Bosch MBV-BPRO-40 User manual

Bosch Video Management System

MBV-BPRO-40

en Operator's Manual

Table of contents

1Using the Help 6

1.1 Finding information 6

1.2 Printing the Help 6

2Introduction 8

3System overview 9

3.1 Hardware requirements 9

3.2 Software requirements 9

3.3 License requirements 9

4Getting started 10

4.1 Installing Bosch VMS Archive Player 10

4.2 Starting Bosch VMS Archive Player 10

5Displaying camera images 11

5.1 Displaying a camera in an Image pane 11

5.2 Finding an item in the Logical Tree 11

5.3 Arranging Image panes 11

5.4 Displaying the Alarm Image window 11

5.5 Starting manual recording 12

5.6 Starting a pre-configured camera sequence 12

5.7 Starting an automatic camera sequence 13

5.8 Using one channel audio mode 14

5.9 Using multichannel audio mode 14

5.10 Using digital zoom 14

5.11 Saving a single image 15

5.12 Printing a single image 15

5.13 Switching to full-screen mode 15

5.14 Displaying or hiding the Image pane bars 15

5.15 Displaying information on a camera 15

5.16 Starting instant playback 16

5.17 Assigning a camera to a monitor 16

5.18 Using audio mode 16

5.19 Displaying metadata (for NVR recordings only) 16

5.20 Using the Intercom functionality 17

5.21 Locking the control of a PTZ camera 18

5.22 Updating the reference image 18

6Using maps and the PTZ cameras 19

6.1 Displaying a map 19

6.2 Controlling PTZ cameras 19

6.3 Using in-window control of a camera 19

7Using favorites and bookmarks 21

7.1 Adding items to the Favorites Tree 21

7.2 Creating/editing views 21

7.3 Adding a bookmark 22

7.4 Editing a bookmark 22

7.5 Displaying a bookmark 23

8Managing recorded videos 24

8.1 Using the Timeline 24

8.2 Playing a specific recording mode 24

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8.3 Playing recorded videos 24

8.4 Authenticating video data (for NVR recordings only) 25

8.5 Changing the playback speed 25

8.6 Protecting video 25

8.7 Deleting video data 26

8.8 Exporting video data 26

8.9 Importing video data 27

8.10 Performing a Forensic Search (only VRM recordings) 27

8.11 Finding motion (only NVR recordings) 28

8.12 Finding Logbook entries 28

8.13 Finding recorded video data 29

9Handling alarms 30

9.1 Accepting an alarm 30

9.2 Adding comments to an alarm 30

9.3 Clearing an alarm 31

9.4 Customizing the Alarm List window 31

9.5 Displaying the Live Image window 32

9.6 Starting a workflow 32

9.7 Un-accepting an alarm 32

10 Using a CCTV keyboard 34

10.1 CCTV keyboard user interface 34

10.1.1 Status display 35

10.2 Using a keyboard connected to a workstation 36

10.2.1 Starting the keyboard 36

10.2.2 Entering operation modes 36

10.2.3 Displaying cameras 37

10.2.4 Using the joystick 37

10.2.5 Using softkeys 38

10.3 Using a keyboard connected to a decoder 39

10.3.1 Starting the keyboard 40

10.3.2 Displaying cameras 40

10.3.3 Using the joystick 40

10.3.4 Using softkeys 41

11 User interface 42

11.1 Live Mode 42

11.2 Playback Mode window 44

11.3 Alarm Mode (Alarm Display) 46

11.4 Menu commands 48

11.5 Reference Image dialog box 52

11.6 Select Search Parameters dialog box 52

11.7 ATM/POS Options dialog box 54

11.8 Device Selection dialog box 54

11.9 Event Selection dialog box 54

11.10 Logbook Results: dialog box 54

11.11 Options dialog box 55

11.12 Search dialog box 56

11.13 Favorites Tree window 56

11.14 Export Video dialog box 56

11.15 Exports window 57

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11.16 Map window 57

11.17 PTZ Control window 58

11.18 Monitors window 59

11.19 Image window 59

11.20 Image pane 60

11.21 Timeline window 61

11.22 Motion Search dialog box 63

11.23 Delete Video dialog box 64

11.24 Forensic Search dialog box (only VRM recordings) 64

11.25 Protect Video dialog box 65

11.26 Unprotect Video dialog box 65

11.27 Motion Search Results window 65

11.28 Alarm List window 66

11.29 Used icons 66

12 Keyboard shortcuts 70

12.1 General controls 70

12.2 Playback controls 70

12.3 Image window controls 70

13 Concepts 71

13.1 Alarm handling 71

13.2 Enterprise System 72

13.2.1 Scenarios 72

13.2.2 Permissions 75

13.2.3 Types of user groups 75

13.2.4 Licensing 75

13.3 Allegiant CCL commands supported in Bosch VMS 76

14 Troubleshooting 78

14.1 Updating an old Bosch VMS Archive Player version 78

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Using the Help

To find out more about how to do something in Bosch Video Management System, access the

online Help using any of the following methods.

To use the Contents, Index, or Search:

4On the Help menu, click Help. Use the buttons and links to navigate.

To get Help on a window or dialog:

On the toolbar, click .

4Press F1 for help on any program window or dialog.

Finding information

You can find information in the Help in several ways.

To find information in the Online Help:

1. On the Help menu, click Help.

2. If the left-hand pane is not visible, click the Show button.

3. In the Help window, do the following:

Click: To:

Contents Display the table of contents for the Online Help. Click each book to

display pages that link to topics, and click each page to display the

corresponding topic in the right-hand pane.

Index Search for specific words or phrases or select from a list of index

keywords. Double-click the keyword to display the corresponding topic

in the right-hand pane.

Search Locate words or phrases within the content of your topics. Type the

word or phrase in the text field, press ENTER, and select the topic you

want from the list of topics.

Texts of the user interface are marked bold.

4The arrow invites you to click on the underlined text or to click an item in the application.

Click to get step-by-step instructions

Related Topics

4Click to display a topic with information on the application window you currently use.

This topic provides information on the application window controls.

Concepts, 71 provides background information on selected issues.

Caution!

Medium risk (without safety alert symbol): Indicates a potentially hazardous situation.

If not avoided, this may result in property damage or risk of damage to the unit.

Cautionary messages should be heeded to help you avoid data loss or damaging the system.

Notice!

This symbol indicates information or a company policy that relates directly or indirectly to the

safety of personnel or protection of property.

Printing the Help

While using the Online Help, you can print topics and information right from the browser

window.

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To print a Help topic:

1. Right-click in the right pane and select Print.

The Print dialog box opens.

2. Click Print. The topic is printed to the specified printer.

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Introduction

Bosch VMS Archive Player displays exported recordings.

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System overview

If you plan to install and configure Bosch Video Management System, participate in a system

training on Bosch Video Management System.

Refer to the Release Notes of the current Bosch Video Management System version for

supported versions of firmware and hardware and other important information.

See data sheets on Bosch workstations and servers for information on computers where

Bosch Video Management System can be installed.

The following software modules can optionally be installed on one PC.

Tasks of the software modules

– Management Server: Stream management, alarm management, priority management,

Management logbook, user management, device state management. Additional Enterprise

System license: Managing a server list that contains multiple Management Server

computers.

– VRM: Distributing storage capacities on iSCSI devices to the encoders, while handling

load balancing between multiple iSCSI devices.

Streaming playback video and audio data from iSCSI to Operator Clients.

– MVS: Provides a transcoding service that adapts the video stream from a camera

configured in Bosch Video Management System to the available network bandwidth. This

enables mobile video clients like an iPhone to receive live or playback video data via

unreliable network connections with limited bandwidth. Not supported on Windows XP.

– Configuration Client: System configuration and administration for Operator Client.

– Operator Client: Live monitoring, storage retrieval and playback, alarm and accessing

multiple Management Server computers simultaneously.

Hardware requirements

See the data sheet for Bosch Video Management System. Data sheets for platform PCs are

also available.

Software requirements

See the data sheet for Bosch Video Management System.

Bosch Video Management System must not be installed on a computer where you want to

install Bosch VMS Archive Player.

License requirements

See the data sheet for Bosch Video Management System for the available licenses.

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Getting started

This chapter provides information on how to get started with Bosch Video Management

System and with Bosch VMS Archive Player

Installing Bosch VMS Archive Player

Caution!

Install Bosch VMS Archive Player only on a computer where Bosch Video Management is not

installed.

You can include the setup for Bosch VMS Archive Player in an export you create with

Bosch VMS Operator Client.

If there is no setup available with the export, you can find it on a computer where Bosch VMS

is installed: C:\<Installation directory>\Bosch\VMS\Update\NvrArchivePlayer

\NvrArchivePlayerSetup.exe

To install:

1. Copy the Setup program file on a computer where Bosch VMS is not installed.

2. Start NVRArchivePlayerSetup.exe.

3. Follow the instructions on the screen.

Starting Bosch VMS Archive Player

You install Bosch VMS Archive Player only on a computer where Bosch Video Management

System is not installed.

To start Bosch VMS Archive Player:

4From the Start menu, select Programs > Bosch VMS > Bosch VMS Archive Player.

The application starts.

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