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TetherX Camera Setup Guide v2

M.Salih ASLAN — Sat, 06 Apr 2024 18:14:46 +0000

TetherX Camera Setup Guide v2, Tether your video surveillance, alarm panels, network infrastructure and other IP or Serial devices to the cloud. Monitor the health of your sites, cloud record cameras and integrate with third party services.

The steps required to set up Samsung Cameras / DVRs and NVRs

Setting Correct Profiles

Please ensure you have 2 profiles configured on your device:

1.The Event or Recording Profile – This will be used to record events. For optimal performance, this this to the higher resolution / frame-rate of the device or as desired if you have specific requirements.

2.The Live Profile – This will be use for live view and the analytics stream. For optimal performance, set this to 720p 15fps – set this as the default profile on NVRs/DVRs.

IP Cameras

Cameras are the easiest to set up and should work out of the box. If the cameras are not working for any reason, please try one of the following for the Analytics Path and Recording Path:

• Analytics_Path: /profile2/media.smp

• Recordings_Path: /profile1/media.smp

The above assumes profile2 is set to 720p with 15fps and profile1 is set to the maximum resolution / frame rate.

Please also ensure the RTSP port is correct (554 by default).

Multi-Sensor IP Cameras & Encoders

If your device is a multi-sensor camera or an encoder, please set the Analytics Path as follows:

• //profile2/media.smp

Sensor # range is from 0-3 (0 = Sensor 1, 1 = Sensor 2…)

For example for PNM-9081VQ, PNM-9080VQ, PNM-9322VQP, PNM-9002VQ, or PNM-7002VD:

• Camera 1: /0/profile2/media.smp

• Camera 2: /1/profile2/media.smp

• Camera 3: /2/profile2/media.smp

• Camera 4: /3/profile2/media.smp

NVR – Network Video Recorders

1.Set the correct RTSP port – The RTSP port for NVRs will be the last Device Port set on the unit. i.e. if device port is set to 554-558, 558 will be the port for RTSP.

2.Set the correct Analytics Path – Channel numbering starts at 0.

1.E.g. /LiveChannel/0/media.smp

3.Set the correct Recording Path – Channel numbering starts at 0.

1.E.g. /RecordChannel/0/media.smp

To get the full list of supported profiles, you can create a tunnel to the camera and visit the following URL (replacing {PORT} with the actual tunnel port):

http://timeline.is:{PORT}/stw-cgi/media.cgi?msubmenu=videoprofilepolicy&action=view

You will see something like the following:

Channel.0.NetworkProfile=2

Channel.0.LiveProfile=2

Channel.0.RecordProfile=2

Channel.0.LiveMode=Manual

Channel.1.NetworkProfile=2

Channel.1.LiveProfile=2

Channel.1.RecordProfile=2

Channel.1.LiveMode=Manual

Please ensure the Live and Record profiles are mapped to the desired resolution/frame-rate/codec.

DVR – Digital Video Recorders

DVR recorders setup is similar to NVR setup with the following differences:

1.Set the correct RTSP port – The RTSP port for DVRs will be the last Device Port set on the unit. i.e. if device port is set to 4520-4524, 4524 will be the port for RTSP.

2.Set the correct Analytics Path – numbering starts at 0.

1.E.g. /camera

Note: If you have any issues following this process or if you would prefer the TetherX support team set this up to you, please contact us on the live chat in the bottom right of TetherX.

TetherX Camera Setup Guide v2

Can I use TetherX alongside HikConnect?

Can I use Hik-Connect on my Hikvision cameras and recorders?

Yes.

Please make sure that stream encryption is switched off under Configuration > Network > Advanced Settings:

HikConnect stream encryption uses a proprietary mechanism which is not available to third-parties. Please note TetherX will encrypt the stream to the highest standards, for more information please see our security white-paper.

Note: If you are still getting a broken stream or no live view, please try updating the camera and/or recorder firmware to the latest. There are known issues that have been addressed by Hikvision.

Live View – Technical Implementation Details

How TetherX implements live view to be compatible with all manufacturers

Introduction

The quality, latency and smoothness of live view streaming is dictated by many factors:

1.The available streams from the camera.

2.The connection speed both on site and on the viewing device.

3.The performance of the viewing device.

4.The underlying streaming technology that is being used.

5.Other manufacturer specific trickery/tweaking that may or may not be desirable.

Some of these are self-explanatory but some are a matter of trade-offs and priorities. This document explains the constraints and the decisions taken by TetherX when it comes to live view streaming.

Available Streams from Cameras

Typically cameras will provide 2 video streams as well as the ability to request a single image. These limitations dictate what is and isn’t possible when it comes to both recording and streaming.

💡 Note: More expensive and speciality cameras will provide additional video streams and custom streams of crops/de-warps of the same image (e.g. 180 or 360 cameras).

The streams are usually accessed through RTSP and the images through HTTP. For example:

• Primary Stream: 6 megapixels, 6mbit, H.265, 25fps RTSP stream

• Secondary stream: D1, 1mbit, H.264, 10fps RTSP stream

• Snapshot URL: Full resolution, 1 image over HTTP (refreshed 1 time per second)

The above is just an example as this ranges wildly depending on the hardware and customer requirements.

Formats

• H.265 – This is arguably the best currently available video format for most video applications, including video surveillance. The resulting space consumption is around 50% of H.264 for equivalent video quality (though your results may vary depending on the quality of the H.265 encoder chip and settings in your camera and/or recorder).

Please note this format is not compatible with older devices and operating systems. At present (Q3 2023) support is limited to:

◦ Windows (version 10 1709 or newer) and only when HEVC video extensions from the Microsoft Store are installed for devices with hardware support

◦ Windows (version 8 or newer), macOS ( Big Sur 11.0 or newer), Android, Linux (Chrome 108.0.5354.0 or newer) and Chrome OS platforms with hardware support

• H.264 – This is the only video format widely compatible across all devices. Most notably, older Windows and Android devices that cannot play H.265 in some cases. Please refer to https://caniuse.com/hevc

• VP9 (and older) – This is Google’s attempt at an open source H.265 alternative, while a great format on paper, it is not embraced by the industry and therefore does not see wide hardware support. Because of this, it tends to use significantly more resources to both record and display and is unfortunately not recommended when dealing with many simultaneous streams.

• MPEG4 – This is a legacy video format and is not generally compatible on modern devices and will need to be transcoded, leading to additional hardware costs, you will not see it on more recent cameras / recorders.

• MJPEG – Usually 5 to 25x larger in size for the same number of frames. While prominent on older cameras and recorders, anything since around 2008 has switched to video formats.

Transcoding vs Proxying

TetherX supports both transcoding and proxying/packaging. The differences between the two are as follows:

Transcoding is a process of taking the stream from a camera, decoding it and then re-encoding it into a different format. This is the ideal method to hit a specific requirement of Internet bandwidth and viewing size, but it is in most cases cost prohibitive as you need power hungry and expensive hardware to achieve.

For context, a TetherBox Pico capable of recording 10 cameras will only be able to record 2 if transcoding (you can enable transcoding in TetherX by editing a camera and switching to the advanced tab).

Proxying & Packaging is what is used in most cases, where the original video stream is maintained but is packaged into different containers, for example .mp4 for video recording and .ts for local and high-def live streaming (see streaming technologies below).

This means that ultimately, you are at the mercy of the camera/recorder. If you need to open 16 cameras and each one is 1mbit, but your upload speed is only 10mbit, it will simply not work because the stream size cannot be adjusted without either:

1.Changing your camera settings (what budget equipment typically does) OR

2.Transcoding, which is very costly.

Video vs Images

TetherX use a combination of images and video to achieve different goals. It is important to understand the differences and advantages/disadvantages of each, which in turn dictate when either is used in TetherX.

The main difference between image and video compression is every image is self contained, where every video frame is part of a stream. While you may skip an image, skipping a frame in a video stream leads to parts of the image breaking / disappearing:

Systems that ignore broken/skipped data (e.g. streaming over UDP) will show a broken image while many systems will simply show a loading spinner while they wait for the next key frame (which is controlled by the key-frame interval set on the camera/recorder, typically set to 1 second, or the same number as fps, but sometimes much longer).

Because each image is self contained, it is typically 5 to 25x larger in bitrate vs video at 25 images per second. It may initially seem obvious that video should be used when accessing remotely, however there are certain important underlying trade-offs that make it a much tougher question which needs to be evaluated on a case by case basis, according to the following:

Advantages of Images

• Initial image loads 5-10x quicker than video (you need to load 1 frame, not 25 or potentially hundreds with a larger key-interval setting on the camera/recorder).

• Handles bandwidth fluctuations seamlessly (images can be skipped which is not possible with video).

• Latency is is lower (you load 1 frame, not 25 before showing the image, more suitable for PTZ / two way audio – see streaming technologies below).

• Compatible with all cameras and viewing devices.

• Low resource utilisation on both viewing and recording device, means you can view 100+ cameras simultaneously.

• Image transcoding/transizing is an efficient method to reduce bitrate when viewing more than 16 simultaneous cameras.

• The recording quality is not impacted when viewing live (some manufacturers reduce recording quality to accommodate live view).

Disadvantages of Images

• Much higher bandwidth (5x to 25x) to achieve the same fps in live view (trade-off of quality vs smoothness).
This leads to a much lower FPS in practice when bandwidth is kept the same.

Advantages of Video

• Much lower bandwidth (5x to 25x) for the same frame-rate/smoothness.
This usually leads to a much smoother video at the same bandwidth.

Disadvantages of Video

• Much higher initial loading times (5-10x longer).

• The usually higher latencies mak it more challenging for applications such as PTZ or two way audio (note: some cameras use low latency encoders to alleviate some of this but it is a hit and miss and leads to compatibility issues).

• Will simply not load if the connection cannot sustain all requires streams.

This usually restricts how many simultaneous cameras can be viewed as it is impossible to gracefully adapt the bitrate of each stream on the fly.

• Lower quality than images.

• Trickery is used by manufacturers to allow live view by reducing recording quality which leads to potentially losing critical video evidence.

Live View Streaming Technologies

TetherX uses all mainstream streaming technologies available and choses between them depending on the specific requirements and constraints:

• MJPEG – The technology is simple and what TetherX falls back to when other methods are not practical (e.g. resource constraints). The viewing device requests an image, once that image is downloaded, the previous image is replaced and the next image is requested. The image is always complete and in full quality and the speed is determined by the available resources.

If the device in question is limited by its performance or bandwidth, it loads the next image slower but still remains functional. This leads to a reliable live view that automatically adapts to the resources available and can sustain a virtually unlimited number of cameras viewed simultaneously. This however by design does not provide high frame-rate which viewers associate with smoothness. It also is not efficient when viewing a smaller number of cameras at higher frame-rates.

• HLS – This is the technology used by platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime, etc. This technology is pioneered by Apple and works by the browser requesting a playlist, which provides the next available video file. Typically, the stream is broken up into 1 or 2 second video files (this duration is set by the key interval setting on the camera or recorder and has a significant impact on latency).

Unless transcoding, these files simply re-package the same video stream coming from the camera and therefore, if the connection speed cannot sustain all the requested streams on screen, the video will take a long time to start and will stop after the initial second, showing a loading spinner until the next video file is fully downloaded. Effectively, sufficient bandwidth is crucial.

Even with sufficient bandwidth, the typical latency can be anywhere from 2 to 5 seconds which leads to a poor experience in applications such as PTZ or Two Way Audio.

• LHLS – This is an extension on the above technology that keeps the connection open instead of re-requesting the playlist each time, it can reduce latency by up to 50% but can be less reliable in some situations.

• RTSP/RTP/RTMP – These are more traditional streaming technologies that are not readily compatible with most devices and require special flash players, plugins or custom software. This can provide lower latencies than LHLS but requires additional configuration and software. TetherX uses this internally to get the streams from the cameras/recorders and convert them into more compatible streaming technologies.

• WebRTC – This (or similar) is the technology used for video conferencing like Zoom, Teams, Skype, etc. It typically requires transcoding the video to something like VP8/9 with special low latency encoder parameters. While yielding the best results, it is cost prohibitive in most cases and is limited to a small number of simultaneous streams (see transcoding above). This has been tested by TetherX but it is presently not used in production.

How TetherX Does It

TetherX supports most streaming technologies and switches between them depending on context.

When local streaming (the TetherBox is able to detect if you are on the same network), if we are viewing less than 10 cameras simultaneously TetherX switches to LHLS (see above) to show the primary video stream from each camera at full resolution/frame-rate (assuming your viewing device is capable of displaying this many streams). If this is not working well for you, you are presented with a toggle to switch off High-def streaming to fall back to loading images.

When full screening a camera (double tap/click a camera), we assume you want the higher quality and we switch to the full primary stream. If your connection is not able to sustain this stream, we automatically fall back to loading images.

When viewing multiple sites / cameras over Internet in record mode, we switch to image viewing but we transcode/transize the images depending on the size of each live view box on your screen. This ensures that you are able to view many simultaneous cameras, the latency is lower than video, it automatically adapts to the available bandwidth and it does not impact recording quality. This does however mean a lower fps.

When viewing multiple sites / cameras over Internet in monitor mode, we proxy the connection directly to the image provided by the camera. This leads to a further lowering of fps but ensures the TetherBox can monitor the health of and provide live view of 10x more cameras than in record mode.

Learn more about using Live View in TetherX here.

How Hikvision iVMS Does it

Because of the constrains outlined above, in order to show smooth video in iVMS (and Dahua PSS) software, if the connection speeds both on site and viewing device cannot accommodate the streams, the software temporarily reconfigures the cameras to send a lower bitrate stream while keeping the resolution the same.

💡 Note: if you happen to kill the software at this point (or lose connection), this can cause the camera to permanently record in lower quality.

Because many cameras or recorders only support a single stream at above D1 resolution, this means that not only is the live view quality reduced, but also the video being recoded which can lead to losing critical video evidence.

In our testing, limiting the connection to 5mbit 200ms upload and streaming just 4 cameras in HD resulted in blocky and usable footage being recorded on the NVR. It also took over 10 seconds to get an initial image, however the motion was smooth (25fps) once loaded.

In comparison when using images (outside of the iVMS/PSS software), the images loaded almost immediately, the image quality was significantly higher, but the frame-rate was poor (3-4fps) – still sufficient for making decisions in a control room setting, but understandably disappointing in smoothness by comparison. (Note: higher fps can still be achieved by full screening a single camera on demand).

When viewing a smaller number of cameras from the same manufacturer on a single PC or phone, it looks impressive to have smooth 25fps video on iVMS/PSS/others. However, when dealing with 100+ or even 32 cameras, from different manufacturers, different firmware versions, with multiple users, across multiple sites, with differing and fluctuating bandwidths, you begin to appreciate the trade-offs and advantages/disadvantages of each approach.

💡 Note: This approach of custom code to adjust Hikvision camera settings to achieve smoother live view is only suitable if you do not care about recording quality and you are optimising for a single manufacturer with compatible models/firmware.

TetherX is an open platform with a focus on convention over configuration, we prioritise the integrity of recorded footage above live view and we implement approaches that work across all recorders/cameras as well as viewing devices.

Uniview / UNV Camera Setup Guide (for use with TetherX)

Using TetherX with Uniview / UNV Cameras

Summary

Uniview or UNV cameras should work out of the box in most cases. However please note depending on the age of the camera and firmware versions, the RTSP path may be different.

Please try the following paths:

• /media/video1

• /profile1

• /videoMain

• /media/videoMain

You can set this in the Analytics Path or Recording Path by editing your camera in TetherX:

1.Tap on Admin -> Cameras

2.Tap on the edit icon on the Uniview camera:

3. Open the Advanced tab and enter the required Analytics Path and Recording Path. Please try all the paths given as examples above.

Camera Setup Checklist

Adding IP cameras to TetherX Please note your camera may have a different interface and options may be located in a different part of the interface. Please refer to the camera manual if you are not able to find the relevant option.

Network

Set a Static IP

Set camera to unused IP on 192.168.88.x network
set DNS/Gateway to 192.168.88.100

Important: Although it’s possible to configure your camera with DHCP, and TetherBox is capable of detecting any IP changes, we strongly advise against this practice for security reasons. This setting can potentially allow the camera to connect directly to the internet, raising a range of security issues. These include unauthorised access through back doors, or the risk of security holes in the camera’s firmware if it’s not updated regularly.

Video & Audio

Recording Stream (primary)

• For 4K: H.264 4K 25FPS VBR – Quality: Medium – Type: Variable/VBR – Bitrate: 4096kbit – Key Internal: 50, No Watermark

• For 1080P: H.264 1080P 25FPS VBR – Quality: Medium – Type: Variable/VBR – Bitrate: 2048kbit – Key Internal: 50, No Watermark

Analytics Stream (secondary)

• Recommended: H.264 720P – 8FPS – Type: Variable/VBR – Quality: Medium – Bitrate: 1024kbit – Key Interval: 16 (double the frame rate).

• The analytics stream is used to detect the objects vs background, please ensure this is 720P or below at 10FPS or lower.

Conditions

• Anti Flicker: 50hz (in the UK, adjust for your desired locale)

• BLC: WDR – Middle

Audio (optional)

• Sampling Rate 16K

• Enable Main/Sub Stream

• Encode Mode: G.711A

Date & Time

One option is to disable time from being displayed in the camera at all. You generally do this under OSD settings. If you do wish time to be displayed in the image, you need to set the following:

•Usually under Basic/System -> General -> Date & Time

•NTP Server: Set to TetherBox IP address (usually 192.168.88.100)

•DST: Set appropriate settings for your Timezone. e.g. British Summer Time begins at 01:00 GMT on the last Sunday of March and ends at 01:00 GMT (02:00 BST) on the last Sunday of October

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Turing Vision General FAQ – frequently asked questions

M.Salih ASLAN — Sun, 20 Nov 2022 13:09:55 +0000

Turing Vision General FAQ – frequently asked questions Comprehensive set of security, safety, and operations; respond to alerts in seconds – Instant AI-based alerts configured by event, camera, location, role or shifts; Search incidents across all historical data – Intuitive search to filter all events recorded.

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Password: 123456
What is the default IP address of your device?

Both NVR and IP cameras have DHCP enabled by default. It will automatically pick up an IP address of the network when plugged into a network.
Do you have any device discovery tools?

Yes, Smart Utility is a device management tool that can detect the device’s IP address within the same network, perform general configuration toward the device, firmware upgrade, extract system’s log and etc.
What are the video content analytic rules supported by your device?
Each of IP camera support the following VCA
- Crossing Line Detection
- Intrusion Detection
- Enter Area Detection
Which VCA Rules will support the Turing Vision Cloud?

Vision Cloud supports both Intrusion and Enter Area VCA Rules, Cross Line detection is not supported by the Vision Cloud.
What display output does your NVR support and what is the max resolution to display?

NVR has two local display ports – HDMI and VGA. The maximum resolution is 4K 30Hz. HDMI and VGA are synchronous displays. Both outputs display the same contents.
Does each of your NVR come with the Turing Vision Bridge?

Yes, all Smart Series NVR should be packaged with our Turing Vision Bridge. If you do not have the bridge, please contact us to send you a Turing Vision Bridge.
What is the Turing Vision Bridge ? How does it work with your NVR?

A Turing Vision Bridge is a device that sets up a connection for NVR to communicate to our Turing Vision Cloud service. For details, please contact our support, your regional Sales Manager or Sales Engineers.

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How do I upgrade the firmware version of a Network Video Recorder (NVR)?
- A1: Upgrade from a PC
  1. Download the NVR firmware from the banner message after logging into Vision Web Portal. Save the firmware to a known location in the computer.
  2. Access the NVR by entering the IP address of the NVR in the web browser.
  3. Type username and password to login to the NVR.
  4. Once login to the NVR,
    Click on “Setup” tab > Navigate side menu to Maintenance > Maintenance
  5. Under Maintenance > Select “Local Upgrade” tab
    Choose NVR as device type
    Click on the “Browse” button to browse the firmware saved in step one.
    Click on the “Upgrade” button to upgrade the firmware.
  6. There would be a firmware upgrade progress bar showing the upgrade process. Once it reaches 100%, NVR will reboot right after. Firmware has been successfully upgraded when NVR comes back from reboot.
- A2: Upgrade from the local display of the NVR.
  1. Perform Step 1 from “Upgrade from a PC”. This time save the firmware to a USB flash drive.
  2. Once firmware has saved in the USB flash drive, remove the drive from the PC and insert it directly to any USB port of the NVR.
  3. Navigate NVR’s Local Display menu to
    Menu > Maintain > Upgrade
  4. Choose “Local” for the Type
    Click on the dropdown menu of the “Partition” to select the usb flash drive connected to the NVR.
  5. Select the firmware > click on “upgrade”
  6. There would be a firmware upgrade progress bar showing the upgrade process. Once it reaches 100%, NVR will reboot right after. Firmware has been successfully upgraded when NVR comes back from reboot.
I have enabled Search People in Analytic. Why are some people not being shown in the People tab?
Is there a limit of how many people I can run face search with?

The reason can be that the face is too far away from the camera, or is facing away from the camera such that it will not yield a good face match result.
There is no limit on the number of faces to be detected per customer account.
What type of recording compression does your NVR support?

H.264 and H.265 video compression are the compression supported by NVR.
Is there a limit to how long the stream will stay active?

Not at the moment.
Are we using P2P to stream video to the cloud? When I request a live stream of video, what happens?

Detected event videos are stored in the cloud and are accessible by the account user or administrator until they expire after 30 days. A recording playback is directly streamed from the NVR through the Bridge to the user’s browser.
How many streams of video can I pull from one camera? What is the limit?

20 streams per each smart series camera. When an IP camera is connected to a NVR, 3 of 20 streams will be occupied – Main Stream / Sub Stream / Third Stream.
Can I assign permissions to the users?

A user can be assigned permission to view cameras live, playback recording and edit cameras for the sites assigned to this user.
Can an email be the main account for a bridge and the secondary account for a different bridge?

No, one email address can only be associated with one account.
How do I keep my bridge’s system and firmware up to date?

Your Turing’s bridge can be upgraded via OTA (over-the-air). You will see a pop-up notification whenever a new version is available. To start the process, click “Upgrade” from the pop-up, or go to Settings, select the device you want to upgrade under “Devices”, and click the Upgrade button.
Where can I find configuration guides for legacy 3rd party camera installations?

https://turing.ai/resources/turing-vision/user-manuals
Cannot view 3rd party camera Live view on Turing NVR or Turing Vision but cameras show online.

Check the encoding setting of the camera to see if you have enabled H.264+/H.265+ or any advanced compression technology. If YES, please turn it off. Advanced compression technology is proprietary and cannot be supported.
How to add a brand new 3rd party camera into Turing Vision?

Follow up with manufacturer’s installation guidelines to activate, setup cameras, turn on ONVIF, make sure 3rd party cameras are in the same LAN as Turing NVR. Then refer to Turing Legacy installation guidelines for the rest steps.
Can I use the Turing NVR to Change the Third-Party camera settings?

Generally, No. The ONVIF protocol can work with time and encoding but usually not with intrusion zone or motion detection settings. It is important to set them in both places to ensure the work.
Do we utilize Main, Sub, and Third Stream in the Turing Vision Platform?

Yes. The Main is for the HD streaming, the Sub is used as default up to 2*2, and Third is used >2*2.
How long does it take for the camera settings in the Turing Vision Platform to update?

It may take up to 5 mins to update the camera setting display here if you made any setting change on NVR or Camera. Please be patient with the updating of information to the cloud.
Will there be any 3rd stream recommendations?

Not exactly, usually the 3rd stream is the lowest resolution stream, compared to the main or sub stream. Just make sure the 3rd stream is lower than 720p.
Cannot connect camera to NVR and it shows error message: user lock out.

This is because some 3rd cameras have a protection mechanism if the user name/password is incorrect, you could either wait for a certain time period or simply reboot the camera.

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SMART Utility

Software utility on the Windows PC used to discover, upgrade, and modify parameters for the SMART series products on the same LAN.

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SMART Station

Management client for the Windows PC and Mac. Allows for local LAN access. Computer hardware not included

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SMART Player

The SMART Player is intended to play back video clips directly extract from the SMART series NVR.

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ADVANTAGE Tools

Software utility on the Windows PC used to discover, upgrade, and modify parameters for the ADVANTAGE series products on the same LAN

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ADVANTAGE Viewer Mobile App

Easy-to-use mobile app for remotely viewing live and playback video peer-to-peer for the ADVANTAGE product family. Not part of the Turing Vision cloud platform.

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ADVANTAGE Management Center

Server-client based management software for the Window PC. Allows for multi-site management and more advanced analytics. Server hardware not included.

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Quick Start Guide (Hardware)

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3rd Party Camera Integration Guides

Integration Guide for Axis Cameras

Integration Guide for Dahua Cameras

Integration Guide for Hanwha Cameras

Integration Guide for Hikvision Cameras 1: Replacing Hikvision Plug-and-Play NVR with Turing

Integration Guide for Hikvision Cameras 2: Using both Hikvision and Turing Plug-and-Play NVRs

Integration Guide for Hikvision Cameras 3: Using both Hikvision and Turing Non-Plug-and-Play NVRs

Turing Vision Web App

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How to disable audio on Dahua IPC in batch

M.Salih ASLAN — Tue, 15 Feb 2022 20:53:53 +0000

Description

This article is to show how to disable audio input function from Dahua Camera in batch through Config Tool Software.

Prerequisites

Dahua IPC that supports Audio
Latest ConfigTool software
Computer that connected to the same switch as Dahua IPC

Note: this below steps only works for all Dahua IPC that has default http port: 80. If you have IPC that has different http port number, please refer to this instruction XXXXX.

Step by Step Instruction

1. Launch the latest version of Config Tool.

2. Click on Search Setting and enter camera password

3. Go to CGI Protocol menu

4. Select the camera that you wish to make changes

5. Click on Batch CGICommands

6. Enter the URL Command

http://10.0.0.1/cgi-bin/configManager.cgi?action=setConfig&Encode[0].MainFormat[0].AudioEnable=false

7. Click OK.

8. Once its successfully modified, you will see the green checkmark next to the IP address.

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How to Connect a WiFi Camera to NVR Dahua Series

M.Salih ASLAN — Sat, 27 Nov 2021 21:31:30 +0000

How to Connect a WiFi Camera to NVR

Description

This shows you how to connect a wifi camera to NVR.

Prerequisites

WiFi Camera
NVR

Video Instructions

Step by Step Instructions

Note: These instructions only apply for WiFi NVRs and Cameras.

1. Connect the NVR and IP Camera directly to your router or modem with a CAT5 cable.

2. Open the ConfigTool and locate your NVR and IP Camera.

3. Login to both using Internet Explorer.

IP Camera Login

NVR Login

4. On the NVR, go to Settings->Network->WiFi Device Manage

Be sure to note the SSID and Password.

5. On the IP Camera, go to Setup->Network->WiFi

6. Locate your NVR’s SSID, and click once.

7. Input your NVR’s SSID password, and click, “Connecting”

8. Go back to the NVR page, go to Settings->Network->WiFi Device Manage

Confirm that the camera is displaying on this page and note the IP address.

9. On the NVR page, go to Setting->Camera->Remote and click, “Manual Add”

10. Input the following:

Channel: (Any)

Manufacturer: Private

IP Address: (Your IP Camera’s IP Address)

TCP Port: 37777

User Name: admin

Password: (Your IP Camera’s password.) Default is, “admin”

Remote Channel No. (Any)

Decode Buffer: Default

11. Hit, “Save”

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How to setup and use AI camera

M.Salih ASLAN — Tue, 02 Nov 2021 20:03:09 +0000

Initial Setup for AI Camera

Description

This article will cover the initial setup of a Dahua AI Camera.

Prerequisites

A Dahua AI Camera:

IPC-HF8242FN-FR

IPC-HF8242FN-FD

IPC-HDW8341XN-3D

Step by Step Instructions

1. Locate your device using the ConfigTool.

2. Select the IE (Internet Explorer) icon to the right of the camera’s listing.

3. You will be presented with the Device Initialization screen.

4. Enter a new password that meets the security requirements:

At least 8 characters long
At least one lower case letter : a
At least one upper case letter : A
At least one number : 1
At least one symbol : !

Example: HIgh91!?

Also check the box next to “Email Address” and input your email address in case your forget your password and need to recover it.
Then select “Save”.

5. Enter the username “admin” and your new password you just created to log in to the web interface of the camera.

Initial Setup for AI Recorder

Description

This article will cover the initial setup of a Dahua AI Recorder.

Prerequisites

A Dahua AI Recorder:

IVSS7024DR

IVSS7016DR

IVSS7008

Step by Step Instructions

1. Start up your AI Recorder for the first time. Read through the Device Software Usage License Agreement.
When you are done reading through the License Agreement, check the box next to “I have read and accepted the items”.
Then select “Device Initialization”.

2. Enter a password for the administrator account in the password field.
Make sure the password meets the minumum requirements:

At least 8 characters long
At least one lower case letter : a
At least one upper case letter : A
At least one number : 1
At least one symbol : !

Example: HIgh91!?

Confirm the password by re-entering it in the second password field.
Then select “Next”.

3. If you want to set up a recovery email address that can be used if you forget your password, toggle on the switch next to “Email (To reset password)” and enter your email address in the field below.
If you want to set up security questions that can be used to recover your password if you forget it, toggle on the switch next to “Security Questions” and fill out the 3 security question. You can change the questions by selecting each one and choosing another from the drop-down.

4. This screen will notify you that you have finished the initial steps of setting up the AI Recorder.
Select “Enter Quick Settings” to continue the setup process.

5. To set the date and time, either select “Manual Setting” to set the time manually or select “Sync with Internet Time Server” to have an external time server sync the time for you.
If you want to manually set the time selet the field next to “Date/Time” and type in the date and time or select the calendar icon next to it to choose the date and time from a calendar menu.
You can also select “Sync with your PC Time” if you are setting up your AI Recorder from a PC.
If you want to automatically sync the time with a time server, type in the url of the server in the “Server” field. Then type in the interval of how often the time syncs in the “Auto Sync Time Interval” field.
You can change the format of how both the date and time are displayed by choosing options from the drop-down menus next to “Time and Date Format”.
Set the time zone you are in from the drop-down menu next to “Time Zone”.
Select “Next”.

6. Use this menu to modify the network settings on the AI Recorder. If you want to modify the TCP/IP information on any or all of the network ports of the AI Recorder, select the edit button, under “Operate”, next the port listed.
If the TCP/IP settings are already set to your desired settings, skip to Step 8.

7. Either select “Use Dynamic IP Address” to have the router/modem choose the IP address for the network card on the AI recorder, or select “Use Static IP Address” to manually modify the TCP/IP settings.
If you selected “Use Static IP Address”, type in the IP Address, Subnet Mask, Gateway, and MTU as desired.

8. Repeat Steps 6 & 7 for as many network cards on the AI Recorder as you would like.
Either select “Obtain DNS server address automatically” to have the router/modem choose the DNS server or select “Use the following DNS server address” to manually change the DNS server addresses.
If you selected “Use the following DNS server address”, type in the prefered DNS server address and the alternate DNS server address.
Select “Next”.

9. If you would like to use the P2P server for remote access of the AI Recorder without having to use port forwarding, toggle on the button next to “P2P Access”.
You can scan the left QR code on your mobile device to download the mobile application. Then once the app is downloaded and installed, you can use the app to scan the right QR code to add the AI Recorder.
Select “Finish” to finish the setup of the AI Recorder.

10. You have successfully setup your AI Recorder.

Add Dahua Camera to AI Recorder

Description

This article will cover how to add a Dahua Camera to an AI Recorder

Prerequisites

A Dahua Camera
A Dahua AI Recorder:

IVSS7024DR

IVSS7016DR

IVSS7008

Step by Step Instructions

1. From the main screen of the iVSS system, select the gear icon at the top right.

2. Select “Device” from the list of Applications.

3. Select “+ Add” at the bottom left.

Smart Add a Dahua Camera

4. Select the “Smart Add” tab in the Add Device window. Then select the “Start Search” button to search for Dahua cameras connected to the same network.

5. After it is done searching for devices, put a check mark in the box next to the Dahua camera you want to add to this recorder. Then select the “Add” button at the bottom.
(You can select multiple cameras to add at the same time by checking the boxes next to each camera in the list.)

6. Wait as the camera is added to the recorder. If it fails to connect, double click on the username and password sections to change the login credentials to the credentials for that camera.

7. Once the camera has been successfully added, the status will change from “Connecting” to “Added”.
Select “Finish” if you are done adding cameras or select “Continue to add” to go back and add more cameras.

NOTE: If you have issues adding a camera through Smart Add or don’t see your camera in the list, proceed to the Manual Add section below:

Manual Add a Dahua Camera

4. Select the “Manual Add” tab in the Add Device window. Then select “Add Device”.

5. Double click on each field to manually change the IP Address, Username, Password, and port for the camera you are trying to add.
Then select the “Add” button.

6. Wait as the camera is added to the recorder. If it fails to connect, double click on the different fields to adjust the settings.

Create Face Database

Description

This article will cover how to create a Face Database for facial recognition on a Dahua AI Recorder

Prerequisites

A Dahua AI Recorder:

IVSS7024DR

IVSS7016DR

IVSS7008

Step by Step Instructions

1. From the main screen of the iVSS system, select the plus “+” at the top.

2. Select “File” from the Applications menu.

3. Select “+ Create” at the top.

4. Enter the name of the Face Database you are creating. Then either select “Save and close”, if you just want to create an empty database, or “Register Face ->”, if you want to add at least one face to the database as you initialize it.

5. If you selected “Register Face ->” in Step 4, you will be presented with this screen. To manually add one face at a time, select “Manual Add” at the top. To batch add, select “Batch Import” at the top and skip to Step 8.
Select the image plus icon on the left to search your file system for a picture of the person’s face. (Face image requirements: File size – <=256KB; Resolution range – 200×200-6000×5000)
Fill in the information about this person on the right.

6. Either select “Save and continue to add” to add more faces to the database before you finish initializing it, or select “OK” to initialize the database with just this face.

7. Once you have successfully initialized the Face Database you will see all the faces you have registered on this screen.

8. If you want to batch import more than one face at a time, either select the “Batch Import” option when creating a database (See Step 5 above), or select “Batch Import” from the database page (see Step 7).
Select “Upload Files” in the center to search your file system for multiple image files to import. You can select multiple at a time.
Make sure the images of the faces have the naming format listed to auto populate the information about each face.

9. Select “OK” when you are done, to import all the face images.

Add Face to Database

Description

This article will cover how to add a face to an existing Face Database for facial recognition on a Dahua AI Recorder

Prerequisites

A Dahua AI Recorder:

IVSS7024DR

IVSS7016DR

IVSS7008

An existing Face Database:

Create An AI Face Database

Step by Step Instructions

1. From the main screen of the iVSS system, select the plus “+” at the top.

2. Select “File” from the Applications menu.

3. Double click on the existing Face Database.

4. Either select “+ Manual Add” to add 1 new face to the Face Database (and continue to Step 5) or select “Batch Import” to add multiple new faces to the database (and continue to Step 7).

5. Select the image plus icon on the left to search your file system for a picture of the person’s face. (Face image requirements: File size – <=256KB; Resolution range – 200×200-6000×5000)
Fill in the information about this person on the right.

6. Either select “Save and continue to add” to add more faces to the database, or select “OK” to just add this one face.

7. If you want to batch import more than one face at a time select “Batch Import” from the database page (see Step 4).
Select “Upload Files” in the center to search your file system for multiple image files to import. You can select multiple at a time.
Make sure the images of the faces have the naming format listed to auto populate the information about each face.

8. Select “OK” when you are done, to import all the face images.

Add Trigger or Alarm Based on Face Recognition

Description

This article will cover how to add a trigger or an alarm based on facial recognition on an AI Camera or Recorder

Prerequisites

A Dahua AI Recorder:

IVSS7024DR

IVSS7016DR

IVSS7008

Step by Step Instructions

1. From the main screen of the iVSS system, select the gear icon at the top right.

2. Select “Event” from the list of applications.

3. Click on the drop-down arrows to the left of the recorder’s serial number to see the list of devices. Then select the camera you want to use from the list.

4. Select “Face Detection” from the AI Plan list.

5. Flip the toggle next to “Enabled” to turn on Face Detection. Then select “Save”.

6. Once the changes are saved it will say “Successfully Operated” at the top right.
Select “Face Recognition” from the AI Plan List.

7. From the Face Recognition page, you can either set up Facial Recognition alarms via the AI built into the camera or AI built into the recorder.
If you want to set up Facial Recognition using the AI built into the camera, continue to Step 8.
If you want to set up Facial Recognition using the AI built into the recorder, continue to Step 14.

8. Select the drop-down menu next to “Deployment Time” to choose the schedule you want the Face Recognition on the carmera to be active on. If you already have a schedule set up, skip to Step 12.
If there is no schedule or you want to make a different schedule, select “Add Schedule”.

9. In the Schedule menu, press the plus “+” button to create a new schedule.

10. Type in the name of the new schedule.

11. Drag and adjust the start and end times of the schedule on each day of the week. You can also select the schedule on a day and delete it if you don’t want anything scheduled that day.
When you are done making changes, press “Save”. Once the changes are saved, select the “Event” section at the top to go back to the Face Recognition alarm settings.

12. Make sure the toggle next to “Enabled” is switched to On and the schedule you want is selected in the “Deployment Time” drop-down.

13. Select “+ Actions” to see all the actions that can be performed when a face is recognized. The options are “Record”, “Snap”, “Buzzer”, and “Log”.

Select “Record” from the Actions drop-down if you want the system to start recording a specific camera’s feed when a face from the database is recognized.
You can select the “Device” drop-down menu to choose which camera’s video feed is recorded when this is triggered.

Select “Snap” from the Actions drop-down if you want the system to take a snapshot image from the camera’s video feed when a face from the database is recognized.

Select “Buzzer” from the Actions drop-down if you want the recorder to make a buzzing/beeping noise every time a face from the database is recognized.

Select “Log” from the Actions drop-down if you want the system to save the information in a log.

When you are done selecting which actions you want to be activated when a face from the database is recognized, select “Save”.

14. Select “AI By Device” to set up Facial Recognition using the AI built into the recorder.
Select the drop-down next to “Deployment Time” to choose the schedule you want the Face Recognition on the recorder to be active on.
If there is no schedule or you want to make a different schedule, select “Add Schedule” and go back to Step 9.
Select “+ Associate Face Database” to choose which face database to use for the facial recognition.

15. Adjust the slider next to “Similar” to choose the percentage of similarity between faces in the database and scanned faces to trigger the alarm event.
Select “AI Alarm Rule” to choose the color that highlights faces that trigger the alarm.
Select “Show Feature Panel” to turn on or off the panel that shows all the features of the faces that are recognized for this alarm event.
Select “+ Actions” to choose which actions are triggered when a face is recognized by the recorder.
(See Step 13, for an explanation on what all the actions do when triggered.)

16. If you want to turn on Stranger Control Mode, which labels all faces that are detected but not recognized from the database as Strangers, turn on the toggle next to “Stranger control mode”.
You can then adjust the alarm rule highlight color with “AI Alarm Rule”.
You can turn on or off the feature panel that shows all the features of the face next to the face detection image by toggling on “Show Feature Panel”.
You can also choose an action to be triggered when a stranger is detected by selecting “+ Actions” and choosing an action to be triggered.
(See Step 13, for an explanation on what all the actions do when triggered.)

17. When you are done making changes to Facial Recognition using the AI built into the recorder, select “Save” at the bottom.
Once the changes are saved it will say “Successfully Operated” at the top right.

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