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In 3VR System Manager, click the Accounts tab.
Click New.
In the New User dialog, configure the details of the new user account that will be used for the C•CURE integration:
First Name: enter some text for the first name, such as “C-Cure” (or leave blank)
Last Name: enter some text for the last name, such as “User” (or leave blank)
User Name: enter a descriptive user name, such as CCureIntegration
Password: create a password for the new user account, the retype the password
Role: select Integrator from the drop-down menu
Auto Sign Out: select Disabled from the drop-down menu
Verify that Expire password at a given date and time is not checked.
Verify the Authorized Regions and Appliances panel gives this user account access to all 3VR VMS servers that will be used in C•CURE integration.
Click Save to create the new user account.
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Log on to the Software House C•CURE system with a user account with administrative access.
Double-click the 3VR_C•CureInstaller-Release-7.0.0.98811-final.exe file to launch the InstallShield Wizard.
It may be necessary to right-click the .exe and select Run as administrator.The C•CURE integration requires the Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 to function.
Click Install to proceed.
At the Install Shield Wizard Welcome screen, click Next >.
At the Custom Setup screen, specify which component of the integration to install. By default, both components are selected.
Server
If the current machine is the C•CURE server, this should be selected
If it is a C•CURE client PC, click the drop-down arrow and select This feature will not be installed
Client
If the current machine is the C•CURE server and it does not have client software also installed, click the drop-down arrow and select This feature will not be installed
If it is a C•CURE client PC, this should be selected
Click Next >.
If the Server component was selected in step 5, the Database Server screen will appear. Specify the following:
The location of the C•CURE database server
How to connect to the database. If not using Windows authentication credentials, select ¤ Server authentication using the Login ID and password below and enter the user name and password to use to connect to the database
The name of the C•CURE database catalog
Click Next >.
Click Install to install the software.
When installation is complete, click Finish to close the wizard.
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Launch the C•CURE 9000 Server Configuration Application.
In the Services tab, confirm that the Crossfire Server Component Framework is running. If it is stopped, click Start Service to restart it.
Click the Server Components tab.
Locate the ThreeVRVideoServerComponent3VRVideoServerComponent.
Click the box labeled Enabled to check it, then click Start Service.
Verify that this component’s Status changes to Running.
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In C•CURE Administration Workstation, click the Video tab in the left-hand panel.
Expand the video tree to the location where you wish to create the 3VR VMS server. Typically this will be under the “CompanyName” “CompanyName” folder.
Right-click this folder and select 3VR Server > New.
Editing Existing VMS Servers
In C•CURE Administration Workstation, click the Video tab in the left-hand panel.
Expand the video tree to the location of the 3VR VMS Server you wish to edit
Double-click the VMS server name (or right click and select Edit) to open the VMS server for editing.
Configuring 3VR VMS Server Settings
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c. Enabled – This check box enables or disables the 3VR VMS Server.
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In the General Tab:
d. Time Zone – This is the Time Zone of the 3VR VMS server. To configure the Time Zone, click the ... button and select the time zone where the 3VR VMS server is installed from the list.
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i. Poll Period – This is the interval at which the server is polled for connection information for this VMS server and its cameras.
In the Alarms tab, you may optionally configure an alarm for the current VMS server:
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j. Click the Add button to add a new alarm for the VMS server.
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Use the following steps to add a new camera to a 3VR VMS server in C•CURE Administration Workstation.
Select the Video tab.
Navigate to the 3VR VMS server.
To add a new camera, right-click the VMS server name and select 3VR Camera > New.
Editing an Existing Camera
If cameras were automatically imported during VMS server configuration (step 7.2.3) they will already be listed under the VMS server name in the Video tab. Use the following steps to view and/or edit the settings of an existing camera:
Select the Video tab.
Navigate to the 3VR VMS server.
Click the arrow to the left of the VMS server name to expand the list of cameras that have been imported or added to the VMS server.
Double-click a camera (or right-click and select Edit) to open the camera for editing.
Editing 3VR Camera Settings
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In the Alarms tab, you may optionally configure an alarm for the current camera:
g. Click the Add button to add a new alarm for the camera.
h. When the alarm has been added, click the Property column, then click the ... button and select either Video Camera Alarm or Video loss.
i. A Video Camera Alarm is activated when a particular type of video is recorded. The following options are available in the Value drop-down menu:
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Normal – This alarm is activated when a camera returns to normal from one of the next three states.
Motion – This alarm is activated when motion is detected on a camera. Note that 3VR records motion-based video by default, and therefore a motion alarm will receive numerous alarms.
Analytics – This alarm is activated whenever an Alert Watch occurs (see section 8.3 for more information).
Alarm – This alarm is activated whenever a 3VR Alarm Event occurs.
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Use the following steps view the video from a 3VR camera in C•CURE Administration Workstation:
Click the Video tab in the left-hand panel.
In the video tree, navigate to the VMS server with the camera that you wish to view.
Click the arrow to the left of the VMS server name to expand the list of cameras.
Right-click the camera you wish to view and select one of the following options:
View – Opens the camera in a new tab.
Popup view – Opens the camera in a pop-up window.
View in current tab – Opens the camera in the current tab.
Camera View Options
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Time Range – Specify the start and end date and time of the stored video you wish to view
Play – Play back the stored video
Stop – Stop playing back the stored video
Pause – Pause the stored video
Rate – Change the rate of video playback
Record a Video | Description |
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 | Creates a 30 second recorded video journal message. Refer to the C•CURE documentation for more information. |
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There are two ways to configure events that will trigger the “Map “Map to 3VR Camera”actionCamera”action:
Use the Mappings tool to automatically generate a C•CURE event with the action predefined (see section Automatically Create C•CURE Events Using 3VR Mappings).
Manually add the action to an existing or new C•CURE event from the event’s configuration dialog (see section Adding the “Map “Map to 3VR Camera” Camera” Action to a C•CURE Event).
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With Mappings, the user selects the C•CURE device and camera that should be mapped, and the software will automatically perform the following tasks:
Add Admit, Reject, and Door triggers to the C•CURE door selected in the Mapping dialog.
Associate these triggers with a new C•CURE event.
Add a “Map “Map to 3VR Camera” Camera” action to the new C•CURE event that points to the camera selected in the Mapping dialog.
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In C•CURE Administration Workstation, click the 3VR tab in the left-hand panel.
Right-click Mappings and select New Mapping.
Edit the settings of the Mapping as follows:
Name – The name of the Mapping.
Description – A description of the Mapping.
Enabled – This enables or disables the Mapping. Disabling the Mapping will also disable the associated event so no event will be created.
Controller – This is the controller under which the door belongs.
Door – The door to watch for access events.
Appliance – The 3VR VMS server on which the C•CURE event will be created.
Camera – The 3VR camera on which the C•CURE event will be created.
Save and Close – Saves your changes and closes the dialog.
The Mapping will also automatically be disabled if the event or the triggers associated with this Mapping are deleted.
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In C•CURE Administration Workstation, click the Configuration tab in the left-hand panel.
Select Event from the drop-down menu at the top of the Configuration tab.
Click New to create a new C•CURE event, or to edit an existing event, click the green right arrow icon and then select the event from the list that will populate in the right-hand panel.
In addition to the standard event settings such as Name and Description, the following settings must be configured to send the C•CURE event to the 3VR VMS server:
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c. Select Map to 3VR Camera from the Action drop-down menu.
d. Click the ... button next to Server and select the 3VR VMS server to which you wish to send the event.
e. Click the ... next to Camera and select the 3VR camera that should be mapped to the event.
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In 3VR OpCenter, click the Monitor tab to go to the Monitor panel.
Click camera numbers to select the cameras mapped to C•CURE events.
Click the arrow below the camera selector to open the event type drop-down menu.
Select [√]CCure Event.
Click OK.
Recent events created on the 3VR VMS server by the C•CURE integration will appear in the Monitor panel.
These events are of the type “CCure Event” and have following data:
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integration will appear in the Monitor panel.
These events are of the type “CCure Event” and have following data:
Property | Description |
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Type | The type of the event(for example, “Admit” or “Door Force”). |
Location | The location of the event. This is typically the name of the C.CURE device which is triggering the alarm followed by the device type. |
Card | This is the card number used in a C.CURE access request. Note that this field maybe empty if the card id is unknown. |
User | This is the name of the card holder from a C.CURE access request. Note that this field maybe empty if the card is unknown. |
Description | This is a description of the Alarm event, This is taken directly from the C.CURE journal message. Note that this field may be empty depending on the C.CURE journal message that is generated. |
Sending 3VR Alerts to C•CURE
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The Alert Watch is designed to watch for 3VR Events with Alerts and bring that functionality into the C•CURE application. When a 3VR Event with an Alert that is monitored by an active Alert Watch occurs, a C•CURE Journal Message will be created with the format:
3VR Alert ([alert name]) occurred on Appliance ‘[VMS server name]’, Camera ‘[camera name]’.
In addition, whenever the C•CURE integration receives notification from an Alert Watch, it will activate any video camera alarms of type Analytics that have been established for the corresponding camera.
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Select the 3VR tab.
To add a new Alert Alert Watch, right-click Alert Watches and select New Alert Watch.
Editing an Existing Alert Watch
Use the following steps to view and/or edit the settings of an existing Alert Watch.
Select the 3VR tab.
Click the plus sign to the left of the VMS server name to display the VMS server’s existing Alert Watches.
Double-click the Alert Watch (or right-click and select Edit) to open it for editing.
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Name – The name of the Alert Watch.
Description – A description of the Alert Watch.
Enabled – This enables or disables the Alert Watch.
Appliance – The 3VR VMS server on which to watch for an alert with the Alert name specified in (e).
Alert – This is the name of the 3VR alert to watch. Whenever a 3VR alert with this name occurs on the 3VR VMS server selected in the previous field, the Alert Watch will write to the C•CURE Journal. In addition, if there is an Analytics Alarm configured on the 3VR camera on which the alert occurred, the analytics alarm will also be triggered.
Save and Close – Saves your changes and closes the dialog.
Verifying Successful Alert Watch Configuration
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Configure a test alert in 3VR OpCenter. This should be an alert that is easily triggered (e.g. create an alert for any motion on a camera that is physically accessible to you).
Configure an Alert Watch for the test alert as outlined in Installing 3VR Integration Software on C•CURE.
Trigger the alert (e.g., walk in front of the camera selected in step 1).
Open the OpCenter Monitor panel and verify that an Alert Event was created by your test.
In C•CURE Administration Workstation, click the Options & Tools tab.
Select Journal and click Run.
In the Dynamic View - Journal View window, verify that a “3VR Alert” journal message appears for the Alert Event generated by your test.
Appendix: A
Checking 3VR Integration Software Version
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Double-click 3VR_C•CureInstaller-1.2.1.xx.exe to begin the upgrade process.
The Install Shield wizard will notify you of the upgrade.
Click Yes to proceed.
At the Install Shield Wizard Welcome screen, click Next.
Wait while the upgrade is in progress.
When the upgrade is complete, click Finish to exit the wizard.
