VIGIL Client Software v6.00.0000 Users Guide

VIGIL Client Software v6.00.0000 Users Guide November 2010

Table of Contents 1 INTRODUCTION... 4 2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS... 5 3 FEATURES... 6 4 MAIN SCREEN... 7 4.1 LIVE VIEWER... 8 4.2 PTZ CAMERA CONTROLS... 10 4.3 CAMERAS SIDEBAR... 13 4.4 DIGITAL VIRTUAL SWITCH... 16 5 SERVERS WINDOW... 18 5.1 ADDING A SERVER... 19 5.2 REMOTE REGISTER... 20 6 DVR SETTINGS... 21 6.1 DVR RECORDER TAB... 21 6.2 PICTURE QUALITY TAB... 22 6.3 CAMERA NAMES TAB... 23 6.4 CAMERA SETTINGS TAB... 23 6.5 SETTINGS TAB... 28 6.6 USERS TAB... 30 6.7 UPDATE TAB... 31 7 SEARCHING... 33 7.1 SEARCHING VIDEO... 33 7.2 SEARCHING POS DATA... 34 7.3 CUSTOM SEARCH... 37 7.4 VIDEO PLAYBACK... 38 7.5 MULTI-SCREEN PLAYBACK... 41 7.6 ADVANCED FEATURES... 41 8 EXPORTING... 46 8.1 EXPORTING OR PRINTING IMAGES... 46 8.2 EXPORTING VIDEO... 47 8.3 EXPORT FILE BROWSER... 48 9 SITE MAP... 49 10 SERVER ALARMS... 50 10.1 PREVIEW ALARMS... 51 10.2 SUPPRESS ALARMS... 51 10.3 SEARCH ALARMS... 52 11 SETTINGS... 53 11.1 STARTUP TAB... 53 11.2 LIVE TAB... 54 11.3 SEARCH TAB... 55 11.4 ALARMS TAB... 56 11.5 HARDWARE TAB... 57 11.6 DESTINATIONS TAB... 58 11.7 AUDIO TAB... 58 11.8 CHAT TAB... 59 11.9 SITEMAPS TAB... 59 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 2

11.10 TRANSCODER TAB... 59 11.11 VIRTUAL SWITCH TAB... 60 12 SITE MAP DESIGNER... 63 12.1 SITE MAP DESIGNER ICONS AND BUTTONS... 64 12.2 SITE MAP / HOT SPOT PROPERTIES... 65 13 DV PLAYER... 66 14 LANGUAGE SWITCHER... 68 15 CONTACT INFORMATION... 69 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 3

1 Introduction VIGIL Client is a powerful, yet easy-to-use, software package for remotely viewing and saving footage from DVRs running VIGIL Server. You can retrieve and play stored footage, create video clips and images and then store or print those videos and pictures. 3xLOGIC (www.3xlogic.com) is based in Victoria, British Columbia and is the manufacturer of the VIGIL line of digital video products which have been available under a variety of OEM names and our own VIGIL name for over 10 years. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 4

2 System Requirements Recommended Operating System CPU RAM Video Card Hard Drive Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3 or Windows 7 Professional or Ultimate (32 or 64 bit) Intel Core2 Duo, minimum 2.8 GHz Minimum 2 GB (4GB when running Virtual Switch) PCI Express 1GB SATA (Minimum 100MB required for install) Note: VIGIL Client will only run on Windows platforms that support DirectX 7.01 or higher. Run DxDiag.exe to view the version of DirectX that is currently installed. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 5

3 Features Details Search Quick Search Regular Playback Scroll-bar Playback Current Frame Video Cueing Save Footage Save Picture Full Screen Live Viewer Retrieve a list of stored footage for specified cameras from a start date/time to an end date/time. Retrieve a list of all footage for the past 1 8 hours. Scan through recorded footage using play/pause buttons. Use a scroll-bar to locate footage by dragging to a desired location, or skim ahead or back 1 or 10 frames per click. See the frame number, frame count, frame size (in KB) and frame time/date for the currently displayed frame. Cue video to a specified date/time or frame number. Save the currently displayed video footage in AVI or Authentic Video (MJPG) format. Save the currently displayed frame in JPG or BMP format. View footage or pictures at their full resolution. View up to 32 video feeds at once; see the site name, camera name and local time/date for each live video feed; with the client/server, view feeds for multiple sites at once. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 6

4 Main Screen This is the Main Screen window that is displayed when VIGIL Client has finished loading. Icon Toolbar This table is a quick listing of the main toolbar buttons and their usage. Detail of each corresponding window is outlined in later sections. Exits the VIGIL Client program. Click Yes in the Exit Confirmation window to exit VIGIL Client. This will cause VIGIL Client to no longer display alarm events. Opens the Servers window. Clicking the button opens the context menu from which Site settings can be loaded from a configured VCM Server or from Local settings. Opens the Cameras list. You can also open this sidebar from the menu by going to View Cameras. Opens the Live Viewer window. You can also open this window from the menu by going to View Live and by double-clicking a camera in the Sites or Groups tab. Opens the Search window. Clicking the Search window can be opened. button opens the context menu from which the Custom Opens the Exports window. You can also open this window from the menu by going to View Export File Browser. Opens the Site Map window. You can also open this window from the menu by going to View Site Map. Opens the Digital Virtual Switch window. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 7

Opens the Server Alarms window. You can also open this window from the menu by going to View Server Alarms. Opens the Settings window. You can also open this window from the menu by going to View Settings. Clicking the button opens the context menu from which the VIGIL Client settings can be imported or exported. Opens the About 3xLOGIC Inc. Client window that displays the software version. Information Bar The information bar found at the very bottom of the main Client window provides you with the CPU usage, date, time, and chat status. A green CPU bar indicates that the CPU usage is under 95 percent; red indicates that it is over 95 percent. 4.1 Live Viewer The Live Viewer window displays video footage streamed from the DVR servers. Changes the camera layout in the Live Viewer window. These are the layout options when connected to a 16 camera DVR. These are the layout options when connected to a 32 camera DVR. Increases the video display rate for all camera feeds to maximum. Stops the selected camera view. This does not stop the camera from recording. Hides/displays the server timestamp in the top left corner of the camera display. When in single camera layout, this button enlarges the camera view to the full Live Viewer window. This button is disabled in other layouts. Displays the current Live Viewer layout in full screen. Click to open/close the Camera Control pad. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 8

Click to toggle on-screen interactive icons. To change the currently displayed cameras, drag and drop the desired camera onto the display grid or double click on the camera name in the Sites tab. Right-clicking on a camera feed provides a context menu with the following options: Zoom Camera Control Full Screen Copy Stop Priority Audio Digital PTZ Analytics Speed Relays Quick Search Audio Talk Sub Stream Enables the zoom tool. Left-click to zoom in, right-click to zoom out. Opens the Camera Control Pad. Enlarges the live video feeds to fill the entire PC window. Note: To zoom in on an image in Full Screen mode, hold down the Control key and left-click. To zoom out on an image, hold down the Control key and right-click. Copy a still shot of the video feed to the Windows clipboard. Stops and removes the camera from the Live Viewer window. This does not affect the recording settings. If a Priority Audio channel is configured for the camera on VIGIL Server, toggle this option to play live audio. Enable this feature for zoom and pan control on fixed cameras. This option is available and enabled by default for all cameras that do not have alternative camera control setup in the VIGIL Server camera settings. Select which Video Analytics information will be displayed on the live video feed. Select the display speed for the camera. Options are: Slow (1fps), Medium (5fps), Fast (10fps), Turbo (20fps) Maximum, and Frame by Frame. Interfaces to the server relays. Relays can be toggled on or off, corresponding to closed and open states respectively. Note: Relays must first be configured on the DVR to enable this option. See the VIGIL Server users guide for more information. Retrieve recent footage from the camera for preset intervals of one, five, or ten minutes. This will open the Search window and begin playback of the selected camera and time interval. For VSX-IP cameras with a configured speaker and microphone. Opens the audio talk window. Display the Sub Stream if available on the camera. Recording Modes Coloured borders appear around the frame of the streaming video. These are used to provide a quick assessment of current camera recording modes and events. Green Blue Red Yellow Uncolored Constant recording mode and is recording. Motion recording mode and is recording (motion detected). Alarm recording mode and is recording (alarm triggered). Set to a motion recording mode and is recording (motion currently not detected and will stop after the Post Motion Record time has elapsed). Camera is currently not recording, but is enabled. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 9

Note: When a camera is active, a small green dot will blink at the lower left of the camera feed. This gives feedback that a camera is still active, especially useful if the video frame rate is less than 1 frame per second. Note: To zoom in on an image in the Live Viewer, hold down the Control key and left-click. To zoom out on an image, hold down the Control key and right-click. This feature does not work in conjunction with Digital PTZ. 4.2 PTZ Camera Controls Pan/Tilt/Zoom (PTZ) cameras allow navigation to an area of interest and are controlled by the user from the Live Viewer window. There are three major types of Pan/Tilt/Zoom (PTZ) cameras that exist: digital PTZ cameras, IP PTZ cameras and hard-wired PTZ cameras. Digital PTZ camera control allows users to zoom in on a fixed camera and move within the image without controlling the physical camera itself. Digital PTZ camera control is automatically enabled for all cameras in the live viewer that are not assigned to any other type of camera control. To disable or re-enable the control, right-click the camera in the live viewer, and then select Digital PTZ. The live digital PTZ control works in single-view, multi-view and full-screen mode. IP PTZ cameras must be set up individually in the DVR settings and control the physical camera through a network connection to the DVR. Hard-wired PTZ cameras are also set up individually in the DVR settings and control the physical camera through a camera input on the DVR. Dropdown Selection Box This is a menu of all the PTZ cameras configured on the DVR. Select a camera to load for control. Shows/hides additional PTZ camera controls. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 10

Controls Use the mouse to click-and-drag the blue dot in the middle of the Pan-Tilt control in the desired direction. The speed at which the camera moves increases as the dot is dragged closer to the edge of the circle. The alternate directional controls are displayed when the selected PTZ camera does not support a full range of motion (i.e. it cannot pan and tilt at the same time), or when the Push-Button Controls option is enabled. Zoom/Focus/ Iris Joystick Click-and-drag the appropriate slide bar up to increase or down to decrease. The speed at which the camera is adjusted increases as the bar is moved farther from the center of the control. If a USB PTZ joystick is attached, this button will be available. Once clicked, it opens the Joystick Customization window. This window allows for customization of each of the joystick buttons. Use the drop-down menus to assign actions to each button. To determine which button is which, go into the Windows Control Panel and select Game Controllers, where the device will be listed. Select it and click Properties. Click any button on the joystick and the button number will be highlighted in the resulting window. Presets Presets are fixed locations that the camera can save and go to. The presets are stored within the camera for hard-wired PTZ cameras, and in VIGIL Server for digital PTZ cameras. To save a preset, move the camera to the desired preset location, select the preset number from the drop-down menu and click Save. This will overwrite any presets previously saved to that number. To move the camera to an existing preset, select a preset from the drop-down menu and click Goto, or click the button with the preset number on it. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 11

Patterns Control the saved pattern of movement for the selected camera. Patterns are stored within the camera. Select a pattern from the drop-down menu and click Record. Use the other control buttons to move the camera in the desired pattern. Once finished, click Stop. This will overwrite the existing saved pattern. Select a pattern from the drop-down menu and click Run to begin the saved pattern. Tours A tour is a cycle of camera presets. Tour settings are stored within VIGIL Server. Click Settings to open the Tour Settings window, where presets are added and set to run for a specified number of seconds before going to the next preset. Click Run to activate the tour. The camera will cycle through the presets in the Live Viewer window. The tour can be ended by moving the camera or pressing Stop. Note: Presets must be configured before a tour can be run. Add Adds a preset to the tour. Edit Edits a preset in the tour. Delete Deletes a preset from the tour. Save Saves changes made to presets. Cancel Exits the Tour Settings window without saving any changes. Enhancements Settings on the camera that can be toggled on/off. These include Color, Sensitivity, Backlight, White Balance and Auto Focus. Enhancements can be selected via the Drop Down Box and turned on or off via the buttons. Menu Some cameras have built-in menus that can be accessed and configured via this tool. Displays the camera s menu; it may take a moment to appear. Exits the camera s menu. You can also navigate to the Exit menu option and click the Select button. Camera menu navigation buttons. Camera menu select button. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 12

4.3 Cameras Sidebar The Camera sidebar consists of list of available DVR servers and cameras, audio feeds, configurable groups and live data feeds. This sidebar opens on the left side of the main window. The default view is the Sites tab. Groups Tab Cameras are typically grouped by server site, however, custom camera groups that include cameras from any connected server can be defined. To view custom camera groups, click the Groups tab. Add Group Add Delete Display To add a new group, click the Add Group button, enter a name for the new group and click OK. To add a camera to a group, click the Add button to open the camera selection screen. Drag and drop the camera onto the group name. To add all the cameras from a site, drag and drop the site onto the group name. To delete a group or a camera, click on the group name or camera name to select it and then click the Delete button. Click Yes in the confirmation box. To display all of the cameras of a group in the Live Viewer window, select the group and click the Display button. Sites Tab The standard camera organization is by server site. To view cameras listed by site, click the Sites tab. A camera can be viewed in the Live Viewer by double-clicking the camera s name. Server site status is indicated by one of these three icons: Site connected with administrator privileges. Site connected without administrator privileges. Site not connected. Site Name Right Click Menu Connect Connect to the site with the configured username and password. Connect As Refresh Disconnect Chat Display All Enter a username and password to connect to the site. Update the camera list. Disconnect from the site. Open a chat session with the site. Open all available cameras from the selected site in the Live Viewer window. Camera Right Click Menu Replay Camera Plays the last 5 minutes of footage from the selected camera in the Playback window. Audio Talk For VSX-IP cameras with a configured speaker and microphone. Opens the audio talk window. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 13

Chat VIGIL Server and Client include a chat feature to speak or write back and forth between VIGIL Clients connected to VIGIL Servers. The Chat session is initiated by the VIGIL Client only and can be used to communicate vocally or in text. Note: For voice chat to be available and function correctly, audio settings for Chat must be configured correctly in the VIGIL Server Settings window (see the VIGIL Server Users Guide for more information). Enabling Audio Disconnecting the chat session Hands Free Talk Right-click on the site name in the right pane of the chat session and select Audio. This will initialize the audio for the chat session. Uncheck Audio to stop all audio. Right-click on the site name and select Disconnect. This will end the chat session. Closing the Chat window will also end the chat session. Check Hands Free for VIGIL Chat to automatically detect the volume level and only send voice when sound reaches a specific volume. Uncheck Hands Free to use the Talk button to manually start and stop sending voice data. When Hands Free is unchecked, click Talk to send voice data. Unclick Talk to stop sending voice data. Voice Detection Graphs Send Text Sensitivity The voice detection graphs provide a visualization of voice data detected in the chat session. Sends a typed message. Type text into the textbox and click Send Text. Use the slide bar to adjust the chat audio sensitivity. To the left is less sensitive, to the right is more sensitive. Note: Use the down button to expand the Controls section. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 14

Audio Tab To listen to live audio, click the Audio tab and expand a connected site with audio recording enabled. Select an audio channel to start the live audio feed or to switch to another feed. Adjust audio volume using the Windows volume controls. Current Channel Sensitivity The currently selected Live Audio channel. This slider adjusts the audio sensitivity without affecting the sensitivity settings on the connected server. This level meter indicates the audio level for the currently selected audio channel. POS Data (Live) Live POS data refers to point of sale (POS) records generated by a compatible register system and received by VIGIL Server in real-time. Current Site Use the Current Site dropdown list to change the DVR site displaying the live data. Enter a register number to filter from the POS data, or leave the entry blank to view data from all data terminals. Filter The POS Data (Live) tab presents POS data in tabular form with these columns: Idx A unique identifier to quickly identify and find POS data line items. Timestamp The time at which the Point of Sale event occurred. Receipt # The receipt number of the current receipt. Reg # The cash register number. Cashier The cashier currently logged into the data terminal. Code The transaction code identifies the type of transaction. Qty. The quantity of the item purchased. Item The item purchased. Amount The price of the item purchased. The column headers are all able to be resized as well as moved around within the window. Simply drag and move the column header to the desired location. The column locations can be reset by right-clicking in the Live POS Data window and selecting Reset Column Order. Note: Some types of data terminals do not support all of the columns that are available. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 15

There are four options available when the POS Data (Live) tab is right-clicked: Copy Line Copies the selected data record to the Windows clipboard. Export Opens the Select Destination window where an export destination is selected. After making a selection, the POS Export Settings window opens. Select the time periods to export or select Export All to export all POS data records. Once complete, click OK to begin the export process. Click Cancel to exit without saving. Print Prints the live POS data to the default printer. Reset Column Order Resets the order of the POS data columns if they have been rearranged. 4.4 Digital Virtual Switch The Digital Virtual Switch feature allows users to configure additional PC monitors to display up to 16 simultaneous live camera feeds per PC monitor. Users are able to access and control all cameras from DVR sites, whether they are analog, network, or PTZ cameras, all without the need for a KBD300 keyboard. Virtual Switch Keypad The virtual switch keypad allows users to add and remove cameras from a digital virtual switch, change the virtual switch layout, and control PTZ cameras in the virtual switch. Note: The digital virtual switch feature must be setup in the VIGIL Client settings before the keypad is available for use. Monitor / Camera / Input MON Prev / Next Preset Relay CAM The currently selected monitor, camera, and input number will display here as the user configures the virtual switch. Each camera spot on the virtual switch is a monitor. There are 16 virtual switch monitors per PC monitor. To select a virtual switch monitor, enter the monitor number and then press the MON button. Switches the currently selected camera to the previous/next camera on the virtual switch map. To go to a camera preset, first select the monitor, and then press the preset number followed by the Preset button. Press this button to trigger an output relay from a DIO device such as an Adam6060. The VIGIL Client system must be setup specifically to use this feature. Please contact your vendor for more information. To add a camera to the virtual switch, select the virtual switch monitor number and then press the virtual switch input number followed by the CAM button. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 16

Virtual Switch Screen The virtual switch screen is very similar to the Live Viewer window. Below is an example of a 16 camera (4x4) layout on Monitor 1 of the digital virtual switch. Under each camera is the virtual switch monitor number, the virtual switch input number, the camera name and the DVR site. Cameras may be added and removed using the keyboard number pad and controlled on-screen using the mouse, or the virtual switch keypad can be used to do these things. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 17

5 Servers Window A server in this context is a DVR PC running VIGIL Server. The purpose of setting up servers is to make connecting to local and remote servers more efficient than remembering IP addresses or DNS names. Server information is stored by a description that is created by the user. The Servers window displays a list of saved servers. It also displays their current connection status and offers different buttons to interact with the servers, change settings and more. Disconnected from the server. Connected to the server. Connected to the server, but with non-administrative privileges. Connect All Connect Connect As Disconnect Add Remove Edit DVR Settings Remote Register Connects to all configured servers. If a server does not have a username and password stored in the settings, it will prompt for the username and password. Connects to the selected server only. If the server does not have a username and password stored in the settings, it will prompt for the username and password. Connects to the selected server only. However, it will automatically bypass the stored username and password and will prompt one for this connection. Opens a prompt asking if you want to disconnect from the currently selected server. Opens the Server Settings window where you can add a server. Opens a prompt confirming if you wish to remove the currently selected server from the server list. Opens the Server Settings window for the currently selected server allowing you to change the stored settings. Opens the DVR Settings window for the currently selected server. You must be connected to the server with administrative privileges for this to be available. Opens the Registration window for the currently selected server. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 18

5.1 Adding a Server Click the Add button from the Servers window to open the Server Settings window. Description IP/DNS Name User Name/ Password Use Dialup TCP/IP Ports A short description or name that will be used to identify this server. The IP address or DNS name of the server. To use a dialup connection, leave this setting blank and Enable Use Dialup, select the dialup connection to use from the drop-down menu. The user name and password that VIGIL Client will use to log in to the server. If these are left blank, a prompt will be opened during connection for the user name and password to be input manually. Note: The default administrator login to VIGIL Server is: username administrator and password 123. The default user login is: username user and password 123. Enable to use a dialup connection to connect to a server. Note: At least one Windows dialup connection must be set up for this feature to become enabled. Open a window to change the default TCP/IP port settings if they have been altered on the server. For the Client software to connect properly to the Server, the TCP/IP Ports in the Client software must match the TCP/IP Ports on the Server. To change the TCP/IP Ports: select a preset number from the drop-down menu; enter in the Data Port and then click the Get Settings button; or enter the ports manually. Get Settings Retrieves the settings from the server. Enter the Data Port and then click the Get Settings button to retrieve the other ports from the server. Reset to Defaults Click to reset the ports to their default values. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 19

Check Network Status Timeouts Before Failure Checks the status of your network every set amount of time. The number of times VIGIL Client will attempt to connect to a Server before marking the Server as offline. Live Overlay Use Live Overlay From Card Capture Card Input Number Enables live overlay features from an installed capture card to be used. Select the input number from the drop-down menu. Note: For this feature to function properly Live Overlay must be enabled in the Settings Hardware section and the capture card drivers must be installed. Select the input number for the live overlay from the drop-down menu. 5.2 Remote Register Opens the Registration window, where you can register software components for the remote server. To obtain registration information for VIGIL Server, record or export the Serial number listed in the registration window. Send the following information to 3xLOGIC at support@3xlogic.com. The serial number or serial number export file. Your Name, Company Name and Contact Information. Details of the modules you wish to purchase. A representative will contact you to complete the transaction. If you receive a Registration file, use the import feature to import the registration information. If you receive registration keys, Select the appropriate module from the Unregistered Modules drop-down list, enter the registration key, and click Register. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 20

6 DVR Settings To access a remote server s DVR settings, VIGIL Client must be connected to the server with administrative privileges. Select a server from the list and click Connect. If the default user does not have administrative privileges, use Connect As to login as an administrator. 6.1 DVR Recorder Tab From this window, cameras can be set to start or stop recording, the server can be rebooted or updated, and basic information about the operating performance of the DVR is displayed. Starts recording on the currently selected camera(s). Stops recording on the currently selected camera(s). Restarts the server. Warning: This action will restart the server and take it temporarily offline. Opens the Sequence window which turns on/off the camera sequencing on connected analog monitors. Note: The sequences must be configured on the Server. Uploads and applies an update file on the server. Select the.vgl update file and the update process will begin. Warning: This action will restart the server and take it temporarily offline. Opens the Hardware Information window which provides some basic information about the Capture Card installed in the VIGIL Server. Camera information is displayed in the main portion of the window. Three status icons are used to show the status of each camera: Camera is currently recording. Camera is currently stopped and not recording. Camera is disabled. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 21

Along with the status icons, camera settings are also displayed. The camera recording frame rate, the recording resolution, recording mode and compression quality are listed. At the bottom of the window, DVR information such as running time, number of client connections, current CPU usage and current memory usage is displayed. System running since CPU Connections Mem Oldest Footage/ Newest Footage Shows the time when the VIGIL Server was last rebooted. Shows the CPU usage on the DVR. Shows the amount of client connections to the DVR. The total memory usage on the DVR. Shows the date and time of the oldest/newest footage stored on the DVR. 6.2 Picture Quality Tab The recording quality of each camera can be adjusted on this tab. Simple Settings Tab Adjust the camera recording quality to preset values: Low (20), Medium (40), High (60) and Super-High (80). Advanced Settings Tab Adjust the camera recording quality between 20 and 90. This is for fine-tuning the camera recording quality. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 22

6.3 Camera Names Tab The Camera Names tab allows the ability to change the name of each camera. To change the name of a camera, type in the new name beside the camera number and click either Apply or OK. 6.4 Camera Settings Tab The Camera Settings tab provides advanced configuration of camera parameters, recording mode and rates, and recording CODECs. Camera Setup / Recording Mode Camera Default Camera Settings Default All Cameras Select a camera to configure. Set the currently selected camera back to default settings. Set all cameras back to default settings. Camera Settings Tab Brightness Sharpness Contrast Hue Adjusts the brightness of the video footage. Adjusts the sharpness of the video footage Adjusts the contrast of the video footage. Adjusts the hue of the video footage. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 23

Saturation U/ Saturation V Noise Reduction Adjusts the U and V color difference signals used in YUV color format for the video footage. Note that not all cameras use a YUV color format, in which case, adjusting the Saturation U slider will adjust the color saturation while the Saturation V slider will have no effect. Reduces video noise on grainy video images. Warning: If this value it is set too high it may have detrimental effects. Recording Mode Tab Recording Mode There are four Recording Mode options encompassing a full range of recording possibilities. These modes are accessible by selecting the appropriate option from the Recording Mode drop-down menu. Constant Schedule Motion Alarm Only Always recording, 24 hours 7 days a week. Records based on a schedule. The easy to use graphical interface provides a full overview of a week s schedule in 15-minute intervals. This mode offers full control over recording times and any combination of constant or motion controlled recording modes. Records only when motion is detected. Full configuration over motion area, amount of motion, size of motion and post motion recording time makes this a very versatile recording mode. Records in alarm mode when any alarm is detected. The alarms can be of any type including Video Analytics, Video Motion, Digital Input and POS alarms. Scheduled Recording If Schedule is selected from the Recording Mode drop-down menu, the Schedule window will appear. To edit an existing schedule click the button to open the Schedule window. To modify a schedule, click the appropriate recording mode button (Const or Motion) and then click-and-drag across a time slot. Areas that are blank (no color) have no recording modes defined for that time and will not record any footage. Note: The smallest time interval that can be used is a 15 minute period. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 24

Const Motion HZoom+/- VZoom+/- Move a time period Copy a time period Change record mode Change the start/end time Importing from another camera Viewing start and end times of a section Deleting a time period Deleting a schedule Apply Schedule To All Cameras Sets or changes the section to Constant recording mode; these time periods are colored green. Sets or changes section to Motion recording mode; these time periods are colored blue. Expands and contracts the schedule horizontally; this allows for better precision in setting time periods. Expands and contracts the schedule vertically. Click and hold the Shift key, then click-and-drag the section. Click and hold the Ctrl key, then click-and-drag the section. Click a section of the schedule, and then click the appropriate button (Const or Motion) to change the recording mode for that section. Select the section by clicking on it and then click-and-drag the right or left edge of the section. Select the camera from the Import From Camera drop-down menu, and then click Import. This will overwrite the current schedule. Select the section by clicking on it. The start and end times of the section are displayed near the bottom left corner of the Schedule window. Hover the mouse over any part of the section to display the time. To select a section, click on it and then click Delete. Click the Clear All button to delete the entire schedule. When marked, this checkbox will apply the created schedule to all cameras that have been set to Schedule recording mode. Motion Mode Settings Post Motion Record The length of time a camera continues to record before and after motion or an alarm is detected. Trigger Blocks The number of motion zones necessary to trigger the motion detector. The recommended value is 1. Motion Sensitivity Reset to Default Controls the sensitivity of the motion detection. High sensitivity will detect a large amount of motion; less sensitivity will detect a smaller amount of motion. Resets the motion settings back to their default values. Set Speeds Opens the Recording Speed window. The recording speed can be set individually for Constant, Motion and Alarm Recording Mode. Use the drop-down menu to select the desired number of frames per second (fps). Note: Network cameras will often record and play back at a slower rate than what was set in the Recording Speed window, depending on the bandwidth and camera. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 25

CODEC Settings Tab The CODEC Settings tab allows advanced configuration of the recording CODEC used for storing video footage. Select between AZTECH and MPEG encoding. CODEC Note: Normally, two video encoding CODECs are currently available for recording video footage: AZTECH and MPEG4 CODECs. However, some models support Hardware CODECs, which have slightly different customization options. AZTECH CODEC Settings The AZTECH CODEC is the default CODEC for most systems. To switch the recording CODEC to AZTECH, select the AZTECH option from the CODEC drop-down menu. Space Saving Mode (AZTECH) Enabled Sensitivity Noise Adaptive Detect Using Grayscale/ Color Use B Frame Enables advanced compression technology to decrease the file size of recorded footage. Note: This is a CPU intensive setting. Adjusts the threshold used by the CODEC to identify areas of change between frames. The higher the sensitivity, the smaller a change is encoded. Adjusts the noise threshold used by the comparison algorithm when determining whether a block contains a change. When this value is increased, more noise is allowed in the block without triggering change for that block. This feature does not decrease noise in an image. Determines whether grayscale or color will be used to detect changes. Note: Color detection is a CPU intensive setting. Uses bi-directional frames to decrease the file size of recorded footage. Note: This is a CPU intensive setting. MPEG4 CODEC Settings To switch the recording CODEC to MPEG4, select the MPEG4 option from the CODEC drop-down menu. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 26

Key-frame Rates Motion Search Scope Quantization Method ME Accuracy ME Algorithm ME Vectors Sets the number of key-frames recorded per second. The higher the value, the greater the data space needed for recording, but the higher the quality of the video. Changes the size of the regions used to detect motion. Selects the type of compression. H263 offers higher compression than MPEG4 but requires more CPU usage. Motion Estimation Accuracy includes two options: Full Pixel and Half Pixel. Full Pixel checks for motion comparing differences of full pixels. Half Pixel will check for motion using an interpolation method that detects finer movements. Note: Half Pixel is a CPU intensive setting. The Motion Estimation Algorithm changes the shape of the area used for motion detection and includes two options: Full Search and Fast Search. Fast Search will save CPU time but Full Search is more accurate. Sets the number of vectors tested for motion from 1 to 4. The greater the number, the more CPU processing is required. Hardware CODEC Settings Depending on the DVR model, it may use Hardware CODEC recording, which has slightly different customization options. For some types of cards the CODEC used can be changed on the VIGIL Server Settings Hardware Tab via the Hardware CODEC Dropdown box. Variable Bit Rate Constant Bit Rate Restrict Maximum Bit Rate The default setting of Variable Bit Rate allows the encoder to change its recording bit rate automatically as required. This option offers the best combination of file size and visual quality. Changes a variable bit rate into a constant bit rate. A setting of Constant Bit Rate with a very high bit rate selected will provide the maximum video quality settings, although this is at the expense of storage space. Sets a hard limit on the maximum quality that can be recorded. Use the slide bar to select the desired maximum bit rate. Recording Rate / Resolution In the Advanced Settings window, the cameras are grouped into Bank tabs that represent the physical camera banks in the DVR. This allows the user to maximize the capture resolution and recording speeds for each camera bank. When the number of FPS is changed in the Advanced Settings window, it is applied to all recording modes. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 27

Note: The number of banks and the cameras in each bank is determined by the capture card installed, which cannot be configured. There are many possible layouts of banks and channels per bank. Camera Capture Resolution Recording Speed Network Camera Select a camera number within the current bank tab to change its settings. Select the desired recording resolution from the drop-down menu. Select the desired number of frames per second. Each bank has a set amount of FPS that can be set to its cameras. Values will change depending on the recording speeds for other cameras within the same bank. Network cameras are automatically detected and the analog feed is disabled for that camera number. Network camera speeds are independent of other cameras and do not change the maximum allowable FPS for cameras belonging to the same camera bank. 6.5 Settings Tab The Settings tab provides control over some of the basic behaviour of the DVR server. Site Name The name of the Site where VIGIL Server is located. The site name is included when saving still images. Auto Logon When this is checked, a message prompts for a username and password. The username and password entered will be used to log into VIGIL Server automatically when the program is launched. Data Drive Settings The Data Drive Settings area displays the data drive information of the DVR. The path of the drive and the available/total space of the drive are displayed. The status of the data drive is indicated by its icon: Configured drive Currently recording on this drive Drive warning Drive error, contact your system administrator. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 28

Global Server Settings Tab Auto-Start Recorder Network Logging Resolve Client Name A/C Cameras Watchdog Limit Search to One Day Client Connections When enabled, the DVR starts recording footage as soon as the VIGIL Server program is launched. When disabled, the user must manually start the recorder using the controls in the Recorder Controls window. Logs network activity that can be reviewed in the Network Log Analyzer. When enabled, client IP addresses are translated into their computer names for easier recognition. Enable A/C Cameras to set VIGIL Server to record footage from A/C powered cameras. Disable it to record footage from D/C powered cameras. When enabled, the watchdog circuit on the video capture card is used to verify that VIGIL Server is responsive. If the software becomes unresponsive, then the watchdog will reboot the DVR When enabled, the Search window will be limited to performing searches for a single day only. Enter the maximum number of simultaneous client connections allowed. Sequence Tab The Sequence tab configures the camera display sequences for the analog output monitors. Only analog video feeds can be added to a sequence. This is due to hardware limitations on the capture cards. Monitor Number Auto Start Sequence Add Edit Delete Up / Down Select the analog output monitor number for the sequence. When enabled, the sequence for the selected analog output monitor is started automatically when VIGIL Server starts. Add a new camera to the sequence with a specified dwell time. Modify the dwell time of the selected camera. Remove the selected camera from the sequence. Moves the selected camera up/down in the sequence. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 29

6.6 Users Tab The Users tab allows the configuration of users on the DVR with specific permissions. Each user belongs to a group and each group has a set of permissions. Users Click the Users button to access the User configuration options. Add a User Edit a User Changing a Users Group Delete a User Click the Add button and enter a Username, Group and Password in the Add New user window. Select a User from the Drop-Down Menu and click the Edit button. The user s group or password can be changed, the user s name cannot. Select a User from the Drop-Down Menu and check the box beside the Group the User will be a member of. Note: A User can only belong to one group. Select a User from the Drop-Down Menu and click the delete button. Groups Click the Groups button to access the Group configuration options. Add a Group Permissions Select All / None Delete a Group Click the Add button and enter a group name in the Add New Group window. Select a group from the Drop-Down menu and enable the check box beside each permission that the group will have. To disable permissions for the group, un-check the box beside the permission. Enable all permissions or disable all permissions. Select a Group from the Drop-Down Menu and click the delete button. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 30

6.7 Update Tab The Update tab controls the VIGIL Update Service on the remote server. This tool can be used to provide software updates to the server alone or host updates for interconnected VIGIL DVR Systems. Update Service Role Primary Server Secondary Server Client A Primary Server provides update files to other systems, but does not receive update files from other systems and does not automatically apply updates locally. Update files must be manually added to the Updates tab. A Secondary Server acts as both a client and a server. As a client it receives update files from other Update Servers and applies them locally. As a Server, it provides update files to other systems, both files added manually as well as files it receives from other systems. A Client receives and applies updates to local software, but does not provide update files to other systems. Update Server Settings Update Server Address / Port Backup Server Address / Port Test Connection The DNS name or IP Address and port for the main server the update service will check for update files. The DNS name or IP Address and port of the backup server to check for update files. The backup server will be checked if the connection to the main update server fails. Tests the connection to the Update/Backup Server. If the connection test fails, check the address and port are correct. Updates will not be received or applied if a valid update server is not listed or if the connection fails. Update Frequency Daily Weekly Automatically apply updates The Update Service connects to the Update Server once per day during the hour specified In This Hour. The Update Service connects to the Update Server once per week on the day selected from the drop-down menu during the hour specified In This Hour. When a new version of software is available for one of the products listed in the Local Products to Update section, it is automatically applied. Note: When this feature is enabled, the system will restart itself, apply the update, and restart itself again. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 31

Local Products to Update The products listed here will be updated when a new update is available. If a product is installed, but not listed, it will not be updated. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 32

7 Searching VIGIL Client offers a robust set of tools for searching and playing video footage and point of sale (POS) data. To open the Search window, either click Search on the main VIGIL Client icon toolbar, or select Search Search Footage and Data from the main menu. Each of the Search window sections can be minimized by clicking the double arrows a section is already minimized, it can be restored using the double arrows. in the title bar. When 7.1 Searching Video Search Reset POS Data Single / Multi Screen Performs a search based on the current criteria. Resets all search criteria and POS data filters to their default values. The From/To time defaults to the past hour from when Reset is clicked. If a POS data connection has been configured, this button will open the POS Data Filter and Data Search Results sections. Click the POS Data Filter section title bar to specify the POS data search criteria. The playback options allow you to control how your results will be played back. Selecting Single Screen will display one camera at a time during playback. Selecting Multi-Screen will play back up to four cameras simultaneously in a 2 x 2 multi-screen layout. In either mode, cameras are added to the Playback window by selecting them in the results panel. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 33

Search Criteria When first opened, the Search window defaults to a search of all cameras, recording in all modes, from the last hour. Click the Search button to retrieve all footage meeting the specified criteria. From/To Servers Cameras Presets Mode You can specify the start date/time and end date/time of your search. By default, VIGIL Server allows you to search across multiple days. This can be changed to default to One Day in the DVR Settings on the Server. Select the connected server you wish to perform the search on. Select the cameras you wish to perform the search on. This drop-down menu includes preset search intervals in hourly increments from 1 hour up to 8 hours. Additionally, selections for 15 and 30 minutes can be added by checking Quick Retrieve Short Intervals in the Settings Search Tab. When a selection is made, the From/To times are adjusted accordingly. Selecting Custom Search opens the Custom Search window where searches that are performed frequently can be created or run. Making a selection from this drop-down menu will restrict the returned footage to only the selected type: All Modes, Constant, Motion, All Alarms, Digital Input Alarms, Motion Alarms, POS Alarms or Video Analytics Alarms. Video Search Results After completing a search, the results are displayed in the Video Search Results pane as seen below. To view the resulting video footage, click on the desired result to open Playback window. Note: Depending on the recording configuration of your cameras, there may be no saved footage or data matching your search criteria. 7.2 Searching POS Data In addition to searching video footage, if the server has also been configured to record POS data, you can search that data in VIGIL Client. Click the POS Data button to open the POS Data Filter section, then click the POS Data Filter title bar to open the POS data search criteria section. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 34

Search for Line Items Use the Search for Line Items section to find specific POS data within the date and time indicated in the Search Criteria section. When searching for line items, normal search criteria are also included (i.e. From and To date/times, selected cameras). Item Code Register Quantity Value Cashier Or/And Type in text to search by Item. Use the drop-down menu to select a recently searched item, remembers last 10 searched for items. Type in text to search by Code. Type in a number to search by Register Number. Type in a number to search by Quantity. Matches results in the Amount column. By default, Any Price is selected. If you want to match a certain value, select an operator and input a value. The >= means more than or equal to the value that you input. For example, if the operator >= is used with the value of $20.15, any POS data with the value of 20.15 and higher will be returned. The <= operator means less than or equal to, while the = operator simply means an exact value. Type in text to search by cashier number or name. Logical operators that will assist in searching with multiple criteria. By default, this is the OR operator, which will match results in any of the used POS data criteria fields. Alternatively, the AND operator will match results in all of the used POS data criteria fields. Search for Transaction This type of search looks for a unique line item or receipt number and disregards the other criteria. Receipt Number IDX Type in text that will match results in Receipt # column. The search results will include 10 seconds before the start of the receipt and 10 seconds after the end of the receipt. Type in text that will match results in IDX column. If the IDX contains a receipt number, the POS data returned will be that receipt number and all IDX values corresponding to it within one hour. If there is no receipt number for the searched IDX value, the returned results will be based on the timestamp of that IDX. The search results will be +/- 10 seconds from the timestamp of the IDX. After completing a POS data search, a new tab in the sidebar will be opened. This tab is called POS Data Search and will contain your results. Similar to the POS Data (Live) tab, you can rearrange the order of the POS data columns and also right-click on POS line items for a contextual menu. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 35

The POS Data Search tab presents POS data in tabular form with these columns: IDX Timestamp Receipt # Reg # Cashier Code Qty Item Amount A unique identifier to quickly identify and find POS data line items. The time at which the Point of Sale event occurred. The receipt number of the current receipt. The cash register number. The cashier currently logged in to the data terminal. The transaction type code associated with the transaction. The quantity of the item purchased. The item purchased. The price of the item purchased. Note: Some types of data terminals do not support all of the columns that are available. Note: As video footage plays in the Playback window, the POS line item corresponding with the time in the video will be highlighted in the POS Data Search tab. There are four options available when a line in the POS Data Search tab is right-clicked: Copy Line Copies the selected data record to the Windows clipboard. Export Opens the Select Destination window where an export destination is selected. After making a selection, the POS Export Settings window opens. Select the time periods to export or select Export All to export all POS data records. Once complete, click OK to begin the export process. Click Cancel to exit without saving. Print Reset Column Order Prints the POS data search results to the default printer. Resets the order of the POS Data Search columns if they have been rearranged. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 36

7.3 Custom Search A Custom Search that includes specified search criteria can be created and saved. The Custom Search window can be accessed from the Presets Custom Search drop-down menu. It can also be opened from the toolbar menu (Search Custom Search). When selected, the Custom Search window will appear. Add Edit Delete Run Opens the Add Custom Search window. Once a Custom Search has been added, click Apply to save the search. Opens the Edit Custom Search window for the selected search. Select an entry and click Edit. Once a Custom Search has been edited, click Apply to save the changes. Deletes an existing Custom Search. Select an entry and click Delete. Runs an existing Custom Search. Select an entry and click Run. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 37

Description Server Time Filter Cameras The name of the search that will appear in the Custom Search list. Select the server the custom search will be run on from the drop down list. The start time and end time to be searched. Select the camera(s) to search, or select All Cameras. Include Data When enabled, the Custom Search will include the POS data criteria specified. Data OR/AND - Logical operators that will assist in searching with multiple criteria. By default, this is the OR operator, which will match results in any of the POS data criteria fields. The AND operator will only match results that have matched results in all of the POS data criteria fields. Click OK to return to the main Custom Search window. Note: You must save Custom Searches before they can be run. To do this press the OK or Apply buttons. 7.4 Video Playback To play recorded video footage, double-click a camera from the Video Search Results pane. The Playback window will open and the retrieved footage will begin playing. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 38

Information about the camera feed is displayed below the Playback window. This information includes the playback status, the date and time of the footage, the frame rate (if currently playing), the resolution, the recording CODEC of the footage, the current frame number and the total number of frames. A visible bar that displays the current cache level can be found just below the Playback window. A green bar indicates the cache level is full and if the bar is almost all red it indicates the cache is low. Controlling Playback Video with Digital PTZ: Cameras can be controlled during playback using the digital PTZ camera control just like in the Live Viewer. Because digital PTZ controls the camera through the software, it can be used for both live and playback video. The digital PTZ controls will work for every camera that is loaded for playback regardless of the camera control type specified in the settings. The digital PTZ control works in single-screen, multi-screen, and full-screen mode. Camera Right-click Menu: Remove Copy Removes a camera from playback. Copies a still shot of the current image to the Windows clipboard. If the image is zoomed in, a Copy Zoomed option will be available as well. For cameras using the Panorama PTZ camera control type, the video can be manipulated in the playback window using the following right-click menu options: Source Video Only (Rotate Disabled) Source Video Only (Rotate enabled) 360 View and Source Video This option is enabled by default. This feature allows users to zoom in and move cameras during playback. Click on an area of interest and then use the mouse scroll to zoom in. Click-and-drag to move the image after it is zoomed in. This feature allows users to zoom in and rotate cameras during playback. Click on an area of interest and then use the mouse scroll to zoom in. Or, click-and-drag to rotate the image. This feature splits the playback image into 4 quadrants. The first quadrant shows the full image, and the second, third and fourth quadrants show different zoomed sections of the image. To load an area of interest in one of the zoom quadrants, click on a zoom quadrant and then click on the first quadrant to load that section. The zoomed sections can be clicked on directly and then rotated. Playback Buttons: Click-and-drag the Variable Speed Playback Slider to change the speed of the video playback. The variable speed playback tool tip displays the number of times faster the variable speed playback is than the Recorded Speed. You can also right click on the button to select the speed directly. Click the Fast Backward or Fast Forward button to play back at Maximum speed without skipping any frames. Skips to the very beginning/end of the video footage. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 39

Skips one 10 th of the footage if clicked while playing the video footage. While paused or stopped, click to play back frame by frame. The mouse scroll wheel can also be used to do this by selecting the playback slide-bar. Pauses the video footage. Plays the video footage backward or forward. Click-and-drag the slide-bar to move to a different point in the video clip. Stretches the playback image to fill the Playback window. Note: Footage recorded in 704x480 resolution or higher is scaled down to fit within the Playback window. For Exporting Still Image, Video Footage, Audio or POS Data. Click and select Print Still Image to print the current frame, or select Print Data to print the POS data currently displayed in the Data Search Results pane. Defaults to Print Still Image if no Data Search Results available. Click to play in Full Screen mode. Double-click on the image to return to the standard Playback window. Note: To zoom in on an image in Full Screen mode, hold down the Control key and left-click. To zoom out on an image, hold down the Control key and right-click. Frame de-interlacing applies only to DVR480 series DVRs running VIGIL Server version 2.03.0000 and higher, recording at resolution 704x480. When paused in the Playback window, use the Frame De-interlacing feature to toggle between F (Full Field), AF (A Field) and BF (B Field). Click the F button to toggle between frame types or use the drop-down arrow to select the frame type. Cue Cues the playback video to a specific frame. Enter a frame number in the text box and click the Cue Frame button. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 40

7.5 Multi-Screen Playback Select Multi-Screen to playback up to four cameras simultaneously. The Playback window will be divided into quadrants; they are filled in clockwise order beginning from the top left. To add a camera to the playback, click on its name or some point within its timeline. If all quadrants have cameras loaded, clicking a new camera will replace one of the initial cameras. Footage will play back from all loaded cameras simultaneously. Note: If a camera does not have footage for a time when other cameras do, the video will pause with an overlay stating No frames were found while other cameras continue to play. When the playback time reaches a point where the paused camera has more footage, its playback will resume. When there is no footage for any camera, the playback skips to next time where footage exists for at least one camera. Note: To revert to Single Screen playback, first select a camera and then click the Multi-Screen button in the Video Search Results section. 7.6 Advanced Features Smart Search The Smart Search feature refines the loaded video footage based on motion detected within a user-defined region. To perform a Smart Search, you must first define or mask a motion detection region. To do this, click Show Mask and draw on the playback image. Any time a clear area is clicked on, the mask is expanded. Alternatively, when a masked area is clicked on, the mask is removed. Click the Smart Search button to perform the search. Once the search is complete, only video frames that contain motion in the masked region will be loaded for playback. Note: If there is more than one masked region (i.e. two or more disconnected masks), the Smart Search will load video frames that contain motion in any one, not all, of the regions. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 41

Show Mask Shows/hides the smart search mask. A mask can only be edited when the Show Mask button is latched on. Offers some quick options for modifying masks: Clear Erases all masks on the image. Mask Select All Masks the entire image. Invert - Swaps clear and masked areas. Note: The Show Mask button must be latched on for these options to be available. Sensitivity Smart Search This slider controls the sensitivity of the motion detection algorithm used by the Smart Search function. To the left is less sensitive, requiring larger change in motion; to the right is a more sensitive, detecting smaller movement. Performs the Smart Search. Video frames that do not contain motion in the masked regions are removed from the loaded footage. Use the buttons to skip back/forward to the next Smart Search frame. Reset Removes all Smart Search masks and restores the originally loaded footage. Visual Track When enabled, the Visual Tracking feature tracks moving objects by the placement of white corners around the object. Analytics Displays a menu where Video Analytics information can be overlaid on the playback footage. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 42

Zoom Playback footage can be zoomed by selecting the Zoom tab from the Advanced Features section. When the cursor is moved over the Playback window, a zoom outline will be displayed to indicate the region that will be magnified. Left-clicking zooms in and right-clicking zooms out of the image. Zoom In and Zoom Out buttons are also available in the Zoom tab. The magnification factor is displayed in the upper right-hand corner of the Playback window. Adjust Image When playback is paused, you can adjust the image by selecting the Adjust Image tab from the Advanced Features section. The adjusted image can be exported or printed. Brightness Contrast Grayscale Reset Adjusts the brightness of the current frame. Adjusts the contrast of the current frame. Toggles between a grayscale and color image. Only still images will export in grayscale. Returns the image to its default values. Note: Only a paused image can be adjusted; adjustment of footage during playback is too CPU intensive. Any adjustment you have made will be reapplied when footage is paused again. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 43

Markers During playback, if only a sub-range of the loaded footage is of interest it can quickly be selected by using Markers. To use Markers, select the Markers tab from the Advanced Features section. Start / End Range Position the footage navigation slider at the beginning of the sub-range and click the Start Range button. You will notice a small marker appear below the starting point. Next, navigate to the end of the sub-range and click the End Range button. Clear View Removes the sub-range markers. If the sub-range is cleared when the View button is latched on, the playback will return from the sub-range to the fully loaded footage. Loads the sub-range for playback. The playback information will indicate that a sub-range is currently displayed. All of the playback controls will operate on only the sub-range of footage. Note: If multiple cameras are loaded for playback in Multi-Screen mode, each camera can have its own unique sub-range of footage. Buffering Note: If a sub-range has been defined, only the sub-range will be saved when video is exported. Depending on your Network/Internet bandwidth, it might be useful to configure the playback caching. Using Autosense for the most part will be the most efficient. Only advanced users should attempt to adjust the buffering settings. Auto Sense Buffering Connections Look-ahead x Frames Cache All This is the default value and the recommended setting. It will enable the buffering to become dynamic and change as required. Changes how many buffering connections will be used. Each buffering connection opens a TCP connection to the DVR, increasing possible bandwidth; but may be limited on CPU usage, as well as the maximum throughput to the DVR. This is the number of frames that VIGIL Client will buffer during playback. Settings from 30 to 1800 frames are available. A higher number of Look-Ahead frames is recommended for DVRs recording at higher frame rates. Cache the entire video. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 44

Audio Playback If audio recording is enabled and configured in the DVR settings, the Audio tab will become available in the Advanced Features section of the Search window. Selecting an audio channel from this tab allows you to playback recorded audio along with video footage. To choose which audio channel to playback, select the channel from the drop-down menu in the Audio tab. All Audio Video Only Audio When selected, all audio from the specified channel is played back even when there is no corresponding video footage for the playback time. When selected, audio from the specified channel is played back only when there is corresponding video footage for the playback time. This Audio Level Meter indicates the signal strength of the currently playing audio. Visual Search A Visual Search tab has been added to the advanced playback features. Visual search is a graphical representation of the search results. The visual footage shows the period of time searched with footage recorded displayed as blocks of color representing the recording mode: Green for Constant, Blue for Motion or Red for Alarm. When the mouse is moved within the display, a line is drawn indicating the point in time under the cursor, which is displayed in text between the footage start and end times. Clicking within the chart will begin playback of the camera at that time. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 45

8 Exporting Video footage can be saved either as a single frame still shot or as a video file, audio and POS data can be saved either embedded within video footage or in a separate document. This process is referred to as exporting. Note: To export footage there must be at least one export destination configured. Note: If Export Auditing is enabled on the DVR, required information must be entered before selecting the destination folder for both images and video exports. 8.1 Exporting or Printing Images Single frame shots can be saved in either Bitmap (BMP) or JPEG (JPG) format. BMP images retain all of the original image detail, but are typically much larger than JPG images as a result. JPG images are compressed and are typically indistinguishable from the original image when the JPG quality is 70 or greater. Opens the Export context menu. Select the type of media you wish to export. BMP JPG Saves the still image as a BMP image. Select the export destinations and enter a filename. Click Save when finished or Cancel to exit without saving. Saves the still image as a JPG image. Select the export destination and enter a filename. Additionally, you may select a quality setting for the JPG image by adjusting the slider. Closer to the left side means a lower quality, smaller sized file; further to the right means a higher quality, larger sized file. For the most part, the default compression setting is the best choice. Click Save when finished or Cancel to exit without saving. Select the destination you want to save the image to. You can select multiple destinations by checking the corresponding boxes, as well as create subdirectories by using the New Folder button. When Exporting a Bitmap the Quality slider will not be visible. Prints to the Windows default printer. Click this button and select Print Still Image. Note: The image will be sent to the default Windows printer only. If one has not been configured an error message will inform you of this. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 46

8.2 Exporting Video Video footage can be exported in Microsoft AVI Video format or in Authentic Video format which uses 3xLOGIC s Motion JPEG AZTECH format. Video clips exported in Authentic Video format can be played using the 3xLOGIC DV Player program. AVI format video clips can be played using Windows Media Player or any other player that supports standard AVI format. The Authentic Video format is recommended when exporting video clips as evidence since the authenticity of the clip can be verified using DV Player. VIGIL Client allows video exports to include the VIGIL DV player installation kit file to ensure that playback software is available for Authentic Video exports. Opens the Export context menu. Select the type of media you wish to export. Saves the current video footage as an AVI video. Select the export destinations and enter a filename. Clicking the Advanced button will open the CODEC Settings window that allows you to set the image size the video will be saved at. The button will open another window where you can select and configure the CODEC used during the encoding process. AVI Click OK when finished or Cancel to exit without saving. Authentic Video With Data Saves the current video footage as a MJPEG. Select the export destinations and enter a filename. Click Save when finished or Cancel to exit without saving. Includes the POS data in a separate text file, or embedded in the exported video and overlaid on video within DV Player. The latter looks similar to the On-Screen POS Data Display. Data can also be exported separately from Video. Note: Embedded is only available for Authentic Video Exports. With Audio Exports any audio on the selected channel with the video file. Audio can also be exported separately from video. Select the destination you wish to save the footage to. You can select multiple destinations, as well as create subdirectories by clicking the New Folder button. If you are exporting from the Multi-Screen playback, when choosing to export video you will have the option of exporting the selected camera or all cameras. Choosing Selected Camera will export only the currently selected camera footage. Choosing All Cameras will export footage from all currently displayed cameras to separate files. The files will have the camera name appended to the filename. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 47

8.3 Export File Browser The Export File Browser provides a thumbnail file browser for exported video footage and still shots. File navigation is similar to Windows Explorer. To open the Exports window, select the Export File Browser option from the View drop-down menu in the main VIGIL Client window. Find a File or Folder Open a File Copy a File To search for a file or folder, go to Edit Find, enter a file or folder name, and click OK. Go to Edit Find Next to select the next file or folder with the given name. Note: If you would like to search for a file or folder using only a partial name, enter an asterisk (*) for the part of the name that is not defined. For example, enter *cam1* to search for files or folders that contain cam1 in their name; enter cam1* to search for names that begin with cam1. Double-click the desired file in the File Browser or Thumbnail Browser. This will open the file using the default program as configured in the Windows file associations. Right-click the desired file in the File Browser or Thumbnail Browser and select Copy item(s). This will open the Select Destination window that allows you to save another copy of the file to an export destination. You can also use the menu to copy a file by selecting the file and going to File Copy item(s). Note: To select multiple folders, hold down the Control key as you make your selection. Delete a File Copy a Folder Right-click the desired file in the File Browser or Thumbnail Browser and select Delete item(s). You can also use the menu to delete a file by selecting the file and going to File Delete item(s). Note: To select multiple folders, hold down the Control key as you make your selection. Right-click on a folder in the File Browser and select Copy item(s). You can also use the menu to copy a folder by selecting the folder and going to File Copy item(s). Note: To select multiple folders, hold down the Control key as you make your selection. Right-click on a folder in the File Browser and select Delete item(s). You can also use the menu to delete a folder by selecting the folder and going to File Delete item(s). Delete a Folder Note: Only empty folders can be deleted. Note: To select multiple folders, hold down the Control key as you make your selection. Note: For export folders to show in the browser, at least one export destination must be configured in Settings Destinations tab. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 48

9 Site Map The Site Map utility provides a graphical interface to a site s cameras by displaying their location on a map. For more information on creating and using site maps, please refer to the Site Map Designer Section. Monitor Live Select an analog output monitor on the DVR that will display the camera. Displays cameras in the Live Viewer window. Toggles the playback controls: Play Reset Resets the search criteria to default (previous hour). Quick Retrieve Search from preset time intervals. From/To - Start and end date/time interval to search. Stretch Prev / Next Back / Forward Drop-down Menu Toggles the site map between normal and full screen. Switch to the previous/next site map. Moves back/forwards in the site map navigation history. Use this drop-down menu to select from multiple site map files. Changes the view to the selected camera. The display depends upon which display feature is set (Monitor, live, or playback). Changes the display to the corresponding layout, which contains multiple cameras. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 49

10 Server Alarms VIGIL Server DVRs can be configured to send alarms to VIGIL Client connections. The IP address of the client computer must be entered in the VIGIL Server settings before it is able to receive alarms. Please refer to the VIGIL Server User s Guide for details. When VIGIL Client receives an alarm, the Server Alarms window is displayed. The Server Alarms window provides a listing of alarm events and allows quick playback of alarm footage. To open the Server Alarms window, select Alarms from the menu of the main window toolbar. Note: The Server Alarms window will automatically appear as a response to an alarm event if you have Automatically Display Inbound Alarms From Server enabled in the Alarms tab of the settings window. Note: The TCP/IP port used by VIGIL Client to receive Server Alarms is 22830. The Server Alarms window displays a list of alarms received by VIGIL Server DVRs. Alarms are listed in a tabular form with the site name and IP Address, type of alarm, camera number, alarm number, and the start and end date/time of the alarm. New alarms that have not yet been acknowledged are shown in red. Acknowledged alarms are displayed in yellow. Search Alarms Acknowledge Acknowledge All Clear Clear All Suppress Live Playback Search for cleared alarms. Acknowledges the selected alarm and changes its highlighted color to yellow. Acknowledges all visible alarms and changes their highlighted color to yellow. Clears the selected alarm from the Alarms window. Clears all alarms from the Alarms window. Opens the Suppressed Alarm window where alarms can be suppressed so that no new notifications from the suppressed alarm will display until the alarm suppression expires or is deleted. Loads live video footage of the camera that corresponds to the selected alarm in the Live Viewer. Plays back the video footage for the selected alarm. The playback footage will begin at the alarm Start Time and end at the alarm End Time. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 50

In the alarm right-click menu all of the above features are available as well as the Export Image feature. Once an alarm thumbnail has been opened the Export Image feature will become available. When selected, the Select Destination window displays where the user can choose an export destination to save a copy of the thumbnail image. 10.1 Preview Alarms Click on the thumbnail icon in the Preview column to show a thumbnail snapshot image of the alarm event. Click on the expanded thumbnail to minimize it. To view an alarm thumbnail, the server from which the alarm was received must be connected. Click on the disconnected icon to automatically connect to the server. The greyscale thumbnail icon represents a thumbnail that has not yet been viewed. Click on the icon to view the thumbnail. The colour thumbnail icon represents a thumbnail that has been viewed, but has been minimized. Click on the icon to open the thumbnail. The greyscale thumbnail icon with a yellow exclamation point represents a thumbnail display attempt where no thumbnail was currently available. For example, if the minute of video footage was still in process of being written on the DVR system. Click on the thumbnail again after a moment to retry the thumbnail display request. The alarm thumbnail snapshot displays the first frame of the alarm footage. 10.2 Suppress Alarms While an alarm is suppressed, no new notifications from the suppressed alarm will display until the alarm suppression expires or is deleted. While the alarm is suppressed, the Suppressed Alarms title bar flashes as a reminder that there are suppressed alarms. Right-click on an alarm received from a VIGIL Server system and select Suppress to open the Suppressed Alarm configuration window. Click the Suppressed Alarms title bar to expand or collapse the Suppressed Alarms window. In this window, suppressed alarms can be added, edited, or deleted. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 51

10.3 Search Alarms Click to open the Search Alarms window where a variety of criteria can be used to search for an alarm event. Click Search to search for all alarm events on the system. The results can be narrowed down with the following options. From/To Site Alarm Type Alarm Camera Number Reset Search Live Playback Prev Next Check the From and/or To box and enter the time range to search for alarm events. Select the Site to search alarms from. Check this box and select an alarm type to search for from the drop-down menu. Check this box and enter an alarm number to search for. Check this box and enter a camera number to search for. Resets the search criteria to default. Searches for alarm events that match the search criteria. Loads the live video feed of the camera that corresponds to the selected alarm in the Live Viewer. Plays back the video footage for the selected alarm. The playback footage will begin at the alarm Start Time and end at the alarm End Time. Navigates to the previous page Navigates to the next page 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 52

11 Settings 11.1 Startup Tab The Startup tab controls the behaviour of VIGIL Client when it first opens. Auto Logon to All Servers on Startup Display All Available Cameras When enabled, VIGIL Client automatically connects to all servers when the program is launched. When enabled, VIGIL Client will launch up to 36 available cameras in the Live Viewer. This feature requires Auto Logon to All Servers on Startup to be enabled. When enabled, VIGIL Client will retrieve its Site list from a VIGIL VCM Server. Managed by VCM When VIGIL Client starts, the user will be able to choose to load the Site list from a configured VCM Server or use the Local Settings from the VIGIL Client. Prompt when Auto Logon Fails Show Splash Screen on Startup When enabled, if VIGIL Client cannot connect to a Site due to incorrect account credentials, it will prompt so that the user can enter the correct username and password. When enabled, the VIGIL Client splash screen is automatically displayed when the program is launched. When enabled, a username and password is required when launching VIGIL Client. The default username is user and the default password is 123. Enable Client Login Opens the Change Client Login window. Type in a new user name and password to change them from the default. Connection Timeout Enter the number of seconds to attempt a network connection before the attempt is stopped. This setting applies to all connections except for a footage search, which has an individual setting in the Search tab. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 53

11.2 Live Tab The Live tab controls the Live Viewer video streaming mode. Frame by Frame Transfer Motion Block Adjust Speed Automatically Use Sub Stream If Available Default Live Speed Pre Buffer For Network Cameras Pre Buffer For Other Cameras Enables faster decoding of streams from MPEG4 cameras. Note: This setting may have an adverse effect on non-mpeg4 cameras. Enables the transfer of motion block information for use with the SDK. Note: Enabling this feature is not recommended. Automatically adjusts the live video speed for each camera according the camera layout and the CPU usage percentage to maintain the optimum level of video performance. When enabled, if a camera has the sub stream available, the Live Viewer will open the sub stream instead of the main stream by default. Choose Slow (1fps), Medium (5fps), Fast (10fps), Turbo (20fps) or Maximum as the default live video speed. A lower live speed will use less CPU. Enter the number of milliseconds to use as a pre buffer for live network cameras. This setting is useful if there is latency in the live viewer due to a slow network connection. Enter the number of milliseconds to use as a pre buffer for live analog cameras. This setting is useful if there is latency in the live viewer due to a slow network connection. Show Site and Camera Name Maximize Replace Cameras When enabled, the DVR site and camera name will display in full screen live mode. When enabled, the Live Viewer window will automatically open maximized. When enabled, choosing the Display All option when right-click on a Site, will replace cameras in the Live Viewer, if not enabled, the cameras will only display enough to fill the live viewer. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 54

11.3 Search Tab The Search tab controls options relating to the searching and playback of video footage and POS data. Stream Simultaneously Alarm Playback Pre Event Short Intervals Remember Last X Search Items Connection Timeout Enables VIGIL Client to stream live footage and playback recorded video footage simultaneously. To conserve server resources, leave this option disabled. Set the amount of time to playback prior to an Alarm when playing Alarm footage in the Server Alarms window. When enabled, the Quick Retrieve drop-down menu in the Search window displays short intervals of 15 and 30 minutes in addition to the selection of an hour, 2 hours, 4 hours, and 8 hours. In the POS Data Filter section within the Search window, previously searched items are listed in the Items drop-down menu. Use the arrows to select how many search items will be remembered. Select the amount of minutes to wait for video search results from the server before displaying a Connection Timeout message. Auto Sense Buffering Connections Look Ahead Enable Playback Disk Caching This is the default value. It will enable the cache to become dynamic and change as required. Changes how many buffering threads will be used. Each buffering thread opens a TCP connection to the DVR, increasing possible bandwidth, but may be limited on CPU usage, as well as the maximum throughput to the DVR. This is the size of the buffer, in number of frames. Settings from 30 to 1800 frames are available. It is recommended that a higher cache size is used for a higher frame rate. When searching footage, this feature stores the footage in the configured cache location. If the footage already exists in the cache, the cached footage is displayed instead of retrieving the footage again from the server. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 55

Cache Location Max Cache Size The location where the cached files will be stored. VIGIL Client deletes Cache files automatically when the cache is full. The maximum amount of hard drive space that will be used by VIGIL Client Playback Disk Caching. The default cache size is 528 Mb. Note: If the cache is located on the same drive as the operating system, ensure there is enough available disk space for the operating system and other programs to function properly. Cache all Frames in Background Show Site and Camera Name When video playback is paused, all frames in the video will be cached instead of the default 1 minute cache. Displays the site and camera name for each camera when in Full Screen mode. 11.4 Alarms Tab The Alarms tab controls the notification settings for alarms received from connected servers. Auto Display Inbound Alarms From Server When enabled, the Alarms window will automatically pop up when inbound alarms from VIGIL Server are received. Instructs the system to beep or play a Wave file when an incoming alarm is displayed. System Beep A system beep is played. Audio Notification Uses an audio WAV file instead of a system beep. Wave File... Browse to the WAV file that will be played. Preview Plays the selected WAV file. Changes into a Stop button after WAV file begins playing; click to stop. Auto Acknowledge Automatically acknowledge alarm notifications after the specified number of seconds. Automatically Display Alarms In Live View When enabled, the live camera feed corresponding to an alarm event will automatically be displayed in the Live Viewer window. If the live view layout is full, the camera feed will replace another that does not currently have an alarm event. If the site is not connected, it will reconnect and display the live camera feed. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 56

11.5 Hardware Tab The Hardware tab contains settings specific to the video rendering hardware installed on the client system. Use Live Overlay From Capture Card Use Direct Draw Monitor CPU Usage Enables the ability to view live overlay (hardware rendering) from the video capture card if the VIGIL Client PC has a video capture card that supports it. Select the video capture card type from the drop-down menu. For more information, please contact support@3xlogic.com. Enables the ability to use Direct Draw if the VIGIL Client PC supports it. The Direct Draw program will produce a better quality picture with faster rendering. Enable or disable the CPU Usage bar at the bottom of the main window. COM Ports... Keyboard Settings... Virtual Switch Input Mappings... Opens the COM Port Settings window, where COM Port settings can be configured. Select the desired COM Port from the drop-down menu and adjust the Baud Rate, Data Bits, Stop Bits and Parity to match that of the connected hardware. Allows you to add, edit, or remove a special camera control keyboard, such as the Pelco KBD300A. Opens the Virtual Switch Input Mappings window where you can add, edit, delete, auto map, or print virtual switch input mappings. This feature allows you to view the mapped cameras using the VIGIL Client Virtual Switch control pad or a KBD300 by entering the monitor number and virtual switch input number. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 57

11.6 Destinations Tab Video Still/Motion Export Destinations are used to store exported video footage. You must set up destinations here before you can save video footage or still images. When an export destination is added or edited, the Media Control window is displayed. Destination Name Destination Path Destination Type Include DV Player The name for the export destination. The path for the export destination. Click... to browse to the destination. This setting affects how the destination appears in the export list. Default On Default Off Silent Send The destination checkbox will be selected. The destination checkbox will not be selected. All exports will also be sent to this destination without notifying the user. Saves the Digital Video (DV) Player to the same destination each time an export is done. This setting is normally used for CD-R or DVD-R media type destinations. Note: Deleting a destination will not delete the Windows folder or the files contained in that destination. 11.7 Audio Tab The Audio tab controls the buffering of audio streams. Pre Buffer The number of milliseconds to buffer when streaming live audio. Use the arrows to change the pre buffer. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 58

11.8 Chat Tab The Chat tab controls the audio buffering for the chat utility. Pre Buffer The number of milliseconds to buffer when listening to audio chat. Use the arrows to modify the pre buffer. 11.9 Sitemaps Tab The Sitemaps tab instructs VIGIL Client where to locate sitemap files. Top Level Maps Location Enter the path to the top level sitemaps or click the button to browse to the location. 11.10 Transcoder Tab The Transcoder tab allows configuration of up to four video transcoders to recode video and display it on an analog monitor. For more information, please contact 3xLOGIC. Encoding Bitrate Control Constant Quality/Bitrate Deinterlacing Selects the type of encoding. Constant Quality will ensure the quality of the encoding never falls below a certain threshold (Low, Medium, High and Super-High) but at the expense of playback performance (reduced frame rates and skipping/jumpiness). Selecting Constant Bitrate will ensure a constant Bitrate is sent, at the expense of image quality. For high frame rate/high motion video feeds, it will help the playback performance, improving video smoothness. Addresses interlacing issues that may occur on high resolution video feeds. Transcoder Settings Enabled Register, Control, Streaming Ports Auto Link Enables the corresponding transcoder. Changes the ports to use to connect to the transcoder. Refer to the documentation of the video transcoder to correctly set these ports. When enabled, establishes an automatic connection with the transcoder. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 59

11.11 Virtual Switch Tab The Virtual Switch tab allows configuration of up to eight digital (PC) or analog monitor outputs. Digital Analog The digital virtual switch feature allows users to configure additional PC monitors to display up to 16 simultaneous live camera feeds per PC monitor. Users are able to access and control all cameras from DVR sites, whether they are analog, network, or PTZ cameras, all without the need for a KBD300 keyboard. The analog virtual switch allows live viewing or playback of one camera per analog monitor connected to the VIGIL Client system. Digital Virtual Switch Config (For Software Mode Only) Show Timestamp Show Record Status Stretch Image to Fit Window Priority Audio Displays the video time on the monitor output screen. Displays coloured camera borders that indicated the recording mode on the monitor output screen. Blue for motion, yellow for dwell time, green for constant, and red for alarm. Stretches the camera image to fit the virtual switch monitors (i.e. camera spots). Enable this to automatically play the Priority Audio channel associated with a Video stream when it is added to or switched to on the monitor. Monitor Settings Enabled Use Hardware Acceleration Enables the corresponding monitor output. When enabled, the monitor will use hardware acceleration, if applicable. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 60

Analog Virtual Switch Note: Analog Monitor Output is not supported on Microsoft Windows 7 or Microsoft Windows Vista operating systems. Video Standard Choose to use NTSC or PAL as your monitor output video standard. NTSC is the analog television system used in Canada and the United States (among some other countries). Configure OSD Show Camera Name Show Site Name Show Timestamp Show Monitor Number Small / Large Font Horizontal/ Vertical Offset Displays the camera name on the monitor output screen. Displays the Site Name on the monitor output screen. Displays the video time on the monitor output screen. Displays the Monitor Number on the monitor output screen. Select Small or Large Font text to be displayed on the screen of the monitor output. Offsets the text displayed on the monitor output screen according to the specified offset placement. A lower offset number will offset the text less than a higher offset number. This feature may be desirable if the text is obstructing an area of interest on the video footage. Monitor Settings Enabled Auto Link Enables the corresponding monitor output. When enabled, the video footage for a camera selected in the Live Viewer or Playback window is automatically displayed on the enabled monitor output(s). 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 61

Virtual Switch Input Mappings Opens the Virtual Switch Input Mappings window where you can add, edit, delete, auto map, or print virtual switch input mappings. This feature allows you to view the mapped cameras using the VIGIL Client Virtual Switch control pad or a KBD300 by entering the monitor number and virtual switch input number. Add / Edit Opens the Edit Virtual Switch Input Mapping window where you can add/edit a virtual switch input mapping by specifying the input number, server name, and camera number. Delete Deletes the selected destination. Automatically maps virtual switch inputs for all detected servers. Auto Map Print Note: If you click Auto Map when there are existing virtual switch input mappings, you will be prompted if you would like to overwrite the mappings. Click Yes to overwrite the existing mappings, or click No to add new mappings to existing ones. Prints the virtual switch input mappings to the default printer. Digital Virtual Switch Setup To setup the digital virtual switch feature: 1. Expand your local desktop to another monitor in the Window Display Properties. 2. Open VIGIL Client and go to the Settings window. 3. Go to the Virtual Switch tab and select Digital as the type 4. Any monitors available for the virtual switch are enabled by checking the Enabled box under the monitor number. If setting up the digital virtual switch, Monitor 1 here is monitor #2 in the Windows Display Properties, Monitor 2 is #3 in the Windows Display Properties, and so on. 5. Click the Virtual Switch Input Mappings button and add cameras that will be accessible to the virtual switch > click OK. 6. Click OK to the main settings form. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 62

12 Site Map Designer The Site Map Designer is a utility that allows the user to configure graphical displays of the site with associated cameras. To open the Site Map Designer, from the Start Menu: Programs VIGIL Site Map Designer. Creating a New Site Map 1. Before beginning a new site map, create an image (JPG or BMP) file. This file will be used as a background picture for the site map. 2. Click the Image button on the toolbar or select File Load Background Image from the menu. Opening an Existing Site Map 1. Click the Open button on the toolbar or select File Open from the menu. Saving a Site Map 1. To save a site map, click the Save button from the toolbar or select File Save As from menu. Site map files are normally stored in the C:\Program Files\VIGIL\Client directory. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 63

12.1 Site Map Designer Icons and Buttons Hot Spot Fixed Camera Dome (PTZ) Camera Multi-Camera Grid Map Link With this icon selected, drag a box on the site map to define a new hot spot. To delete a hot spot, select the hot spot you wish to remove and click the Delete key. Select an existing hot spot on the sitemap and then click the icon or drag a box with the icon selected to place a fixed camera on the site map. When setting up these cameras, specify the appropriate remote host and camera number in the control settings. Select an existing hot spot on the sitemap and then click the icon or drag a box with the icon selected to place a pan/tilt/zoom camera on the site map. When setting up these cameras, specify the appropriate remote host and camera number in the control settings. Select an existing hot spot on the sitemap and then click the icon or drag a box with the icon selected to place an icon to link to 4, 9, or 16 camera grid on the server Live screen. When setting up these cameras, specify the appropriate remote host and set the camera number to 0 in the control settings. Select an existing hot spot on the sitemap and then click the icon or drag a box with the icon selected to place a map link icon. Directional Select an existing hot spot on the sitemap and then click the icon or drag a box with the icon selected to place a directional icon on the site map. For example, can be used to provide directional links to adjacent maps. Relays Select an existing hot spot on the sitemap and then click the icon or drag a box with the icon selected to place a relay on the site map. It provides a toggle for relays on the site map. It is also polled every 5 seconds for its current state. Alignment Select a hot spot and then use a combination of the horizontal and vertical alignments to move the icon into any position within the hot spot. Color Use these buttons to change the default colors of the hot spot borders for each state (normal, mouse over, mouse click). Note: These changes affect all hot spots on the site map. Click the Preview button to view the site map in runtime mode. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 64

12.2 Site Map / Hot Spot Properties Note: Click the Tab key or select a different input box after each setting has been made to make sure the changes occur. Sitemap Properties Description Top Level Map A brief description of the site map. Top Level Maps are listed as a home map in Gatekeeper. Hotspot Properties Hot Spot Types Default Live Only Link Relay Select Default for a PTZ or a fixed camera hotspot. Select Live Only for camera hotspots that link to a camera that is connected to the Matrix Switch but not to a VIGIL Server DVR. Select Link for a hotspot that links to another map. Select Relay to trigger an output relay from a DIO device configured on the DVR. Caption Tag Top / Left / Width / Height Matrix Input Link Map The text that is displayed when the mouse is moved over the camera. Use the Tag section to make any notes about this camera. This information is not displayed in the site map. Size and position of the hot spot in pixels. For Live Only cameras; the Matrix Input number of the camera. For link hot spots, the location of the site map where the link leads to. Remote Host IP/DNS Name Port Dialup Dialup Entry Camera Number Preset The IP Address or DNS Name of the VIGIL Server DVR. The data port of the VIGIL Server DVR. Enable this option if the connection to the VIGIL Server DVR is a dialup connection. For dialup connections only; the dialup entry of the dialup connection. The DVR camera number of the selected camera. For controllable cameras, enter a preset number for the camera to go to this preset when the hotspot is clicked. Presets will only function when the Site Map Monitor button is latched on. Relay Relay The number of the relay switch that will be toggled when the hotspot is clicked. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 65

13 DV Player VIGIL Client allows video exports to include the VIGIL DV Player to ensure playback software is available for Authentic Video (MJPG) exports. A number of controls have been provided to make navigation and advanced features more accessible: Click and hold down the Fast Backward or Fast Forward button to playback as quickly as possible without skipping any frames. Skips to the very beginning/end of the video footage. If clicked while playing the footage, skips one 10 th of the footage. While paused or stopped, click to playback frame by frame. Stops / Plays the video footage. Click-and-drag the pointer on the slider bar to advance or rewind the video footage. The mouse scroll wheel can also be used to do this. During playback, if only a sub-range of the loaded footage is of interest, it can quickly be selected by using markers. Click to authenticate the video to ensure that it has not been tampered with. If the video has been tampered with, a red X and an error message will be displayed. Note: The authentication feature on the DV Player will only detect errors for video frames that have been tampered with since the export. If the video was altered before the export, authentication errors will not be found. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 66

If Video Analytics information has been embedded in the Video File, what information is displayed can be selected. Save a still image in BMP or JPG format, export video in AVI, Authentic Video (MJPG) or VIGIL Server File Stream format, or Audio only. Select Print Still Image to print the current frame or select Print Data to print the currently displayed data. Rotate the video 90 degrees in the indicated direction. To zoom in, move the cursor over the video. A zoom outline will be displayed to indicate the region that will be magnified. Left-click to zoom in on the image or right-click to zoom out. Switch to Full Screen playback. Double click or press Esc to return to windowed mode. Cue Cues the video to a specific frame, enter a frame number and click the Cue button. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 67

14 Language Switcher VIGIL Client can be run in English, French, Spanish and Hebrew. The Language Switcher can be run from the Windows Start menu, select Programs VIGIL Language Switcher. Select the desired language from the drop-down menu, click switch. A prompt will show informing that a system reboot is required to complete the language change. Click Yes to reboot immediately, Click No to have the update applied the next time the system is restarted. Note: The prompt will display in the language that is being switched to. 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 68

15 Contact Information 3xLOGIC has offices in Victoria BC, Canada and in Westminster Colorado, USA. Please visit our 3xLOGIC web site at www.3xlogic.com. Please contact us by e-mail at support@3xlogic.com (technical support), or using the following contact information: 3xLOGIC Technical Support: Toll Free: (877) 3XLOGIC (877) 395-6442 Email: support@3xlogic.com Website: www.3xlogic.com 3xLOGIC Corporate Headquarters 16-6782 Veyaness Road Victoria, BC V8M 2C2 Canada 3xLOGIC USA Main Office 6510 West 91st Avenue Westminster, CO 80031 USA 3xLOGIC s VIGIL Client Software - Users Guide Page 69