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Bosch LTC 8850 Series Instruction Manual

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  • Page 1 LTC 8850 Series Instruction Manual EN Security Systems Graphical Users Interface (GUI) with ® Allegiant Server...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Custom VCR Support ............69 Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...

  • Page 3: Introduction

    LTC 8850 GUI User Manual (this book) together with link icons that allow traversing between • CD-ROM the maps by clicking on icons. • Software security key • PC to system interface cable Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...

  • Page 4: Installation Instructions

    In the event the security manager does not wish other people to gain access to the GUI, the key may be removed and locked for safekeeping. The GUI will run in Demo mode without the software key attached. Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...
  • Page 5 Allegiant CPU firmware that is compatible with the will need to be reentered later, then go on to Step 3 B. installed LTC 8850 version. If the Allegiant firmware Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...
  • Page 6 PC serial port to the match that of your Allegiant System (the default Allegiant console port. Allegiant System baud rate is 19,200), then click on If not already connected, connect the supplied security the Go Online button. Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...

  • Page 7: Updating Ltc 8902 Series And Ltc 8903 Series Firmware

    Step 3-A (select File | Open from the firmware into the LTC 8902 or LTC 8903 through a menus). PC serial port. Follow the steps on the next page to perform this procedure: Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...

  • Page 8: Ltc 8850 Readme File

    Add the full path of the site configuration file in delete maps, place device icons, or change device icon the Start in edit box, then click OK. When the GUI positions within the Map). Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...

  • Page 9: Modifying A User Profile

    Operator. An option to prohibit the Operator from exiting the GUI is enabled by clicking the checkbox. If the User is either an Installer or Administrator, this checkbox will not be available. Figure 3 Empty GUI Main Window Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...

  • Page 10: Starting A New Site Configuration File (Map Page)

    GUI Map application are Bitmap (.BMP), AutoCAD (.DXF), and HPGL (.HGL or .PLT) formats. If there is a need for an additional drawing format, consult your nearest Bosch Security Systems, factory representative. Figure 10 Edit Menu Selections...

  • Page 11: Moving From One Map Page To Another

    Linker establishing a link to associated pages. See illustration. icons on other pages will have to be reconfigured. To add a Linker Icon to the current active page/map, perform the following: Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...
  • Page 12 The recommended method is to establish a link from each page to all other pages to Figure 17 Linker Control Properties Dialog Box which one wishes to maneuver. Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...

  • Page 13: General Map

    This makes it easier to seed icons when multiple servers are loaded. Cut: Cuts the applicable object from the page/map and places it in Clipboard. Only available when an Figure 20 Linker Icon Properties –Add Icon Selection object is highlighted. Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...

  • Page 14: Adding Server Devices To A Map Page

    Click OK or press The list of available servers displayed in this menu ENTER. depends on the Bosch Security modules or product servers installed on your system. If reconfiguring an existing page, the configuration file titles will also be available for the applications previously seeded.

  • Page 15: Seeding Icons

    See the following illustrations. Icons representing standard cameras, camera with a ® pan/tilt, and AutoDome cameras are available for Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...

  • Page 16: Window Options

    To open multiple windows, go to View | Page | Open Another Window. Figure 30 Horizontally Tiled Map Windows Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...

  • Page 17: Saving Configuration Files

    The Event Handler provides a method of informing the operator when alarms occur in areas of the system other than the map page which is presently open. It Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...

  • Page 18: Help

    This feature allows the operator to quickly identify the location(s) in alarm. Any number of icons will be simultaneously placed in the Event Handler if Figure 37 Help menu multiple alarms occur simultaneously. Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...

  • Page 19: The Toolbar

    The Index tab option provides you with a search engine to find predefined topics from within the entire Contents help listing. Also available is a Figure 41 GUI Toolbar Functional Description scroll feature allowing you to scroll through the list Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...

  • Page 20: Running Server Configuration Programs

    Home key, placing the cursor at the beginning of the File Name entry field. Now, press Delete once to delete the asterisk (*). Type in the appropriate filename and click on OK or press ENTER. Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...

  • Page 21: Allegiant Server

    Select Bitmap File dialog box (see illustration). From there you can browse available Figure 45 Camera, Monitor, Alarm Menu directories for bitmaps. Single click on the bitmap file name and then click Open to choose the bitmap. Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...
  • Page 22 Click on a new color block from within the color palette provided. The color selected will become silhouetted, designating that is the active color. Figure 49 Monitor Icon Device Tab Figure 51 Color Selection Tab Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...
  • Page 23 Specific properties will only be copied to Allegiant icons of the same device type. This means, for example, the Device Specific properties will not be copied from a camera icon to a monitor icon. Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...
  • Page 24 This will make the Allegiant server program attempt to go online with Allegiant hardware. Connected Allegiant icons will no longer be dimmed when the Allegiant goes online. Figure 58 Quick Commands Dialog Box Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...
  • Page 25 For example, if Save As command). The layout was designed to hold monitor icons in the small page at the bottom, with other icons in the larger map pages. This is a suggested Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...
  • Page 26 To configure an icon, right-click on a seeded Allegiant function icon and select Icon Properties. Figure 64 Allegiant Icon Properties Figure 66 CCL Generator Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...

  • Page 27: Allegiant Server Application

    The icons are network. For direct PC-to-Allegiant connections, the seeded with their given titles. first step in going online is to select the appropriate serial port and to configure the communication Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...
  • Page 28 This program can be used in a networked GUI be Local. The Refresh Host List button can be used to installation to allow computers to go online with the Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...
  • Page 29 When a new file is opened, a dialog box for • Copy - Copies the values of the selected cells to the selecting an Allegiant model is presented. clipboard. The values in the cells are unchanged. Toolbar Button: Toolbar button: Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...
  • Page 30 Allegiant system using the PC serial port the Allegiant System to initialize its video-loss parameters as currently set up in the Transfer | monitoring table based on the current valid video Communication Setup dialog. inputs. Toolbar button: Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...
  • Page 31 Some overlap will occur if the main application Entries can be selected by clicking on them. window is too small for a completely non- overlapped display. Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...
  • Page 32 This is different from the menu selection Transfer | extended across columns. Multiple cell editing is done Download, which applies to all of the configuration as follows: tables. Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...
  • Page 33 Local - This is the simplest type of camera. If a camera is local, it means that an actual camera (or other video source) is connected to the corresponding BNC input on the back of the main Allegiant bay. Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...
  • Page 34 Master system. If desired, a Time Event Synchronize Satellites function can be programmed (reference the Time Event table functions) in the Master system to Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...
  • Page 35 The top line of the overlay display can either display system status information for that monitor or the monitor title. Selection is made using the status display content field. Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...
  • Page 36 The exact behavior of each alarm monitor will be set up with specified alarm characteristics. Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...
  • Page 37 The next and previous keys can be numbered down the left side of the screen in the used to select the direction when reviewing alarm Group # (number) column. The other columns can be monitors. edited by the user. Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...
  • Page 38 Alarm video is only removed when the not to accidentally acknowledge video on step alarm has deactivated and its capture time has expired. monitors. Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...
  • Page 39 ID Text – The alarm ID Text is a 16 character title that may be displayed in place of the camera title while the alarm is active. Special characters can be entered in the same manner as for the camera titles. Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...
  • Page 40 Dialog Box The table has one column for each monitor group. These columns are indexed by Group number, not by monitor number. The table has one row for each normal (ALARM activation) alarm. Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...
  • Page 41 Monitors Columns – Each checked monitor will display the designated camera video when the alarm switch is activated. Figure 78 Alarm Type Configuration with Context Menu Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...
  • Page 42 (See the separate CCL manual for a list of available CCL commands.) When a custom alarm is activated, it will execute the CCL command listed under Activation Action. When the alarm input is Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...
  • Page 43 When a match is found, the corresponding access level is returned. If no match is found, the access level of the lowest level user in the user table is returned. Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...
  • Page 44 No if the user will not be permitted to use the and enter the monitor number. Acknowledge keys. Set this cell to Yes if a user is allowed to acknowledge alarm videos. This cell may Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...
  • Page 45 For pan, tilt, and lens functions, the data values represent the duration of the action. The time values range from 0.5 to 32 seconds, in 1/2 second intervals. For Auxiliary Off, Figure 84 Lockout Configuration Tables Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...
  • Page 46 The table is indexed System by the physical keyboard number. Model 8100 8200 8300 8500 8600 8800 8900 Max Time Events Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...
  • Page 47 Time Event Table once every five the week, regardless of its repeat interval. minutes, so the minutes portion of the time must be a multiple of five. Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...
  • Page 48 If the table shows a keyboard uninstalled, the associated keyboard will not be permitted to communicate with the system. The system is defaulted with all keyboards enabled. Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...
  • Page 49 It is up to the device connected to the port parameters must be adjusted to match those of Allegiant’s port to decide whether or not to check the connected device. this signal. Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...
  • Page 50 All other priority level users are always limited to using only one keyboard at a time. Figure 90 Parameter Options Table Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...
  • Page 51 Function 36. checked. These functions can also be set using Keyboard User Function 36. IMPORTANT: If switcher-follower accessory units are being used in the system for alarm-related functions, the appropriate boxes must be checked. Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...
  • Page 52 The arg-list CCL Command Script files can be entered directly in .NEXT iterate .FOR or .FOREACH the Allegiant Server Application, then downloaded loop into the Allegiant. Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...
  • Page 53 These commands should not be used in new command scripts. • BOOT - means BEGIN @BOOT • START-STAR - interpreted as BREAK followed by BEGIN @STAR" • END-STAR - represents BREAK Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...
  • Page 54 Command Console Language (CCL) commands. For a complete list of these commands and instructions for their use, see the Allegiant Command Console Language User’s Manual. For each camera, the total number of activation and Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...

  • Page 55: Allegiant System Status Application

    NOTE: Once the System Status is started from the Allegiant Online menu, it will continue to run until it is closed from the Allegiant Online menu (or toolbar). To ensure the System Status is completely shut down, activate it from the Allegiant Online menu, then deactivate it from there. Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...
  • Page 56 Logging is turned on and off by selecting Log to File from the Allegiant Online | System menu. If Log to File has a check mark next to it, logging is turned on. When logging is turned on, the System Status application will always be running. Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...
  • Page 57 (the name of which would appear in the Instruction File column of the Alarm Normal Alarms table in the Allegiant server), the user can view it by clicking the Alarm Instructions button. Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...
  • Page 58 Camera being monitored for video loss Gray Camera NOT being monitored for video loss NOTE: Use the Allegiant menu item Online | Auto Set | Video Loss Configuration to enable monitoring of cameras for video loss. Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...

  • Page 59: Inwinptz Server

    PTZ cameras until is started, the video signal provided by the Allegiant’s the Allegiant Server is online. monitor output is digitized by the Integral video card and displayed in a window on the PC’s monitor. Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...
  • Page 60 If the InWinPTZ Server is displaying a still video image, this button will display a triangle and will resume the display of live video when clicked. Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...
  • Page 61 Title Bar’s visibility. Menu Bar If this item is preceded with a checkmark, the InWinPTZ Server’s Figure 94 Load Image Window Menu Bar is visible. Select this option to toggle the Menu Bar’s visibility. Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...
  • Page 62 FlashBus MV frame grabber to display the live video picture. FlashPoint 128 The InWinPTZ is using an Integral FlashPoint 128 Lite VGA card to display the live video picture. Figure 96 Video Options Dialog Box Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...

  • Page 63: Vcr Server

    The VCR Server takes full advantage of the functionality of the Bosch Security Systems or Phillips model VCRs (LTC 3962 Series and LTC 3991 Series). Figure 99 Right-click Menu Other models of VCRs/DVRs are treated as custom VCRs.

  • Page 64: Communication Setup Dialog Box

    Verify the correct COM port was selected and the 9. Timer – Appears when the Timer is turned on. parameters (particularly the baud rate) match the 10. Lock – Appears when the recorder is in security VCR/DVR. lock mode. Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...
  • Page 65 Time Date Search mode, then click OK. The VCR searches for the required scene. When the VCR locates the scene for which you inputted the date and time, it plays back the scene. Figure 103 VCR Expanded Control Panel Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...
  • Page 66 This dialog box appears when Reset on the expanded control panel is clicked. Figure 107 Time Date Tab The Time Date tab is used to get and set the time and date settings of the VCR. Figure 106 Reset Dialog Box Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...
  • Page 67 It can be set from five seconds to three minutes or to Manual. When it is Manual, the VCR stays in alarm recording mode until an alarm input is no longer being received. Figure 110 Display Tab Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...
  • Page 68 12 or a longer speed. ALL - the pulses are outputted during recording in all modes. 02 - the pulses are outputted during recording at the 02 (or 06) speed. Figure 113 Service Reminder Dialog Box Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...

  • Page 69: Custom Vcr Support

    Aux 1-3 – Extra buttons users can program any way they see fit. Close – Closes the control panel. Standard commands Record Eject Stop Play Reverse Play Rewind/Visual Search Fast Forward/ Visual Search Field Advance Still Field Reverse Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...

  • Page 70: Bosch Security Systems | 02 April

    \VCR directory, where xxxxxxxx is the name entered in the Model Name box. The user entered model name will then appear in the Communication Setup dialog box as a new model to select from. Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...
  • Page 71 EN | 71 LTC 8850 | Instruction Manual | Bosch Security Systems | 02 April 2004...
  • Page 72 The Netherlands Republic of Singapore Fax: 1-717-735-6560 Tele +31 40 27 80000 Tel: 65 (6) 319 3486 www.boschsecuritysystems.com © 2004 Bosch Security Systems GmbH 3935 890 06815 04-14 | Updated April 02, 2004 | Data subject to change without notice.

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