerawitha360or180viewangle.
BoschVideoManagementSystem,no-touch
point connectionsonacomputernetwork.RADIUSis
Adetectiondevice,orgroupofdevicesconnected thede-factostandardforcentralauthenticationof
tothesecuritysystem.Pointsshowonthekeypad dial-upconnectionsviaModem,ISDN,VPN,
individuallyandwithcustomtext.Thetextmight WirelessLAN(see802.1x)andDSL.
describeasingledoor,motionsensor,smoke RAID
detector,oranareasuchasUPSTAIRSor Redundantarrayofindependentdisks.Usedfor
GARAGE. organizingtwoormoreharddisksasiftheywere
Port onedrive.Onsuchadrivedataissharedor
1)Oncomputerandtelecommunicationdevices,a replicated.Thisisusedtoachievegreater
port(noun)isgenerallyaspecificplaceforbeing capacity,reliability,andspeed.
physicallyconnectedtosomeotherdevice, RCP
usuallywithasocketandplugofsomekind. RemoteControlProtocol
Typically,apersonalcomputerisprovidedwith
RecordingSchedule
oneormoreserialportsandusuallyoneparallel
port.2)Inprogramming,aport(noun)isa"logical Usedforschedulingrecordingandforscheduling
connectionplace"andspecifically,usingthe someeventslikestartingbackuporlimitinglog
Internetprotocol,TCP/IP,thewayaclient on.RecordingSchedulescannothavegapsor
programspecifiesaparticularserverprogramona overlaps.Italsodeterminesthevideorecording
computerinanetwork.Higher-levelapplications quality.
thatuseTCP/IPsuchastheWebprotocol, Referenceimage
HypertextTransferProtocol,haveportswith Areferenceimageiscontinuouslycomparedwith
preassignednumbers.Theseareknownas"well- thecurrentvideoimage.Ifthecurrentvideo
knownports"thathavebeenassignedbythe imageinthemarkedareasdiffersfromthe
InternetAssignedNumbersAuthority(IANA). referenceimage,analarmistriggered.Thisallows
Otherapplicationprocessesaregivenport youtodetecttamperingthatwouldotherwisenot
numbersdynamicallyforeachconnection.Whena bedetected,forexampleifthecameraisturned.
service(serverprogram)initiallyisstarted,itis
Rewindtime
saidtobindtoitsdesignatedportnumber.Asany
NumberofsecondsinthepastwhenanImage
clientprogramwantstousethatserver,italso
paneisswitchedtoinstantplayback.
mustrequesttobindtothedesignatedport
number.Portnumbersarefrom0to65535.Ports ROI
1to1023arereservedforusebycertain RegionofInterest.IntendeduseofROIistosave
privilegedservices.FortheHTTPservice,port80 bandwidthwhenzoomingintoasectionofthe
isdefinedasadefaultanditdoesnothavetobe cameraimagewithafixedHDcamera.This
specifiedintheUniformResourceLocator(URL). sectionbehaveslikeaPTZcamera.
Portmapping RTP
Portmappingallowsremotecomputersto Real-TimeTransportProtocol;atransmission
connecttoaspecificcomputerorservicewithina protocolforreal-timevideoandaudio
privatelocalareanetwork(LAN).
RTSP
POS
RealTimeStreamingProtocol.Anetworkprotocol
Pointofsale. whichallowstocontrolthecontinuous
PTZcamera transmissionofaudio-visualdataorsoftwareover
IP-basednetworks.
Camerawithpan,tilt,andzoomfunction.
SecondaryVRM
RADIUSserver
SoftwareintheBoschVMSenvironment.Ensures
RemoteAuthenticationDial-InUserService:a
thattherecordingperformedbyoneormultiple
client/serverprotocolfortheauthentication,
PrimaryVRMsisadditionallyandsimultaneously
authorizationandaccountingofuserswithdial-up

performedtoanotheriSCSItarget.Therecording Textdata
settingscandeviatefromthesettingsofthe DataofaPOSorATMlikedateandtimeorbank
PrimaryVRM. accountnumberstoredwiththecorresponding
ServerLookup videodatatoprovideadditionalinformationfor
AccessmethodforauserofConfigurationClient evaluation.
orOperatorClienttosequentiallyconnectto Timeline
multiplesystemaccesspoints.Asystemaccess PartoftheBoschVideoManagementSystemuser
pointcanbeaManagementServeroran interface.Displayslinesasgraphical
EnterpriseManagementServer. representationsoftherecordingsoftheselected
Skimming cameras.TheTimelineallowsyoutonavigate
Sabotageofafoyercardreader.Askimming throughrecordedvideos.
devicereadsthecarddataofthemagneticstripe Trap
withouttheknowledgeofthecardholder. TermintheSNMPenvironmentforan
SNMP unrequestedmessagefromamonitoreddevice
SimpleNetworkManagementProtocol.IPbased (agent)tothenetworkmonitoringsystem
protocolthatallowstogetinformationfrom (manager)aboutaneventinthisdevice.
networkingdevices(GET),tosetparameterson Trunkline
networkdevices(SET)andtobenotifiedabout Analogoutputsofananalogmatrixthatare
certainevents(EVENT). connectedtoanencoderdevice.Therebymatrix
SNTP videosourcescanbeusedintheBoschVideo
SimpleNetworkTimeProtocolisasimplified ManagementSystem.
versionofNTP(seeNTP).SNTPcanbeusedwhen UDP
theultimateperformanceofthefullNTP UserDatagramProtocol.Aconnectionless
implementationdescribedinRFC1305isnot protocolusedtoexchangedataoveranIP
neededorjustified.SNTPversion4isdescribedin network.UDPismoreefficientthanTCPforvideo
RFC2030(seeRFC). transmissionbecauseofloweroverhead.
TaskSchedule URI
Usedforschedulingeventswhichcanoccurin UniformResourceIdentifier.Stringforidentifying
BoschVideoManagementSystem,forexample anetworkresorce.EachURIconsistsofscheme,
executingaCommandScript.InEventsyouassign authority,path,query,fragment.Onlyschemeand
TaskSchedulestoevents.Forschedulingevents fragmentaremandatory.Example:
youcanalsouseRecordingSchedules.Witha http:<scheme>//example.com<authority>/over/
standardTaskScheduleyouconfiguretime therepath>?name=ferret<query>#nose<fragment>
periodsforeverydayoftheweek,forholidays,
URL
andforexceptiondays.WitharecurringTask
Scheduleyouconfigurerecurringtimeperiods. UniformResourceLocator
Theycanrecureveryday,everyweek,every Usergroup
month,oreveryyear. Usergroupsareusedtodefinecommonuser
TCP/IP attributes,suchaspermissions,privilegesand
TransmissionControlProtocol/InternetProtocol. PTZpriority.Bybecomingamemberofagroup,a
AlsoknownasInternetprotocolsuite.Setof userautomaticallyinheritsalltheattributesofthe
communicationprotocolsusedtotransmitdata group.
overanIPnetwork. Videoresolution
Specificationofhorizontalandverticalpixels
transferredwithvideosignals.PAL:1CIF=352x
2882CIF=704x2884CIF=704x576QCIF=
176x144NTSC1CIF=352x2402CIF=704x
2404CIF=704x480QCIF=176x120HD720p=
encoded1280x7201080p=encoded1920x
1080
VideoStreamingGateway(VSG)
VirtualdevicethatallowsintegratingBosch
cameras,ONVIFcameras,JPEGcameras,RTSP
encoders.
VIDOSNVR
VIDOSNetworkVideoRecorder.Softwarethat
storestheaudioandvideodataofIPencoderson
aRAID5diskarrayoranyotherstoragemedium.
VIDOSNVRprovidesfunctionsforplaybackand
retrievaloftherecordedvideo.Youcanintegrate
camerasinyourBoschVideoManagementSystem
thatareconnectedtoaVIDOSNVRcomputer.
Virtualinput
Usedforforwardingeventsfromthird-party
systemstoBoschVideoManagementSystem.
VRM
VideoRecordingManager.Softwarepackagein
BoschVideoManagementSystemwhichmanages
storingvideo(MPEG-4SH++andH.264)with
audiodataandmetadataoniSCSIdevicesinthe
network.VRMmaintainsadatabasecontainingthe
recordingsourceinformationandalistof
associatediSCSIdrives.VRMisrealizedasa
servicerunningonacomputerintheBoschVideo
ManagementSystemnetwork.VRMdoesnotstore
videodataitselfbutdistributesstoragecapacities
oniSCSIdevicestotheencoders,whilehandling
loadbalancingbetweenmultipleiSCSIdevices.
VRMstreamsplaybackfromiSCSItoOperator
Clients.
WAN
WideAreaNetwork.



BoschVideoManagementSystem Index|en 353
Index
A analogmonitorgroup17,138,140,146,203,218,222
accessdenied
AllegiantCCLemulation 235 ,312,315
accessingtheHelp 14 add 140
acquirePTZcontrol 190 controlledbyworkstations 146,203
activate 191 default 140
BoschVideoManagementSystem 92 initialcamera 146
previousconfiguration 192 OSD 146
activation 93,194 quadview 146
configuration 191 singleview 146
delayed 191,201 startupcamera 146
ActivationKey 203,289 ANR 100,131,300
addBoschAllegiantinputalarm 196 ANSI 28
addBoschATM/POSbridge 195 ASF 329
addBVIPdecoder 139 aspectratio16/9 187
addBVIPencoder 47,139,219,220,241,242 ATMPOSdevice 138
addencoder 77,124 AudioIntercomfunctionality 329
addpool AuthorizationNumber 203
VRM 119 automaticalarmpopupbehavior 45
addtextdatatocontinuousrecording 310 automaticdisplayofalarms 45
addVRM 76,116 automaticlogoff 204
additionaldata automaticrecordingmode 240
textdata 50 automaticrelogon 191
AE-responsespeed 276 automaticrestart 191
alarmmap 312 B
alarmpriority 190 backlightcompensation 276
alarmrecording 178,179,312 basicconfiguration 120
alarmrecordingmode 166,301 BoschIntuiKeykeyboard64,65,68,138,143,216,233
alarmrecordingtime(NVR) 312 BoschScriptAPIhelp 180
alarmsequence 178,312 BoschVideoManagementSystem 17
alarms activate 92
sortorder 312 GUIlanguage 334
Allegiant licensing 92
CCLemulation 138,149 OnlineHelp 14
controlchannel 71,73 overview 17
firmwareversion 64 update 333
NetworkHostprogram 72 BVIPdecoder 98,128
PTZcamera 300 add 139
SatelliteSystem 73 BVIPdevice
toomanycameras 335 password 130,259
AllegiantCCLcommands 73 Webpage 259
AllegiantCCLemulation 50 BVIPencoder 98,128
accessdenied 235 add 47,139
AllegiantCCLEmulationpage 235 BVIPencoder:add 219,220,241,242
Allegiantfile 335
Allegiantmatrix 138,144,214
all-in-onesystem 22
analogmatrix 214
354 en|Index BoschVideoManagementSystem
C D
CABAC 305 datasheet 19
cameraround 291 DCZkeyboard 141,233
cameraround 153,293 decoder
camerasequence 291 BoschIntuiKeykeyboard 143
camerasequence 153,293 decoder:destinationpassword 130
CCLemulation 149 decoupled 51
CCTVkeyboard 141 defaultanalogmonitorgroup 140
connectionloss 334 defaultconfiguration 120
changeIPaddress 129,145,209,210 defaultIPaddress 209
changenetworkaddress 129,145 defaultpassword 191,202
changepassword 122,130,259,320 delayedactivation 191,201
changepool 243 deleteuser 320
Changesinlightlevel 273 destinationpassword 130
CHAPpassword 239 devicecapabilities
characterencoding 28 update 98,128
chatteringsensors 173,177 deviceidentification 261
ClientCommandScript devicemonitor 194
alarmaccepted 315 devicename 261
executedonstartup 145,181,182 devicereplacement 94,95
CLLcommands 50 DeviceTree 207,291
codecs 166 Devicespane 291
CommandScript 291 deviceswithoutpasswordprotection 191
BoschScriptAPIhelp 180 DiBos
export 181 version 64
import 181 DiBosdevice 138
CommandScript 153 digitalkeyboard 141
CommercialTypeNumber 202 digitalvideorecorder 138
CompatibilityMode 53 disableenforcedpasswordprotection 202
CompoundEvents 175,307 disconnected 51
configurationdata domecamera 169,305
export 192 DSAE-Series 120,244
configurationdatatoOPC DTP3N 229
export 193 dualauthorization 321,322
ConfigurationWizard dualrecording 33,123,170
MobileVideoService 22 dualstreaming 217
configureVRMrecording 196 duplicateIPaddresses 209
connecting duplicatinganevent 174
AllegiantmatrixandBoschVMS 69 DVRdevice 46
BoschIntuiKeykeyboardandBoschVMS 65 DynDNS 28
connectionstring 203
controlofacamera 166,197
copyandpaste 164
crash
ConfigurationClient 335
OperatorClient 335
create
CommandScript 180
customizedevents 175,307

E H
E-maildevice 138 H.264 305
emptypassword 191 H.264deblockingfilter 305
encoder HDcameras 187
add 77,124 help 14
Webpage 259 holidays 161
encoder:failoverrecordingmode 128 hotspots 291
encodingonNVRs 207 HTMLfiles 291
enforcedpasswordprotection 202
I
EnterpriseManagementServer 332
I/Omodules 138
EnterpriseSystem 22,102,107,112
identification 261
examples 195
import
addBoschAllegiantinputalarm 196
CommandScript 181
addBoschATM/POSbridge 195
resourcefiles 152
configureVRMrecording 196
inactivity 204
exceptiondays 161
IndependentOperatorClient 51
export
initialcamera 222
ASF 329
Initiatorextension 261
CameraTable 165
Initiatorname 261
CommandScript 181
Intercomfunctionality 329
configurationdata 192
interfacesettings
configurationdatatoOPC 193
VIPXD 143
exportServerList 28
intrusionpanel 236,237
F IntuiKeykeyboard 141
failoverrecordingmode 240 IPaddress
encoder 128 change 129,145,209,210
FailoverVRM 33,118,257 duplicates 209
Falsealarms 273 iPad 150,236
filtering 207,210,291,298,307,309,311,318 iPhone 150,236
finding IQNmapping 120
devices 207,210,291,298,307,309,311,318 iSCSIdevice 120
informationintheHelp 14 iSCSIpassword 239
Firewall 250 iSCSIstoragepool 31,237
firmwareupgrade iSCSIstoragesystem 31
BoschIntuiKeykeyboard 68
K
ForensicSearch 145,197,216,217
KBDUniversalXFkeyboard 64,65,138,216
G
gaincontrol 276
globalalarmsettings 177
globaldefaultpassword 90,191,202
GUIlanguage 334

L P
language 334 panoramiccamera
ConfigurationClient 203 viewingmodes 58
OperatorClient 319 password 130,259
license 93 passwordchange 122,130,259,320
Licenses 289 passwordmissing 191
licensing peripheraldevice 138
BoschVideoManagementSystem 92 permissions 151,291
ConfigWizard 90 pool
Stratusserver 92 change 243
linktomap 156 movedevice 121,125,134
logfileinformation 283 VRM 119,243
Logbookdatabase 203 pooling 31,237
connectionstring 203 portforwarding 28
logging 173,174,177,239 portmapping 28,204
loggingONVIFevents 341 post-alarmtime 301
LogicalTree 151,315 post-eventtime 166,301
post-eventtime 303
M
pre-alarmtime 301
malfunctionrelay 49
pre-eventtime 166,301
ManagementServer 19,22,51
pre-eventtime 303
manualrecording 53,178,312
previousconfiguration 192
manualrecordingtime(NVR) 312
PrimaryFailoverVRM 118
maplink 156
PrimaryVRM 33,117,257
maps 291
printingtheHelp 14
menucommands 199
profile 304
MobileVideoService 22,46
protectalarmrecording 179
movedevice 121,125,134
PTZblocking 190,324,330
multimonitormode 187
PTZcamera 169,305
multicast 250
Allegiant 300
multi-select 151
PTZcontrol
N blocking 190,324,330
networkaddress push-to-talk 329
change 129,145
Q
networkmonitoringdevice 138
quadview 146,223
networkscan 209
QualityofService 288
newDiBosdevices 143,213
nightmode 277
nopassword 191
noisereduction 277
NVR 19
O
offline 51,320
OfflineMode 50
onlineapplicationHelp 14
ONVIFlogging 341
ONVIFMediaprofile 299
OPCServer 333
OperatorClient 17,151

R S
RAMrecording 301 scan
recordingmode acrosssubnets 203
automatic 240 encoders 256
failover 240 insubnets 203
Recordingpreferences 271 liveonlyencoders 256
recordingquality 304 localstorageencoders 256
recordingsettings 55 VRM 257
RecordingTable 298 scanforconflictingIPaddresses 209
redundantrecording 33 scannetwork 209
RedundantVRM 33,118,257 scheduledrecordingsettings 55
Reflectionsoflight 273 SecondaryFailoverVRM 118
refreshstates 199,210 secondaryrecording 123,170
RegionofInterest 47,169,299,323 SecondaryVRM 33,117,257
relay sequence 293
malfunction 49 ServerID 95
ReleaseNotes 19 Serverinitiatorname 238
remoteaccess 28,102,108,112,114,204 ServerList
Remoteexport 53 addcolumns 102,108,112,114
removeuser 320 csvexport 28
replacecontent 152 deletecolumns 102,108,112,114
resourcefiles ServerLookup 114
import 152 ServerNetwork 101,107,112,114,115
resourcefiles 152 sharpness 277
ROI 47,169,299,323 shutter 277
routedaccess 208 SMSdevice 138
SNMPsettings 205
SNMPtraps
get 205
send 205
softwarepackage 93
softwareupdate 333
sortorder
alarms 312
Sourcetype 262
states 199,210
status 194
Stratusserver
licensing 92
stream 302
synchronization 100
systemaccess 21
systemrequirements 19
systemstructures 20

T
Targetdatarate 304
timeserver 100
timesynchronization 100
timezone 16
toomanyAllegiantcameras 335
transcodingservice 150,236
triggertextdatarecording 179
U
unreliablenetwork 236
update 333
devicecapabilities 98,128
user
delete 320
remove 320
usereventbutton 174,175
UTF-8 28
V
VCA 271
VCR 262
VideoStreamingGateway 138
VIDOSNVR 79,142
viewingmodesofpanoramiccamera 58
VIPX1600XFM4 305
VIPXD 64
half-duplexmode 143
interfacesettings 143
quadview 146
virtualinput 138
VPN 28
VRM
add 76,116
addpool 119
Failover 33,118,257
pool 119,243
Primary 33,117,257
PrimaryFailover 118
Redundant 33,118,257
Secondary 33,117,257
SecondaryFailover 118
VRMstoragepool 31,237
W
WAN 28,204
Webclient 150
WLAN 150,236
workstation 146,203



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