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In the Security Management System application, click the Install tab and then click the Digital Video button.
In the dialog box that appears, select 3VR Video Recorder and then click the New button.
In the dialog box that appears, enter the values that identify the VMS Server.
The parameters needed for the integration are: IP Address, Username, Password, and Connection Timeout.
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The Connection Timeout value is used to determine when to stop waiting for a connection with the 3VR VMS Server. A longer timeout value allows for remote connections to wait longer for the connection to the VMS Server to succeed. |
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In the Install / Digital Video dialog box, select 3VR Video Camera and then click the New button.
To add a camera, select a Video Recorder (must have been added previously) and then choose a camera from the Video Channel drop-down list.
Watching Live 3VR Video
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Click the Home tab and then click the Virtual Matrix button.
In the Matrix area, choose (or create) a new view.
From the Cameras and Multimedia tree, drag and drop a camera onto the view.
Watching Recorded 3VR Video
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Access-control events occurring in the Symmetry system, such as a “Door Forced” alarm, appear as Symmetry event cards in OpCenter with data from the Symmetry system appended to video recorded by the 3VR VMS.
Alerts configured in 3VR OpCenter, such as a watched face or a motion alarm, generate Symmetry device alarms for the 3VR cameras.
Symmetry to 3VR Event Passing
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Run the 3VR.EventConfiguration.exe application to set up the mapping. You can also use this application later to change/edit the mappings.
The mapping screen looks like the example shown. The main table shows the existing mappings.
Before adding mappings, you need to set up the connection to the Symmetry system and to the 3VR appliances of interest.
Click the Symmetry button to connect to the desired Symmetry system.
Click the 3VR Appliances button to set up the necessary parameters for the 3VR appliances of interest.
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Enter the URL of the computer that has the web service in the box at the bottom, and then click Add to add credentials:
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Users need credentials in order to query the Symmetry system for events and devices. Different credentials provide access to different devices. In many cases, just one username/password combination is enough. If not, enter as many credentials as you need. |
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Click the 3VR Appliances button. The following dialog box appears:
Click the Add or Edit buttons to enter or change connection info.
Setting up Mappings
You need to map a Symmetry device type to a 3VR appliance channel. 3VR VMS currently supports these Symmetry device types: Reader, Floor, Intrusion Area, and Trigger Command.
Click the Add or Edit button in the main screen.
Use the drop-down menus to generate a mapping. You can add as many mappings as you wish.
When done, click the Save button. This activates the current mappings. They will be used for sending Symmetry events to 3VR appliances.
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Once you save mappings, any time a Symmetry event happens on one of the devices in the mapping, an event is recorded on the mapped appliance. |
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Click the Settings button in the main dialog box. The Edit Settings dialog box appears. The settings below apply globally.
Event Start Time Delta – This is the number of seconds that will be recorded before the Symmetry event.
Event End Time Delta – This is the number of seconds that will be recorded after the Symmetry event.
Search Start Time Delta – This is the number of seconds before the event time that the system will search for image-comparison images.
Search End Time Delta – This is the number of seconds after the event time hat the system will search for image comparison images.
Polling Period – The 3VR event adapter needs to poll the Symmetry web service for events. This parameter sets how often this polling happens. The shorter the period, the quicker events are reported, but at the cost of extra network traffic.
Using 3VR Camera Alarms
Alerts configured in 3VR OpCenter, such as a watched face or a motion alarm, generate Symmetry device alarms for the 3VR cameras.
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You can enable or disable camera alarms individually for each camera. To do this, use the Symmetry Install tab. The alarms currently supported are Motion, Analytic (which correspond to Face alarms in the 3VR VMS), and Video Loss.
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If you need recorded video related to an alarm, please make sure to enable recording in 3VR System Manager (select either the Continuous or Demand setting).
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