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TKH security works non-stop to improve her products. For the most recent technical information please contact your consultant or dealer.","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"}]},{"type":"rule"},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":1},"content":[{"text":"1 Introduction","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"This manual describes the features of the integration of video images in iProtect. Currently, iProtect supports","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"integration with video by the following methods:","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"Direct integration of IP-camera’s into iProtect. This is a very basic integration for up to 4 cameras of selected","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"models.","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"Integration with the VDG Sense video management software","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"Integration with several products from the Milestone XProtect video management software suite.","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"In general, the video integration in iProtect provides the following functionalities:","type":"text"}]},{"type":"bulletList","content":[{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Live video streams","type":"text"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Historic video streams","type":"text"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Historic video clip related to security events","type":"text"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"PTZ-control","type":"text"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Preset positioning","type":"text"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Layout control on Videowall","type":"text"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Video content analysis events:","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"o License plate recognition","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"o Face recognition","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"o Trip wire","type":"text"}]}]}]},{"type":"rule"},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":1},"content":[{"text":"2 Configuration","type":"text"}]},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":2},"content":[{"text":"2.1 Video network","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Video streams can claim high band widths and interfere with other IP-traffic on the network. Therefore, it is","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"advised to connect the cameras and Network Video Server to a separate network/VLAN. Most of the IP-video traffic will be contained tot his video network and not interfere with other IP-traffic.","type":"text"}]},{"type":"mediaSingle","attrs":{"layout":"center","width":100.0},"content":[{"type":"media","attrs":{"width":521,"id":"e8a175c1-ff71-4732-bc40-4d51f20e4947","collection":"contentId-9171079591","type":"file","height":344}}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"The office network, technical network and video network must be structured separately to ensure sufficient","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"bandwidth for the various connections.","type":"text"}]},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":2},"content":[{"text":"2.2 iNVR","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"The iProtect component that is responsible for the integration with video is the iNVR (iProtect Network Video Recorder). It is a separate component that can run on the iProtect server itself, or on a separate iPuntu or Windows server.","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"The iNVR takes care of the communication with the video devices (camera’s and NVR’s). This means setting","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"up the connection, authentication, PTZ control, event generation, etc. Besides this, the iNVR can store the","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"video images onto the hard disk for replay purposes.","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"In iProtect the iNVR is configured as a node and is (logically) attached to a nodemanager. This can be a","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"nodemanager that runs on a controller (IPU-8, Polyx, Pluto, Apollo, ApolloN) or a nodemanager that runs on","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"the iProtect server itself.","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"By default, the iNVR is a service that is not running in iProtect and should be enabled before it can be","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"configured.","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"For the configuration of the iNVR parameters in iProtect see paragraph 3.3","type":"text"}]},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":2},"content":[{"text":"2.2.1 Enabling iNVR on iProtect server","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"The iNVR service can be enabled on the iProtect server through the Maintenance interface (Serverbox).","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Maintenance Page | iProtect | Services | Configuration | Video","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"By setting the Video service to Yes (and not changing the other options) the iNVR is enabled at the next restart of the user interface. This can be restarted through:","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Maintenance Page | iProtect | Services | General | Restart User Interface","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Now the iNVR can be configured in iProtect.","type":"text"}]},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":2},"content":[{"text":"2.2.2 Enabling iNVR on Separate server","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"It is also possible to run the iNVR on a separate iPuntu server, next to the iProtect server. This could be a","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"solution if you want the iNVR to store large amounts of video images.","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"In that case, the same iPuntu and iProtect versions should be installed on this server, but only the iNVR","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"process should be running.","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"To achieve this the following procedure can be followed:","type":"text"}]},{"type":"orderedList","attrs":{"order":1},"content":[{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Install the correct iProtect version and iPuntu Service Pack","type":"text"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"On the Maintenance page | iProtect | Services | Configuration","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"a. Set Database to remote and enter the IP-address of the iProtect server","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"b. Set Video to Yes","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"c. Set User Interface to No","type":"text"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Now stop the database","type":"text"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Restart the User interface","type":"text"}]}]}]},{"type":"table","attrs":{"layout":"default","localId":"7e0bedd8-d14a-4bfc-a1c5-a178a552ef16"},"content":[{"type":"tableRow","content":[{"type":"tableCell","attrs":{"colspan":1,"rowspan":1,"colwidth":[680.0]},"content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"NOTE ","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"strong"}]},{"text":"Make sure that the port number for the communication with the iNVR is set to 4040","type":"text"}]}]}]}]},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":2},"content":[{"text":"2.2.3 Enabling iNVR on Windows server","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"In situations where an iProtect system is integrated with several Sense and/or Milestone video servers, which","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"are located on different locations, it can be a good solution to install the iNVR on these video servers. For this purpose, an iNVR-installer for Windows is available. The installation process is straight forward and after the installation the iNVR will run as a service on the Windows machine.","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"To communicate with the node manager a data encryption key is needed. Download the encryption key from the iProtect maintenance page, place it in the same folder as the iNVR windows installer. Run the installer, the key will also automatically be installed.","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"The iNVR service receives messages from the iProtect system, and therefore it might be required to open the","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"TCP/IP port involved (usually port 4040) on the Windows firewall.","type":"text"}]},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":2},"content":[{"text":"2.3 Data paths","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"With respect to the integration of the video functionality in iProtect we can identify several different data","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"streams: Live video, Recorded video, Control commands and Events. Each data stream can follow a","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"different path through the system and different components can be involved. This can make the total setup","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"rather complex. The diagrams below should give more insights in the different data paths.","type":"text"}]},{"type":"mediaSingle","attrs":{"layout":"center","width":100.0},"content":[{"type":"media","attrs":{"width":497,"id":"6209a8c4-be3a-478a-9f96-0e54950d5739","collection":"contentId-9171079591","type":"file","height":292}}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"For live video the Web browser receives the video streams from the iProtect iNVR, via the Tomcat service.","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"And the iNVR in receives the live video images directly from the camera’s (if they are connected to the iNVR)","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"and from the Sense NVR (if the cameras are connected to the Sense system). The Tomcat web server","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"connects to TCP port 4040 on the iNVR. This is the default port and can be changed, if necessary. Usually,","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"the camera’s and the Sense system are connected over TCP port 80.","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"The iNVR acts as a sort of video gateway in the network. Even if the camera’s and the Sense system are","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"located in a network that is not accessible from the web browser, the live images can be viewed via the","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"iNVR.","type":"text"}]},{"type":"mediaSingle","attrs":{"layout":"center","width":100.0},"content":[{"type":"media","attrs":{"width":508,"id":"fd51a8de-51c3-4422-8a74-069d3e231368","collection":"contentId-9171079591","type":"file","height":278}}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"When video images from camera’s that are directly connected to the iNVR need to be stored, these images","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"are stored on the iNVR itself. When recorded video needs to be displayed in the user interface, the iNVR","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"provides these images. In case the cameras are connected to the Sense system, the images are stored there.","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"Still, the recorded images are served by the iNVR to the user interface. For recorded images the system uses","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"the","type":"text"}]},{"type":"mediaSingle","attrs":{"layout":"center","width":100.0},"content":[{"type":"media","attrs":{"width":497,"id":"6bc94822-b08b-4661-9c1d-5d106b33f13a","collection":"contentId-9171079591","type":"file","height":277}}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Like with all nodes in iProtect, the configuration of the node (in this case the iNVR) and the events generated","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"by the node, are handled by the Node Manager. 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Events follow the same route back and use TCP port 20100.","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"Communication between the node manager and the iNVR uses TCP port 19000.","type":"text"}]},{"type":"mediaSingle","attrs":{"layout":"center","width":100.0},"content":[{"type":"media","attrs":{"width":507,"id":"0f77da3f-840c-4b6d-ab97-68264dac5649","collection":"contentId-9171079591","type":"file","height":329}}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"For certain camera’s, the viewing direction can be controlled via the network (Pan, Tilt, Zoom, PTZ). In iProtect,","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"this functionality can be used in two ways:","type":"text"}]},{"type":"bulletList","content":[{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Live PTZ control from the Web Browser (via TCP post 4040)","type":"text"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Pre-programmed PTZ positions in response to events in the iProtect system. (via TCP port 19000)","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"}]}]}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"For both cases, the PTZ control commands are sent from the iNVR to the camera’s or to the Sense system.","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"The iNVR receives these commands either from the Tomcat server, which services the Web interface of","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"iProtect, or from the nodemanager. From the user interface also a discovery can be started to detect connected camera’s and macros on de Sense system.","type":"text"}]},{"type":"rule"},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":1},"content":[{"text":"3 Programming","type":"text"}]},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":2},"content":[{"text":"3.1 Browser settings","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Because the images that are shown in de GUI can have a different origin as the GUI itself, it can be necessary","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"that some settings of the web browser are modified.","type":"text"}]},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":2},"content":[{"text":"3.1.1 Google Chrome","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Follow the below steps to enter the right settings:","type":"text"}]},{"type":"orderedList","attrs":{"order":1},"content":[{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Open the Google Chrome browser.","type":"text"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Go to “Menu” > “Settings” > “Advanced” > “Open proxy settings”.","type":"text"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Then go to “Security” > “Local intranet” > “Sites” > “Advanced”.","type":"text"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Enter the iProtect URL and the URLs of all video management servers.","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"Example","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"• ","type":"text"},{"text":"https://192.168.1.1","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"href":"https://192.168.1.1"}}]},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"• ","type":"text"},{"text":"http://192.168.2.2","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"href":"http://192.168.2.2"}}]},{"text":" (Sense of Milestone NVR)","type":"text"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Click on “Close”.","type":"text"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Click on “OK”.","type":"text"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Under Local intranet, select “Modified level”.","type":"text"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Select “Access data sources across domains” and choose “Enable”.","type":"text"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Select “Display mixed content” and choose “Enable”.","type":"text"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Now click twice on “OK”, close the browser and restart it.","type":"text"}]}]}]},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":2},"content":[{"text":"3.1.2 Internet Explorer","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Follow the below steps to enter the right settings:","type":"text"}]},{"type":"orderedList","attrs":{"order":1},"content":[{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Open the Internet Explorer browser.","type":"text"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Go to “Tools” > “Internet options” > “Security” > “Local intranet”.","type":"text"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Select “Websites” and go to “Advanced”.","type":"text"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Now follow the steps as described in section 3.2.1 point 4.","type":"text"}]}]}]},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":2},"content":[{"text":"3.2 General System settings","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"iProtect has several default settings regarding the video integration that can be configured.","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Select the following menu item:","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Installation | Settings | General settings","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Here are several settings that involve the video integration. These settings are system wide, for all users.","type":"text"}]},{"type":"bulletList","content":[{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Camera","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"strong"}]},{"text":": This item contains the following settings:","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"o Show event in overlay: When the checkbox is checked the events that are related to the","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"playback video are displayed in an overlay on top of the video stream. The events appear at","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"the moment they occur in the video.","type":"text"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Camera pop-up","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"strong"}]},{"text":": This controls the way the video pop-ups are displayed and contains the following","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"settings:","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"o Update rate (times/sec): This determines the frame rate of the displayed video stream.","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"Values between 1-25 frames per second are possible, the default is 8. o Show play/stop buttons: This determines whether the play and stop button are displayed","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"in the video frame.","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"o Default width: The default width of the video pop-up in pixels. 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For Node type select iNVR.","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"The following parameters can be configured for the iNVR node:","type":"text"}]},{"type":"bulletList","content":[{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Disk space use max(%)","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"strong"}]},{"text":" : The maximum amount of disk space of the /home file system on the iNVR","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"server that will be occupied by video images recorded by the iNVR. If this percentage is exceeded","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"the oldest images are removed. 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Default TCP port 4040.","type":"text"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"IP address:","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"strong"}]},{"text":" the iProtect server IP address from which the server can retrieve the images; From the","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"video management server or directly from the cameras.","type":"text"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"GUI IP addres","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"strong"}]},{"text":"s: the IP address from which iProtect clients should retrieve pictures. For clients in the","type":"text"},{"type":"hardBreak"},{"text":"same subnet, the IP address of the iNVR server appears here (same as IP address). 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