Pelco C3608M (9/07) manual

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    Video Security System Endura ™ Mapping Operation C3608M (9/07)[...]

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    C3608M (9/07 ) 3 Contents Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 About This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    C3608M (9/07 ) 5 About This Guide Thank you f or purchasing Pelco’ s Endura ™ Mappi ng application . This guide pr ovides instruct ions on creat ing maps, editin g application s ettings, and monito ring alarm e vents. For proper networ k configura tion, follow the instruc tions in the Endura Netw ork Design Gu ide, whic h is available at the Pe[...]

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    6 C3608M (9/07) Getting Started LOGGING ON AND OFF FROM ENDURA MAPPING Log on to and off from E ndura Mapping with one of the following metho ds. FROM THE WS5000 ADVANCED SY STEM SOFTWARE 1. From the WS5000 main screen , click the “Endura Mapp ing” button in the toolbar . The Endu ra Mapping main screen appears an d displays the default map in [...]

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    C3608M (9/07 ) 7 Figure 3. Searching for the Sy stem Manager 3. After th e system manag er is located, enter your us er name an d password, and then click OK to log on to the application. Figure 4. Sy stem Manager Found RECONNECTING TO THE ENDURA MAPPING SERVICE The Endura Mapping serv ice is located on the Endura system manager and runs independ e[...]

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    8 C3608M (9/07) Navigation T ools in Endura Mapping Endura Map ping provides several feat ures to na vigate on a map . These features are ava ilable in both Live Mode an d Edit Mode. Th e T ear -off feature is av ailable whil e viewing a map in Live Mode. MAP V IEWER T OOLS Figure 5. Navigation T ools for Maps Endura Map ping provides the following[...]

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    C3608M (9/07 ) 9 TO O L T I P S A T oolT ip is a quick descri ption that appea rs when you move the mouse pointer over a co mmand button. Only active butto ns displa y a description. If a button does not display its T oolT ip, the bu tton is not available . When you move the mouse pointe r away from a button, th e To o l Ti p disappears. The exampl[...]

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    10 C3608M (9/07) Elements of a Map A map is a graphical represen tation of a physical space, such as a building o r floor plan, or a geographical locat ion, such as a city or neighborhood. A site might require one or more unrelated maps to re present its security system, or several maps might be needed that can be related hie rarchically. In such a[...]

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    C3608M (9/07 ) 11 • Scale: The scale of a map determin es the rati o of the ac tual physical space that th e map repre sents in relat ion to the map as it is vi ewed in Endura Map ping. Map sc ale is adjusted based on th e unit of measu rement (stand ard or metric) that is set for the map each tim e you zoom in or out of the map. Wh en setting th[...]

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    12 C3608M (9/07) Creating and Editing Maps T o create or edit maps, you must be lo gged on to En dura Mapping with a user ID t hat has permiss ions to edit map s. Permissions t o any functio n in an Endura system are as signed from the WS5000. Several tasks are involved in creating and editing maps from while in Edit Mode. Refer to the follo wing s[...]

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    C3608M (9/07 ) 13 CREATING A MAP 1. If you have not already don e so, click the Edit Mode butto n in the toolbar to switch to th e Edit Mode. 2. Click the Create Map but ton to display the New Map Set tings screen. 3. Enter a name for th e map. 4. If desi red, import a back ground image f or the map. Ba ckground maps c an be AutoCAD DXF files, bit [...]

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    14 C3608M (9/07) Figure 9. Creating a New Map IMPORTING A BACKGROUND A background can be added to a map any time. 1. Create a new map, or sele ct the map in the Ma p Browser . 2. On the New Map Settings or Edit M ap Settings screen, click the Impo rted Background op tion to include an image file for the cu rrently selected map. 3. Click Import New [...]

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    C3608M (9/07 ) 15 Figure 11. Comp leted Background T ab TIP: T o show or hide a background map, click the Hide Background button in the Layers browse r . Figure 12. Show or Hide the Map Background ADDING OR EDITING SHAPE LAYERS ON A MAP 1. In Edit Mode, click the Plus sign under the Sha pes Layer browser . A new shape layer ap pears in the list. Fi[...]

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    16 C3608M (9/07) Figure 14. Editing T ools for Shapes 5. If desired, select th e text tool, and then add a name for the sha pe on the map. Y ou can add text directly to t he shape, or us e the T ext tool to add a separate text lab el to the shape. Refer to Ed iting T ext Properties of a Shape on page 17 for instruction s on adding a text title to a[...]

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    C3608M (9/07 ) 17 ADDING A HYPERLINK TO ANOTHER MAP OR FILE 1. Right-click a shape on th e map, and then click “Add Hyp erlin k” from the shortcut menu. The “Edit Hyperlink” d ialog box appear s. Figure 16. Creating a Hyperlink 2. Select the hyperlink type . An additio nal field ap pears on the dialog box. 3. Enter the inf ormation for the [...]

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    18 C3608M (9/07) 3. Edit the following settings for the text title, and then click OK. • Change the text ti tle. • Change the font si ze of the text title. • Change the color of t he text tit le. • Change the ba ckground co lor of the text ti tle. • Adjust the horizonta l and vertical alignment of the text title. • Select boldface or it[...]

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    C3608M (9/07 ) 19 Figure 21. Completed Icons o n a Map EDITING ICON SETTINGS RENAME AN INDIVIDUAL ICON T o perform these tasks, select Edit Ic on Set tings from the sh ortcut menu. Figure 22. Edit Icon Settings Screen[...]

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    20 C3608M (9/07) ADJUSTING THE SIZE AND BORDER SETTI NGS FOR ALL ICONS ON A MAP 1. While in Edit Mode, select a map, and then click the E dit button. 2. The Ed it Map Set tings screen appears. Figure 23. Editing Icon Settings 3. Adjust the icon se ttings as follo ws: • Adjust th e size of icons o n a map by sel ecting a size along the scale. Clic[...]

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    C3608M (9/07 ) 21 ASSOCIATING ENDURA DEVICES WITH AN ICON 1. From the E dit Mode scre en, display t he desired icon layer on th e map. 2. In the Device Browser list, use the filter s to sort the list. Yo u can display devices by their availability (onl ine or offlin e), by type (camera, encoder , alarm, and so f orth), or by location. 3. Select a d[...]

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    22 C3608M (9/07) CREATING CUSTOM VIEWS Custom views provide a way to show or hide a subset of the icons and shap es that are included on a map. A vie w can display as m any icon layers and shape la yers as necessa ry , and it can show or hide the back ground image. By creating vie ws that displ ay only a subset of th e layers on a map, operators qu[...]

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    C3608M (9/07 ) 23 Editing Map Hierarchy Administrators can ch ange the relationsh ip of maps from the E dit Map Hierarchy scree n. 1. Click the Edit Hierarchy button in th e map browser . The Edit Map Hier archy screen appears. Figure 27. Edit Map Hierarchy Screen 2. If necessary , click the Expand All button or the Collapse A ll button in the uppe[...]

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    24 C3608M (9/07) Editing Application Settings Along with cr eating and ed iting maps, administrators can edit ap plication sett ings. Click the Edit Application Setti ngs button to display the Edit Application Settings scre en. Use this screen to edit settings th at affect everyone who uses En dura Mapping. • Select a default map to display ea ch[...]

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    C3608M (9/07 ) 25 Figure 29. Editing Style Settings[...]

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    26 C3608M (9/07) Managing Users User permissio ns for Endura M apping are co ntrolled on t he SM5000 Endura system manage r and are set from the WS5000 advanced sys te m software. T o provide acc ess to Endura Mapping, a syst em administra tor can add pe rmission for either of th e following r oles to a ny En dura user from the WS5000 : • View ma[...]

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    C3608M (9/07 ) 27 Monitoring Alarms in Live Mode Endura Map ping gives op erators the ab ility to disp lay the phys ical location of cameras, ala rms, and other Endura dev ices throug hout a facility . This spatial representat ion of the fa cility elimin ates the need to memorize the location of a camera that is identified o nly by a number or name[...]

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    28 C3608M (9/07) V IEWING ALARM DETAILS 1. While moni toring a map in Live Mode, cl ick an icon on a map. The Device D etails dialog b ox appears. Figure 31. Monitoring an Alarm 2. Note the number in the color -coded boxes a long the to p of the dialo g box as fol lows: • The red box indicates t he number of c ritical alar ms. • The orange box [...]

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    C3608M (9/07 ) 29 Figure 32. Viewing a List of Active Alarms 4. Click an ala rm in the list t o view more details about the ala rm. Figure 33. V iewing Details About an Alarm ACKNOWLEDGING OR SNOOZING ALARMS Each alarm ca n be acknowle dged or snoozed individua lly or all alarms can be resolved simultaneously . 1. While viewing a map in Live Mode, [...]

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    30 C3608M (9/07) 2. Perform any of the following ta sks from this tab: • Acknowledge all of the alarms by clicking the Ac knowledge All button. • Snooze all of the ala rms by clicking the Snooze All butt on. • Acknowledge a specific alar m by clicking the Acknowledge A larm button . • Snooze a spe cific alarm by cl icking the Sno oze Alarm [...]

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    C3608M (9/07 ) 31 Figure 37. Adding an Entry in the Sy stem Log 5. Enter a comment abou t the alarm, and then click the “Add to Log” button . The comment is ad ded to the system lo g. 6. Close th e Device Deta ils dialog box wh en you are d one. V IEWING V IDEO ASSOCIATED WITH AN ICON 1. While viewing a map, click an icon that is associat ed wi[...]

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    32 C3608M (9/07) SENDING V IDEO TO AN EXTERNAL MONITOR ON THE ENDURA SY STEM Send video to a monitor on anot her workspace when yo u want to alert someone (such as a supervisor ) about an important event. Th is task works best when you want to send video from a single camera to an externa l monitor . 1. While viewing a map in Liv e Mode, click an i[...]

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    C3608M (9/07 ) 33 Specifications MINIMUM ENDURA SOFT WARE REQUIREMENTS • Endura WS5000 ve rsion 1.5 or higher • Endura SM50 00 system mana ger version 1.3.1024 or hi gher MINIMUM COMPUTER SPECIFICATIONS When installing Endura Mapping on a computer other than an Endura Wo rkstation, the followin g specifications apply. • Processor: Intel ® Pe[...]

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    PRODUCT WARRANTY AND RETURN INFORMA TION WARRANTY Pelco will repair or replace, without char ge, any merchandise proved defective in material or workmanship for a period of one year after the date of shipment. Exceptions to this warrant y are as noted belo w: • Five years on fi ber optic produc ts and TW3000 Serie s unshielded twist ed pair trans[...]

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    W orldwide Headquarters 3500 Pelco W ay Clovis, California 93612 USA USA & Canada T el: 800/289-9100 Fax: 800/289-9150 International T el: 1-559/292-1981 Fax: 1-559/348-1120 www .p elco. com ISO 9001 Australia | Canada | Finland | France | Germany | Italy | Macau | The Netherlands | Russia | Singapore South Africa | Spain | Sweden | United Arab[...]