OnSSI Ocularis Web User manual

Ocularis Web
User Guide

Contents Ocularis Web User Guide
Contents
LEGAL NOTICE.............................................................................................................................................. 3
INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................. 4
OCULARIS MEDIA SERVER ............................................................................................................................. 4
Ocularis Media Server Components..................................................................................................... 4
Specifications ....................................................................................................................................... 4
Ocularis Web........................................................................................................................................ 4
GETTING STARTED....................................................................................................................................... 5
LAUNCHING OCULARIS WEB .......................................................................................................................... 5
LOGGING IN TO OCULARIS WEB ..................................................................................................................... 5
OCULARIS WEB INTERFACE ....................................................................................................................... 6
MENU BAR................................................................................................................................................... 6
APPLICATION CONTROLS ............................................................................................................................... 7
CONFIGURING OCULARIS WEB .................................................................................................................. 8
TO CREATE AN OCULARIS WEB LOCAL VIEW ................................................................................................... 9
TO MODIFY AN OCULARIS WEB LOCAL VIEW ................................................................................................. 10
TO DELETE AN OCULARIS WEB LOCAL VIEW ................................................................................................. 10
VIEWING LIVE VIDEO.................................................................................................................................. 11
TO DISPLAY A VIEW .................................................................................................................................... 11
MODIFYING VIEW PANES ............................................................................................................................. 11
THE VIEW (LIVE).......................................................................................................................................... 12
IMAGE BAR ................................................................................................................................................ 12
FULL SCREEN............................................................................................................................................. 13
DIGITAL ZOOM............................................................................................................................................ 14
PTZ (PAN TILT ZOOM) ................................................................................................................................ 15
PTZ Presets ....................................................................................................................................... 16
VIEWING RECORDED VIDEO ..................................................................................................................... 17
BROWSE MODE .......................................................................................................................................... 17
THE VIEW (BROWSE) .................................................................................................................................. 17
PLAYBACK CONTROLS................................................................................................................................. 18
TO BROWSE RECORDED VIDEO ................................................................................................................... 18
VIDEO DISPLAY........................................................................................................................................... 19
INDEX ........................................................................................................................................................... 20
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Ocularis Web User Guide Legal Notice
Legal Notice
This product content is intended for general information purposes only, and due care has been taken in its preparation.
Any risk arising from the use of this information rests with the recipient, and nothing herein should be construed as
constituting any kind of warranty.
© 2002-2013 On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. OnSSI and the ‘Eye’ logo are registered trademarks
of On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. Ocularis, Ocularis Client, Ocularis Client Lite, Ocularis Video Synopsis,
Ocularis-X, Ocularis Media Server, Ocularis Web, Ocularis Mobile, NetEVS, NetDVMS, NetDVR, ProSight, NetGuard,
NetGuard-EVS, NetSwitcher, NetMatrix, NetCentral, NetTransact, NetPDA and NetCell are trademarks of On-Net
Surveillance Systems, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
Disclaimer
This text is intended for general information purposes only, and due care has been taken in its preparation. Any risk
arising from the use of this information rests with the recipient, and nothing herein should be construed as constituting
any kind of warranty.
All names of people and organizations used in the examples in this text are fictitious. Any resemblance to any actual
organization or person, living or dead, is purely coincidental and unintended.
On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. reserves the right to change product specifications without prior notice.
US patent # 8,390.684 B2 for Ocularis Client
Patents Applied For in the U.S. and Abroad
0007182013-1057-1.2.0.174
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Introduction Ocularis Web User Guide
Introduction
Ocularis Media Server
Ocularis Media Server (formerly called 'Ocularis-X') provides full framerate video from multiple megapixel cameras over
limited bandwidth connections. Ocularis Media Server brings the experience of desktop video surveillance to browsers
and mobile devices. With the increasing popularity of bandwidth intensive megapixel cameras, web and mobile users
face the need to compromise either on the number of cameras viewed (often limited to a single camera), the quality of
the video or the smoothness of the video delivered. This can result in choppy, low framerate live viewing and playback.
Ocularis Media Server, an add-on to Ocularis, delivers up to sixteen HD video streams simultaneously using OnSSI’s
HDIS (High Definition Interactive Streaming) technology. Frame rates up to 30 frames per second can be delivered over
limited bandwidth networks such as 3G and 4G networks.
Ocularis Media Server extends the look and feel of OnSSI’s award winning Ocularis Client to web browsers and mobile
devices. It allows security personnel in the field to perform live monitoring and synchronized playback of multiple
megapixel cameras through a standard web browser or mobile device.
Ocularis Media Server Components
Components of Ocularis Media Server include a server component and client components. The Ocularis Media Server
component typically resides on a stand alone server and is used to communicate with an installation of Ocularis Base.
The client components are used to view video. Client components include Ocularis Web and Ocularis Mobile.
Ocularis Web (formerly called ‘Ocularis–X Client') is used to view video using a laptop or PC and a web browser.
Ocularis Mobile is used to view video on a mobile device such as tablet or smartphone.
Ocularis Media Server works with Ocularis Base versions 3.0 or later.
Ocularis Web works with a standard web browser. It is run by accessing a website on the Ocularis Media Server and
logging into Ocularis Base. Ocularis Base authenticates user credentials and permissions and passes the appropriate
video streams from the recorder(s) to the Ocularis Media Server to be transcoded and sent to the requesting client. The
device using the client may be inside or outside the local area network.
Ocularis Mobile works the same way except that it currently runs on the Apple®iPad®. The login and authentication
process is the same.
Specifications
Ocularis Web
Ocularis Web uses a web browser to display live and recorded video. The following web browsers are supported:
•Microsoft Internet Explorer version 8 and higher
•Mozilla Firefox version 14.0 and higher
•Google Chrome version 21.0 and higher
•Apple Safari version 5.1.7 and higher
Adobe Flash is required as a separate installation in some browsers.
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Ocularis Web User Guide Getting Started
Getting Started
Use any of the supported web browsers (see "Specifications" on page 4) to access video with Ocularis Web.
Launching Ocularis Web
1. Open a web browser.
2. In the URL field, enter the following:
http://<Ocularis_Media_Server_IP_Address>/ocularis-web/client
or
https://<Ocularis_Media_Server_IP_Address>/ocularis-web/client
Where:
<Ocularis__Media_Server_IP_Address> is the IP Address of the Ocularis Media Server.
Your system administrator will let you know if you should use 'http' or 'https'.
Logging In to Ocularis Web
Prior to accessing Ocularis Web, you are presented with a log in screen. Enter your login information as follows:
User Name
A user account is required to gain access to system video. This account
is your Ocularis account and may be used to access video via Ocularis
Web, Ocularis Client or Ocularis Mobile.
Password
Enter the password corresponding to the user account above.
Type
Select the type of Ocularis user for your account. Options are: Basic or
Windows. See your system administrator for the correct type.
When complete, click Login.
Ocularis Base authenticates the user credentials entered and provides the Ocularis Media Server with the information
authorized to this user account. This includes which cameras streams and views are accessible to this user. After
authentication is complete, the video stream travels from the recorder to the Ocularis Media Server and then to the
Ocularis Web client.
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Ocularis Web Interface Ocularis Web User Guide
Ocularis Web Interface
When you successfully log in using Ocularis Web for the first time, the screen presented is a blank slate:
Ocularis-Web Window
In the top part of the screen there is a menu bar on the left and application controls in the upper right portion of the page.
The general view area takes up largely the remainder of the screen.
Menu Bar
The upper left portion of the screen includes a menu bar with the following items:
Menu
Description
Debug Console Overlay The icon may be used to toggle the Debug Console on and
off as needed for troubleshooting purposes.
Cameras
Lists all cameras to which the user account has privileges as defined
on the Ocularis Base
Views
Lists all views accessible to the user. Views from Ocularis Base for
this user account are inherited and are listed here. Users may create
additional views unique to Ocularis Web. See To Create an Ocularis
Web Local View (on page 9) for more information.
Browse
Click this menu option to toggle between Browse mode (recorded
video) and Live mode.
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Ocularis Web User Guide Ocularis Web Interface
Application Controls
The upper right portion of the Menu Bar contains functions known as ‘Application Controls’. These functions are defined
as follows:
Control
Graphic/Icon
Log off - click this icon to log off Ocularis
Web. Logging off will stop the current
session.
Help – click this icon to open the Ocularis
Web documentation.
About - click this icon to view the Ocularis
Web version number.
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Configuring Ocularis Web Ocularis Web User Guide
Configuring Ocularis Web
Ocularis Web needs no configuration to start using the product! The views you use with Ocularis Client are shared with
Ocularis Web. These are the Base Views. Simply use the Views menu to see a list of views and select one to view video.
(see To Display a View). A View is the fundamental display when observing video from a client application such as
Ocularis Web. The screen is divided into one or more panes, each of which may display a different camera stream.
Ocularis Media Server supports up to sixteen HD video streams simultaneously at their original frame rate (up to 30
FPS). Base Views are listed in alphabetical order.
The Base Views listed in the Views menu may not display all the views attributed to the user. Ocularis Web does not
support some features that may be included in an Ocularis Base view. These include: web pages, blank screens, push
panes, hot spots or carousels. If a 1 x 1 view is configured in Ocularis Base with one of these non-supported built-in
content panes, the view will not appear in the Ocularis Web list of Base Views. If, however, a multiple pane view contains
1 or more cameras as well as a non-supported built-in content pane, the view will appear. When selected, the
non-supported pane will remain blank.
Similarly, neither client (Ocularis Web nor Ocularis Mobile) supports asymmetrical views. The only views available in
these clients are:
•1 x 1 or 1 streams
•2 x 2 or 4 streams
•3 x 3 or 9 streams
•4 x 4 or 16 streams
If, for instance, Ocularis Base has a 1 + 7 view of 8 cameras, this view will not appear in the Base Views list on an
Ocularis Media Server client.
Note for the admin account: the hierarchy of views in the Base Views list may not display the same in Ocularis Web as
it does in Ocularis Client. There may be duplicate views listed for this user account. As you know, the administrator
account can see all views for all user groups. If views with the same name are shared across groups, these views will
appear in duplicate only for the user admin.
Local Views in Ocularis Web may be configured by the user. These are stored on the computer which is used to create
the view. When you configure a view of cameras, the browser on the local machine saves the configuration information
for your user account. Therefore, if you were to go to another computer and log in using Ocularis Web, that local
computer would need to be reconfigured. Similarly, if you stayed on the same PC but launched a different browser and
logged in with Ocularis Web, configuration will also need to be redone. Lastly, if you clear the browser’s cache,
configuration changes are lost and must be redone upon next login.
Local Views appear in the order in which they were created.
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Ocularis Web User Guide Configuring Ocularis Web
To Create an Ocularis Web Local View
In Ocularis Web, select the Views menu and choose Configure Views.
Figure 1: Configure Local Views
The Configure Views screen allows you to create different views populated by the cameras you choose in the layout
selected.
Select the desired layout from the Layout Tabs. Available selections include: 1 x 1 View, 2 x 2 View, 3 x 3 View and 4
x 4 View. The screen will adjust accordingly based upon the view selected.
Each section or rectangle making up the view is called a pane. To populate each pane, simply drag and drop a camera
displayed in the list on the Cameras tab to the desired pane.
Drag and drop to populate a pane with a camera stream
1. Continue to drag and drop cameras for each available pane. If you change your mind about which camera
should populate which pane, simply drag a new camera and drop it on top of the existing camera in the pane.
2. When complete, enter a name for the view in the View name field. The name is displayed in the Views menu for
you to access later. View names should be created so that you can easily identify the cameras it includes. View
names are not case sensitive and may include spaces.
3. Click Save.
4. You may continue to create additional views. When finished, click Close.
Note: Remember that local views are saved with the browser settings on the local machine. If you open another
manufacturer’s browser, move to another PC, or clear the browser’s cache, you will need to reconfigure local views from
scratch.
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Configuring Ocularis Web Ocularis Web User Guide
To Modify an Ocularis Web Local View
1. In Ocularis Web, select the Views menu and choose Configure Views.
2. Click the Edit Views tab.
Existing local views are listed.
3. Select the view you wish to modify and then click Edit View.
The configured view is displayed.
Make the changes you desire.
4. Click Save.
If you wish to edit another view, repeat these steps. Otherwise, click Close.
To Delete an Ocularis Web Local View
1. In Ocularis Web, select the Views menu and choose Configure Views.
2. Click the Edit Views tab.
Existing local views are listed.
3. Select the view you wish to modify and then click Delete View.
The configured view is deleted.
4. If you wish to delete another view, repeat step 3 for each view. Otherwise, click Close.
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