APACS Universal

Video

Connecting Video and Access

Control

Overview

• APACS Universal Video Interface allows integration of Digital Video Recorders and cameras– View live video– Start/Stop Recording– Associate Cameras & ACS devices to trigger recording– Retrieve video based on ACS events

• Supports Various Manufacturers with a common interface– ApolloVideo, ApolloVision, Samsung, Bosch,

Panasonic, Vicon

Functions

• Cameras are added to the system like standard ACS objects– Messages can be received– Can be added to maps– Can be controlled (manually & automatically)

• DVR/Cameras can also function as standalone system– Majority of configuration is done in

Functions –Viewing

• DVR Cameras Can be viewed live in Alarm Mode

• Can be added to maps or accessed via control menu

Functions –Viewing• Views can display monitor windows

that contain multiple cameras.

Functions –Viewing• Each View can display multiple

monitors– Permissions for each View– Can mix cameras from multiple DVRs

Functions – Control

• Cameras can becontrolled manually– PTZ– Video Parameters

• Control can be automatic via reactions

Functions – Messages

• Messages from the DVR are received in APACS– Motion– Feed Loss– Disk Full

– can be used in messagemasks to trigger reactions

Linking

• Cameras can be linked to readers and alarm points so that messages from the objects will trigger alarm recording and messages will link to the associated video

Linking - Reporter

• Linked messages are also available in Reporter for retrieval later

Playback

• In addition to playback of linked messages, a time/date can be selected manually– Selection method depends on the type of DVR

Local Recording

• Snapshots of live video as well as video clips can be manually saved using the control menu.

Take Snapshot

Save ClipSaved on local HDD in directories specified during install. By default:\APACSXX\Pictures\APACSXX\Videos

Local Recording - Playback

• Clips can only be played back using a viewer with the correct codec– Encoding depends on the DVR in use.

Configuring DVRs

• Ensure DVR Components are installed and Licensed

• Add DVR to hardware tree– Added to PC device where server components are

installed

Configuring DVRs – cont.

• Define properties including type, IP, and message cutoff

Configuring DVRs – cont.

• Add cameras with appropriate names

• Presets can be named

Configuring DVRs – cont.

• Messages from the DVR show the status