OzVision OzLine-4VC User’s Guide

P/N INF0005 rev.1 (4/28/03)

Overview OzVision Software Startup

The OzVision OzLine – 4VC system provides From your computer’s desktop,
video verification of Alarm events. Installing the double-click on the OzVision
OzLine – 4VC allows your computer to become Control Center Icon.
a video monitoring station. Up to 4 alarm points
can be monitored. The Control Center Application Screen will be
displayed.
Following an alarm activation, pre-alarm and
post-alarm video images of the event are sent
from the remote facility to the monitoring
station.

This guide covers the following procedures:

OzVision Software Startup

Configuring a new Transceiver
Viewing Active Event Video
Viewing Past / Archive Event Video
Setting System Parameters / Viewing Log Files
OzVision Software Shutdown
Note that the task bar displays one Control
As this guide covers the critical programming Center Screen for each modem. In the
options, it should be used as a supplement to example above, two modems are connected,
the OzVision documentation that shipped with therefore, two Control Center Screens are
your unit. active.

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With the OzVision Software Application opened, The Site Name Configuration screen will be
you are ready to View Event Video and displayed. (Below)
configure new transceivers.

The toolbar at the top of the Control Center

Screen contains several buttons. These
buttons can be defined by hovering the pointer
(mouse) over the button WITHOUT clicking on
it. An example is shown below.

These buttons are defined in Quick Guide

supplied with this documentation. These
buttons are also defined in the OzVision Control
Center User’s Guide Manual.

Configuring a New Transceiver

Click on the Remote Site Configuration button The Site Name Configuration should be
(shown below). completed with the remote site’s reference
information.

Name – This is the name by which you will

reference this site.
Country Code / Area Code / Use Area and
Country Codes – If the OzLine 4VC box is
The Remote Site List dialog screen (below) will located outside your area code, or if 10-digit
be displayed. Click “New.” dialing is required in your calling area, then
check the “Use Area and Country Codes”
checkbox, and enter the correct area code.
Tel – Enter the OzLine 4VC box telephone
number.
Site ID – This is the unique serial number
identifying the OzLine 4VC box. This number
will be automatically placed in this box upon
first communication with the OzLine 4VC box.
Contact – This section should be filled
customer contact information that will be
displayed when the unit comes online.

On the next page, we have provided at sample

of the Site Name Configuration screen that has
been populated with customer information.

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 The Locally Saved Remote Setup Parameters
for Site screen will be displayed. (See below).

In this screen, the operating parameters for the

remote site’s OzLine 4VC box are set.
When you have entered all the information for
this site, click on “OK” and the Remote Site List The first tab displayed is the “General” tab
screen will be displayed with the new site (above).
added to it. (See below).
ID/Version – Every remote unit has a unique ID
number and Version. These values will auto-
populate upon initial communication and cannot
be changed.
Alarm Phone Num #1 & #2 – These fields
contain the phone numbers that the unit will call
in case of an alarm event. Include any special
dialing necessities (for example, 9 to get an
outside line, any long distance access codes,
etc.)
Cameras – Select the number of cameras
connected to this OzLine 4VC box (4 is the
maximum).
Quality – Set the compression ratio to the
needed image ratio. Keep in mind that the
Click on the “Remote” tab. higher the quality, the slower the transmission.
Resolution – The higher the resolution is set,
the sharper the image will be. The higher
resolutions, however, will slow the transmission
process.
Black & White / Color – Select whether the
images will display in Black and White or in
Color.
Camera System – In this field, NTSC should
always be selected.

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When all of the information on the General Tab When the information in the Advanced Tab has
has been entered, click on the Advanced Tab been entered, click on the Sensors Tab and the
and the following screen will be displayed. following screen will be displayed.

The fields on this screen assign specific

cameras to specific sensors, configure the
sensors, and determine the reaction of the VC 4
box to each sensor.
Day-Night Switch Key Mode – This box
should remain unchecked.
The Functionality should be set to Alarm.
Circular Buffer Length – This is the length, in
seconds, of active video that is sent to the
Remember that each sensor needs to be
monitoring console upon an alarm event.
configured to the following parameters:
Pre-Alarm Length – This is the amount of time
allocated for pre-alarm frames in the circular
o The camera that will record or transmit
buffer. The amount of time in the Circular
video from this sensor
Buffer minus the amount of time in the Pre-
o The activation (output relay) that will be
Alarm field will be the amount of time, in
activated as a result of this sensor
seconds, of post-alarm video.
o The functionality of the sensor – Should
Reference Update Threshold – This field
be set to Alarm
defines the amount of change in the video that
o The type of sensor (Normally open, etc.)
will cause the unit to stop transmitting the
o Whether alarm information is transmitted
streaming video and transmit a new reference
after a delay, automatically, or 24-hour
Number of Connection Attempts – This field
o Whether the sensor will have pre and
represents the number of times the OzLine VC4
post alarm recording.
box will attempt to connect to the control center.
Use the highest number possible in this box.
When the information on the Sensors Tab has
Save Circular Buffer for – This is the amount
been entered, click on the Modem Tab. The
of time that will elapse before the alarm event
Modem Tab screen is displayed. (See next
will be overwritten even if the VC4 box was
page).
unable to connect to the control center.
System Arm Delay – This is the amount of
time that will elapse between when the system
is armed and when the VC 4 box will begin
transmitting information related to alarm events.
Rec – This item is not applicable to this
application and the box “Do not Auto Download”
should be selected.

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 If there is a guard station at the remote facility,
this selection allows the guard to monitor site
On this screen, select the option “Internal activity, via each camera.
Modem Primary.”
Select the active cameras (1-16).
Limit Baudrate to: Select the number that’s no
Next, enter the scan time. This will be the
larger than your modem. Upon connection, the
length of time each camera is active before
modem will pick its own baudrate limit and it
switching to the next camera.
cannot exceed the value selected here.
When this information has been entered, click
Leave the Voice over Data Modem box
on the Event Relay Tab to display the Event
unchecked.
Relay screen (below).
Answer after rings – Enter the number of rings
that should occur before connection occurs.

Select USA as the Country.

The remaining options on this screen are not

applicable to this application and should remain
in their default states.

When the information on the Modem Tab has

been entered, select the CCTV tab to access
the CCTV screen.

This system provides four (4) relays. From this

screen, you can program the unit to perform
such functions as automatically activating
external devices. The relays can be assigned

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with specific conditions as outlined under the Click on the “Call a Site” icon.
“Event” column on this screen.

With all the options programmed, click on the

General Tab.

The Remote Site List screen is displayed.

Select and highlight the account to be

uploaded. Click on “Connect.” The following
message will be displayed informing you that an
ID number has now been assigned to the unit.
Click on the “Save to File” button and the
Remote Site List screen will be displayed.

You will then be prompted to enter the

password for this site.

Click on the “Save” button.

The Control Center Main Screen will be

displayed. This information must now be
uploaded to the OzLine 4VC box. Enter and confirm the password. Click on “OK.”

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Upon completion of the upload, live video will Click on the Power-On Parameters button. The
be displayed on the Control Center Screen. Remote Setup Parameters for Site screen will
again be displayed. Click on “Load from File.”

Click on “Upload.” This sends the file from the

computer to the OzLine VC 4 box. When the
camera images go blank, and then return, you
will know that the upload is complete.

The Transceiver has now been configured.

Viewing Active Event Video

When alarm event video is sent from the

Click on the “Tuning” button (Highlighted Transceiver to the Control Center, the
above). The Remote Setup Screen will be Unviewed Files button (shown below) in the
displayed (below). lower right section of the screen becomes
active. Click on this button to view active event
video.

A new screen, New Files Have Arrived, will be

displayed (next page).
In this screen, you can make temporary
changes to the resolution settings.

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 Setting System Parameters

Several control center parameters can and

should be configured. From the Remote Site
List Screen (below), click on System. You will
be prompted to enter your user name and
password. The default Administrator Name is
“1” and the default Administrator Password is
“1.” Enter these and then click on Setup.

Unviewed Video files will be displayed in

chronological order (newest listed first). Select
and highlight the file you wish to view, then click
on OK.

The video will be displayed on screen. The System Settings will be displayed. Click on
the Security Tab (below) and you will able to
Viewing Past / Archive Event Video add users, set and change passwords, and
grant user privileges. When you are done, click
To view Past Event video, click on the New on ok.
Play Back Window button from the toolbar
(shown below).

The Security Tab also allows the Administrator

to view Log files. The Log file provides a
The list of all saved video files will be displayed. complete log of system activity.
Again, select and highlight the file you wish to
view, then click on OK.
Events such as file deletions, start application,
system setup changes, and modem
connections are visible in the Log File.

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From the Security Tab, click on View Logfiles. From the options presented, select “Exit
A log of recent activity will be displayed (below). CC2CS and close all CC’s.” You can then click
on the “X” in the upper right hand corner of the
screen and close this application as you would
any other windows software application.

OzVision Software Shutdown

The software should not, under normal

circumstances, be shut down. However, should
a system failure occur that requires a system
restart, be sure to adhere to the following
procedures. In the lower right hand corner of
the screen, right-click on the Event Processor
button (below).

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