Page 1 VOCORD Phobos Версия 2.2.15 Multichannel Audio and Video Recording System VOCORD Phobos System Interface Administrator’s Guide Date of issue: April 2006...
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Preface ................................ 7 License Agreement ............................9 1. Grant of License for the PHOBOS Program ..................9 2. Description of Other Rights and Limitations ..................9 3. Reservation of Rights and Ownership ....................9 4. Limitation on Reverse Engineering, Decompilation, and Disassembly ............. 9 5.
Page 4 4.9.1. SMDR module turning on ....................134 4.9.2. Redirection of SMDR information ..................135 4.9.3. Protocol Settings ......................136 4.9.4. Tying the PHOBOS System channels with PBX lines ............. 139 4.10. Switch ............................ 142 4.11. Distributed Mode ........................144 4.11.1. Adding a Recording Station ................... 145 5.
Page 5 D4 Digital Card ......................170 5.3.1. Protocol Settings ......................171 5.3.2. Monitoring Channel ....................... 172 5.4. Dialogue Window Controls, E1 Cards ..................172 5.4.1. Setting PHOBOS E1 card parameters ................172 5.4.2. Physical Channel Settings ....................173 5.5. ADLINK cards ..........................174 5.5.1.
Page 7: Preface
Preface This Administrator's Guide for PHOBOS system, developed by 'Vocord Telecom', is designated for advanced users. It includes user interface specification, and installation, configuration and administering guide. Read the License Agreement before you start with the Administrator's Guide.
Page 9: License Agreement
Vocord Technologies Internet-related services (the "Software"). For purposes of this EULA, the term "Licensor" refers to Vocord Technologies Ltd. An amendment or addendum to this EULA may accompany the Hard and Software. YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS EULA BY INSTALLING, COPYING, OR USING THE HARD AND SOFTWARE.
Page 10: No Rental/Commercial Hosting
EULA. In such event, you must destroy all copies of the Software and all of its component parts. 11. Limited Warranty Vocord Technologies warrants that the HARD and SOFTWARE will perform substantially in accordance with the ac- companying materials for a period of ninety (90) days from the date of receipt. If an implied warranty or condition...
Page 11: Limitation On Remedies; No Consequential Or Other Damages
You will receive the remedy elected by Vocord Technologies without charge, except that you are responsible for any expenses you may incur (e.g. cost of shipping the Hard or Software to Vocord). This Limited Warranty is void if failure of the Hard or Software has resulted from accident, abuse, misapplication, abnormal use or a virus.
Page 12: Exclusion Of Incidental, Consequential And Certain Other Damages
Hard and Software or any other subject matter covered by this EULA. To the extent the terms of any Vocord Technologies policies or programs for support services conflict with the terms of this EULA, the terms of this EULA shall control.
Page 13: Introduction
Multichannel Digital Recording System" (here referred as System) is designed for collecting digitalized compressed audio and video data for its later analysis and/or long-term storage. The PHOBOS system supports unlimited number of channels simultaneously. Some examples of the System's application are: •...
Page 14: Delivery Set
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION • Non-stop audio and video recording, in digital compressed formats, of information received from various sources • Triplex process support: concurrent recording, playback and channel monitoring • Support of synchronous audio and video recording mode and subsequent synchronous playback •...
Page 15: Date And Time Conventions
YYYY: year • hh: hours • mm: minutes • ss: seconds For reference purposes, the various PHOBOS card types are grouped as follows: • PHOBOS Audio - analogue audio adapters: PHOBOS A2 USB, PHOBOS A4, PHOBOS A4U, PHOBOS PHOBOS A8 USB.
Page 16: Resource Planning
1.7.1. Service Conditions 1.7.1.1. Software Operation Requirements Adhering operations, described in this Guide. The Vocord Technologies is not liable for all other operations. Normal System termination. 1.7.1.2. Hardware operation requirements The Recording Station with the cards installed must be grounded.
Page 17 CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION Channels (pcs.) RAM (MB) 9-32 Intel Pentium III, 500 MHz 33-64 Intel Pentium III, 800 MHz 64 and above Intel Pentium 4, 2 GHz For large archives (over 1,000,000 records) RAM greater than 512 MB is recommended. Table 1.5.
Page 18: Audio Recording
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION 1.7.2.4. Audio Recording The relation between record size and codec used is shown in Table 1.7. Table 1.7. Audio Record Size Audio Record Channel Capacity HDD 10 GB Format Description kbps Mb/hour Hours PCM16 @ 16 16 kHz no com- 109,86 pression PCM16 @ 8 kHz...
Page 19 The required disk space is the sum of the audio and video record sizes calculated for the given interval. 1.7.2.7. Network Information on possible quantity of simultaneously opened monitoring channels depending on network throughput capacity is presented in Table 1.10 (see PHOBOS User's Guide). Table 1.10. Network Throughput Channel...
Page 20: Software Requirements
If the System is installed on a single computer, the requirements for the server should be satisfied. Regardless of the interface, in the Recording Station BIOS the Plug&Play OS option must be disabled. Vocord Technologies guarantees stable and reliable operation of the "PHOBOS Multichannel Digital Recording System"...
Page 21 CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION • A telephone station generates data for the telephone lines. • A motion detector generates data for video. This information is essential for making a decision to start/stop the process of recording. A physical channel operates according to: •...
Page 22 CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION • Recording Station Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) • Removable HDDs • Network disks • CD, DVD or magneto-optic disks The media are classified in two principal categories: • Fixed media are used for on-the-fly recording. Normally one or more Working Station HDs are used as the fixed media.
Page 23: Operator Workplace
Tune System operation parameters in Settings section (see "Settings" (p. 89)). • Add or delete users and give permissions from the Access section (see " Setting the access rights" (p. 177)). • View the event journal from the Journal section (see PHOBOS User's Guide). © V echnologie © V...
Page 25: Hardware Installation
2.1. Card installation All adapters are PCI cards has to be installed into the system unit of the Recording Station, except for the PHOBOS A2 USB and PHOBOS A8 USB, which are external devices.
Page 26: Signal Sources And Connection Cables
When the computer is switched on and the operating system boots up, all the adapters just installed will be detected automatically. The PHOBOS A2 USB and PHOBOS A8 USB adapters are external devices, and may be installed in "hot" mode (i.e. while the computer is switched on). Do the following: Plug incoming line connector to the adapter.
Page 27: Phobos Video
CHAPTER 2. HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.2.2. PHOBOS Video The following analogue devices may be used as signal sources: • CVBS cameras • S-video cameras • TV signal lines • home video cameras Such devices should be connected by coaxial cable of 75 Ohm impedance (RK–75 or similar).
Page 28 CHAPTER 2. HARDWARE INSTALLATION Table 2.1. PHOBOS Digital Adapters Signal Sources Vendor Station model Phone set model Alcatel (connection • 4200; Any phone sets supported by the stations only via the repeater) • 4400. AT&T Merlin Legend Any phone sets supported by the stations Avaya (Lucent, AT&T)
Page 29 CHAPTER 2. HARDWARE INSTALLATION Vendor Station model Phone set model • 3212; • 3213; • 3214; • 3413; • Series 25xx (without D-channel); • Terminal. LG Electronics • GDK 16; • LKD 30 LD; • GDK 20 W; • LKD 30 DS; •...
Page 30 Repeater (p. 50). Here follows the maximum signal cable length table depending on signal source and adapter type it connects. (see "PHOBOS D4 Adapter" (p. 42)). When using direct (serial) connection to the adapter the cable length should not exceed 15 m. Direct connection scheme is shown in Figure 2.1.
Page 31: Phobos E1
For card connection, a Two-channel Digital Repeater (p. 50) repeater is used. The repeater connection scheme is shown on Figure 2.3. Figure 2.3. PHOBOS E1 Connection Scheme Maximum cable length between the signal source and the recording station depends on the model of repeater, as shown in Table 2.2.
Page 32: Connectors And Jumpers
TURN OFF THE COMPUTER AND UNPLUG THE POWER CABLE before making any connections of internal adapters using PCI connectors. Otherwise the adapter may be damaged and will not be subject to Vocord Technologies warranty service. The adapters have connectors for input lines as shown in Table 2.3. The visible differences between the adapters are in connector gender (male or female), the number of pins (e.g.
Page 33: Phobos A4 Adapter
A4 Adapter The adapter is designed to connect to analogue audio sources. The requirements for the cable connecting the signal source with the adapter are described in the PHOBOS Audio (p. 26) section. The connector is shown below in Figure 2.5.
Page 34 CHAPTER 2. HARDWARE INSTALLATION Figure 2.5. The view of DB-25F cable connector from the sealing side The connector pins are shown below in Table 2.5. Table 2.5. DB-25(M/F) Pins, PHOBOS A4 Adapter Channel Pin # Phone line Self-contained microphone power...
Page 35: Phobos
The duplex mode allows you to use the "PHOBOS Multichannel Digital Recording System" on one workstation without its reconfiguration. The requirements for the cable connecting the signal source with the adapter are described in the PHOBOS Audio (p. 26) section. The contacts designation for the PHOBOS A4U DB-25(M/F) connector is shown in Table 2.6.
Page 36 CHAPTER 2. HARDWARE INSTALLATION Figure 2.7. The view of DB-25F cable connector from the sealing side The contacts designation for the PHOBOS A8 DB-25(M/F) connector is shown in Table 2.7. Table 2.7. DB-25(M/F) pins Channel Phone line (microphone power supply terminal)
Page 37: Phobos A8 Usb Adapter
The adapter is designed to connect to analogue audio sources: phones, microphones, mobile radio line-outs, etc. This adapter is an external unit connected to the recording station via the USB port. The connection scheme is shown in Figure 2.9. Figure 2.9. PHOBOS A8 USB Installation Scheme © V echnologie ©...
Page 38: Phobos V8 Adapter
CHAPTER 2. HARDWARE INSTALLATION The requirements for the cable connecting the signal source with the adapter are described in the PHOBOS Audio (p. 26) section. Procedure of connecting signal source to adapter, connector pins and adapter jumpers description are the same as described in "PHOBOS...
Page 39: Phobos V12 Adapter
Chrominance GND (case) Conventional composite video cameras cannot be connected to this adapter. The card does not have any jumpers. 2.3.7. PHOBOS V12 Adapter The adapter is designed to connect to video sources. The connector is shown below in Figure 2.12.
Page 40 CHAPTER 2. HARDWARE INSTALLATION Table 2.12. DB-44(M/F) Pins, PHOBOS V12 Adapter Channel Sub-channel Pin # "video" "case" The conductor polarity for the coaxial cable is shown in Figure 2.13. Figure 2.13. Cable wire polarities 2.3.7.1. S-video (CVBS) camera connection To connect a single S-video camera to the channel, refer to Table 2.13.
Page 41: Phobos V16 Adapter
The adapter is designed to connect to video sources. The connector is shown below in Figure 2.14. Figure 2.14. DB–62 Connector The connector pins are shown below in Table 2.15. Table 2.15. DB-62(M/F) Pins, PHOBOS V16 Adapter Channel Sub-channel Pin# "video"...
Page 42: Phobos D4 Adapter
D4 is designed to connect to digital phone lines. Depending on signal line farness from the Workstation the line connection to the adapter could differ. (On line to workstation farness details refer to PHOBOS Digital (p. 27)). 2.3.9.1. Connection types Direct (serial) connection: this is used when the Station is close to the adapter.
Page 43 PHOBOS ETAP repeaters, both with or without LEDs, may be used for this connection scheme. The repeater jumper functioning and connector pins are similar to those described in PHOBOS ETAP repeater without LEDs (p. 49) and ETAP repeater with LEDs" (p. 48) sections.
Page 44 The contacts shown in brackets are electrically parallel to those without brackets. "Tip" and "ring" types of signals are indicated for clarity’s sake. The PHOBOS D4 jumper locations are shown in Figure 2.19. Figure 2.19. PHOBOS For the references, see Table 2.17. Table 2.17. PHOBOS D4 Jumpers...
Page 45: Vocord-Ix-E1 Adapter
"PHOBOS Figure 2.20. PHOBOS E1 Installation Scheme The requirements for the cable, for connecting both matched and unmatched lines, are described in the PHOBOS E1 (p. 31) section. The connector plug is shown below in Figure 2.21. Figure 2.21. DB-15M Connector Locations Solder view The connector pins are shown below in Table 2.18.
Page 46: Phobos
The input line is connected to the adapter using the two-channel PHOBOS ETAP or PHOBOS ETAP Long repeaters. For the adapter location and contact diagram for the connector plug, see the "VOCORD-iX-E1 Adapter" (p. 45). The PHOBOS PRO-E1 connector plug is shown in Figure 2.22.
Page 47: Adlink Card
CHAPTER 2. HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.3.11.1. PHOBOS PRO-E1 Adapter Jumpers J1 and J2 jumpers should always be closed as shown in Figure 2.24. Figure 2.24. Jumper Locations 2.3.12. ADLink card The ADLink card is used to input information from external transducers and for add-on devices management.
Page 48: Phobos Etap Repeater With Leds
VDD: isolated output channels power supply 2.3.13. PHOBOS ETAP repeater with LEDs The repeater sketch, pins and power jack are similar to those described above in the section for the PHOBOS ETAP repeater without LEDs (p. 49). The signal in the physical lines connected to jacks 1 and 2 is indicated by LEDs.
Page 49: Phobos
CHAPTER 2. HARDWARE INSTALLATION Table 2.20. Pins for PHOBOS ETAP repeater with LEDs Pin # Wire colour Pin designation First and second Connector Third Connector White/orange Sub-channel 1, tip Sub-channel 1, tip Orange Sub-channel 1 ring Sub-channel 1 ring White/green...
Page 50: Two-Channel Digital Repeater
2.3.15. Two-channel Digital Repeater This digital repeater is used to establish a connection with a BRI/PRI (or E1) digital stream. It establishes a parallel connection between the PHOBOS D4 PCI (PHOBOS E1 PCI) card and a digital line. As it is a two-channel repeater, two duplex digital subscriber lines or an E1 line can be connected.
Page 51 For the contacts designation, see Table 2.22 and Table 2.23. Table 2.22. Input (digital) Pair number Pin # Colour Channel Blue Orange Green Brown Table 2.23. Output (to the PHOBOS adapter ) Pair number Pin # Colour Channel Blue PWR (GND) Orange Green...
Page 52 15 metres. The recommended distance from the repeater to the card is less than 150 - 300 metres (depending on the PBX type). There is a tested experimental repeater modification that allows a distance of up to 600 metres from the repeater to the PHOBOS card.
Page 53 CHAPTER 2. HARDWARE INSTALLATION Figure 2.32. Connection to the PHOBOS The repeater connects to the external regulated power supply of 4.5 - 5 V (0.5A) or to the PHOBOS D4 PCI (PHOBOS E1 PCI) (Figure 2.33). In this case, the distance from the power supply to the PHOBOS card should be less than 50 metres;...
Page 54 +5B, the external – body) (see Figure 2.35). Figure 2.34. Contacts and Pairs (View of the Repeater Plug) Figure 2.35. External Power Supply, Two-channel Digital Repeater If the repeater is required for all the lines of the PHOBOS D4 card, two two-channel repeaters are used.
Page 55 CHAPTER 2. HARDWARE INSTALLATION There is the option of a 16-channel repeater mounted into a 19-inch rack (8 two-channel repeaters are combined) which is used for multichannel System installation. This is shown in Figure 2.36 and Figure 2.37. Figure 2.36. 16-channel Digital Repeater, Front View Figure 2.37.
Page 57: Software Installation
If the workstation is planned to be used as a Recording Stations group server, ensure that Internet Explorer (6.0 or higher version) and MSDE2000 or MS SQL 2000 are installed. For installation, do the following: Insert the Vocord software CD into CD-ROM. Run the setup program Setup\setup_server_2.2.X.exe, (where X is a software version number).
Page 58 CHAPTER 3. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Figure 3.2. Preparing to Install The information window will close automatically and the Wizard will welcome you Figure 3.3. Figure 3.3. InstallShield Wizard Welcome Message The Wizard helps you during the installation. Follow its instructions. At every installation step you can:...
Page 59: Set Passwords
By default, the System Administrator has an empty password and <1> is assigned for the user <Admin>. 3.1.1.2. System Installation Process Next, the following window will be displayed: Figure 3.5. This prompts you to select the destination folder for PHOBOS installation.
Page 60 CHAPTER 3. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Figure 3.5. Destination Folder You can: • Accept the default folder name and proceed; or • Click the Change button to select or create the folder (the following window will be displayed: Figure 3.6). Figure 3.6. Change Current Destination Folder...
Page 61 CHAPTER 3. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION The PHOBOS system installation path in Folder name text field should contain only latin characters. Next, the following dialogue window will be displayed: Figure 3.7. Figure 3.7. Media Quantity Enter into the Number of Media field the number of logical drives that will be used to store records.
Page 62 CHAPTER 3. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Figure 3.9. Browse For Folder The path to media should contain only Latin characters. To set the media name: Type the media name in the Name text box in the Media Parameters window. After that, the following dialogue window will be displayed: Figure 3.10, informing you that the installation process is ready to be started.
Page 63 CHAPTER 3. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Figure 3.10. Ready to Install the Program Click Install. After that, the following dialogue window will be shown, displaying the information about the installation process: Figure 3.11. Figure 3.11. Installation © V echnologie © V echnologie...
Page 64: Uninstalling Server Software
In the Settings menu, click Control Panel. Click Add or Remove Programs. The Add or Remove Programs dialogue window appears. Select PHOBOS System from the installed program list. Click Remove. Confirm that you want to uninstall the program when the prompt message appears.
Page 65: Client Software
3.2.1. Client software setup To install the Client software, do the following: Insert the Vocord software CD into CD-ROM. Run the setup program Setup\setup_client_2.2.X.exe, (where X is a software version number). This will open the following dialogue window: Figure 3.13.
Page 66 CHAPTER 3. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Figure 3.14. Preparing to Install This will close automatically and the Wizard will welcome you. Figure 3.15 Figure 3.15. InstallShield Wizard Welcome Message The Wizard helps you during the installation. Follow its instructions. At every installation step you can:...
Page 67 If the DirectX version earlier than 9.0 is installed on your computer, the Setup Wizard will display a message informing you that the setup cannot be completed. Next, the following window will be displayed: Figure 3.16. This prompts you to select the destination folder for the PMO System component PHOBOS installation. Figure 3.16. Destination Folder You can: •...
Page 68 CHAPTER 3. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Figure 3.17. Change Current Destination Folder The folder name must only include Latin characters. This next window appears, confirming your input Figure 3.18.
Page 69 CHAPTER 3. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Figure 3.18. Ready to Install the Program Click Install. The Installation Process window appears as here: Figure 3.19. Figure 3.19. Installation © V echnologie © V echnologie...
Page 70: Client Software Uninstallation
Figure 3.20. Installation Completed Press Finish. When setup is finished, a new program group, PHOBOS System, will be added to the Programs group available from Start menu, and the PHOBOS Interface icon will be added to the desktop. 3.2.2. Client Software Uninstallation To remove the Client software: Click Start on your desktop.
Page 71: Phobos Video
CHAPTER 3. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 3.3. PHOBOS Video 3.3.1. Installing PHOBOS Video To install PHOBOS Video do the following: Insert the Vocord software CD into CD-ROM. Run the setup program Setup\setup_video_2.2.X.exe, (where X is a software version number). This will open the following dialogue window: Figure 3.21.
Page 72 CHAPTER 3. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Figure 3.22. Preparing to Install This will close automatically and the Wizard will welcome you: Figure 3.23. Figure 3.23. InstallShield Wizard Welcome Message The Wizard helps you during the installation. Follow its instructions. At every installation step you can:...
Page 73 Go back to the previous installation step by pressing the Back button. • Continue the installation, by pressing the Next button. Next, the following window will be displayed: Figure 3.24. This prompts you to select the destination folder for PHOBOS Video installation. Figure 3.24. Destination Folder You can: •...
Page 74 CHAPTER 3. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Figure 3.25. Change Current Destination Folder The folder name must only include Latin characters. This will open the following dialogue window: Figure 3.26.
Page 75 CHAPTER 3. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Figure 3.26. Ready to Install the Program Click Install. This information window appears Figure 3.27. Figure 3.27. Installation © V echnologie © V echnologie...
Page 76: Uninstalling Phobos Video
Figure 3.29. Installation Completed Press Finish. When setup is finished, a new program group, PHOBOS System, will be added to the Programs group available from Start menu, and the PHOBOS Video icon will be added to the desktop. 3.3.2. Uninstalling PHOBOS Video...
Page 77: Driver Installation
3.4.1. Initial System Setup The procedure below should be followed if neither PHOBOS server nor client software is installed on the computer. Once adapters are installed and the Operating System loaded, you should not install adapter drivers. Drivers for all adapters will be installed automatically during the PHOBOS server software installation.
Page 78: Fax Messages Processing Tools
On successful installation the HASP device will appear in Device Manager \ Universal Serial Bus (USB) Controllers branch. The HASP indicator should lit with this. Contact the "Vocord Telecom" Technical Support Service for more information. 3.5.1. Server Software 3.5.1.1. Installation To install the Fax Detector software: Insert the Vocord software CD into CD-ROM.
Page 79 CHAPTER 3. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Figure 3.31. Preparing to Install This will close automatically and the Wizard will welcome you: Figure 3.32. Figure 3.32. Ready to Install the Program Click Install. © V echnologie © V echnologie...
Page 80 CHAPTER 3. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION The Installation Process window appears: Figure 3.33. Figure 3.33. Installation This window will close automatically, and the next window appears to confirm successful installation Figure 3.34. Figure 3.34. Installation Completed...
Page 81 CHAPTER 3. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Press Finish. In the PHOBOS System group, the Fax Detector application will be displayed. Use this application to select the channels for fax detection. If the Launch Fax Detector now flag in Installation Completed window was not set off, then the Fax Detector software dialogue window appears as it shown on Figure 3.35.
Page 82: Client Software
3.5.2. Client software 3.5.2.1. Installation To install Fax Recognition System: Insert the Vocord software CD into CD-ROM. Run the setup program Setup\fax_support_for_client_2.2.X.exe, (where X is a software version number). This will open the following dialogue window: Figure 3.36. Figure 3.36. Choose Setup Language In the drop-down list, select the option for your local language Click OK.
Page 83 CHAPTER 3. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION This will close automatically and the Wizard will welcome you: Figure 3.38. Figure 3.38. InstallShield Wizard Welcome Message The Wizard helps you during the installation. Follow its instructions. At every installation step you can: • Cancel the installation by pressing the Cancel button. •...
Page 84 CHAPTER 3. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Figure 3.39. Ready to Install the Program Click Install. After that, the following dialogue window will be shown, displaying information about the installation process: Fig- ure 3.40. Figure 3.40. Installation...
Page 85 CHAPTER 3. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION The Installation Process window appears that closes automatically when the files have been copied. A confirmation window then appears on successful completion Figure 3.41. Figure 3.41. Installation Completed Press Finish. The records in the Record table in the Archive pane that contain the fax will marked with the Fax flag in corresponding column as shown on Figure 3.42 when the setup is finished.
Page 86: Installing Pedals
In the Settings menu, click Control Panel. Click Add or Remove Programs. The Add or Remove Programs dialogue window appears. Select Fax Support for Phobos Client from the installed program list. Click Remove. Confirm that you want to uninstall the program when the prompt message appears.
Page 87: System Update
Install the Server software as described in Installing Server Software (p. 57)). During the installation, the System will display a prompt: PHOBOS database already exists. Do you want to delete it and recreate?. If you choose to re-create the database by clicking Yes, the existing database is deleted, and a new database is created.
Page 89: Settings
Table 4.1. Settings Tree. Branches Branch Description Invokes the Record Stations dialogue window. Record Stations Invokes the corresponding nodes Video and PHOBOS E1 (if they Cards are present in the System). Invokes Card Settings dialogue window. (Only available if Video PHOBOS Video cards are installed into the System).
Page 90 PHOBOS Audio cards are installed into the System). Invokes the Monitoring Channel Settings dialogue window. Monitoring Channel (Only available if PHOBOS Audio or PHOBOS Digital cards are installed into the System). Invokes the ADLink Card Contacts dialogue window. (Only ADLink available if ADLink cards are installed into the System).
Page 91: Logical Channels
CHAPTER 4. SETTINGS Branch Description Invokes the Replicating Records dialogue window. Replicating Records Invokes the Profile Scheduler dialogue window. Profiles Invokes the Presets Scheduler dialogue window. Presets Invokes the Channel Profiles dialogue window. Channel Profiles Invokes the Media dialogue window. Media Invokes the Volumes dialogue window.
Page 92: Logical Channel Settings
CHAPTER 4. SETTINGS Figure 4.2. Logical Channels The table columns represent following channel attributes: Name, Category, Logical Channel Type, Physical Channels, Allow Recording, Show in Monitor, Alarm Mode, and Medium. The table rows are the System logical channel names. 4.2.1. Logical Channel Settings Set the logical channel settings parameters on the dialogue window.
Page 93 CHAPTER 4. SETTINGS Table 4.2. Logical Channel Types: Icon Name Description Contains a single physical audio channel (telephone or micro- Audio phone). Contains a single physical video channel. Video Video/Audio Contains two physical channels: one audio and one video. Audio/Audio Contains two physical audio channels.
Page 94 CHAPTER 4. SETTINGS Figure 4.4. Logical Channel Settings. Video/Audio The Logical Channel Settings for Audio/Audio channels is shown on Figure 4.5. Figure 4.5. Logical Channel Settings. Audio/Audio The Logical Channel Settings for User-defined channels is shown on Figure 4.6.
Page 95 CHAPTER 4. SETTINGS Figure 4.6. Logical Channel Settings. User-defined Table 4.3. Channel Attributes Channel attribute Description Name The Logical Channel Name (can be edited). The level of importance of the channel. The category specifies the access rights to the logical Category channel and to the records received over it (selected from the drop-down list).
Page 96 CHAPTER 4. SETTINGS Channel attribute Description • Video/Audio: two lists are shown, the first of audio channels, the second of video channels. • User-defined: the channels are configured on the user panel as described below. If the Physical Channel checkbox is set, then recording over the logical channel starts when the physical channel triggers.
Page 97: Adding A Logical Channel
CHAPTER 4. SETTINGS There is an import option used to apply saved to profile settings. To import a profile: Click Import on the Logical Channel Settings dialogue window. In the Import Profile dialogue window (shown on Figure 4.8), select required profile from the Available Profiles list.
Page 98: Physical Channels
CHAPTER 4. SETTINGS Figure 4.9. Add Logical Channel This dialogue window is similar to Logical Channel Settings one (see "Logical Channel Settings" (p. 92)). Type the channel name that you want to add in the Name text field. Click Apply to save changes. 4.3.
Page 99: Disconnection System
Disconnection system is designed for saving settings of disconnected cards and channels incoming to them. When card is being disconnected all information regarding it is stored in PHOBOS, ad card's status is being changed to Dis- connected. Thus, all card settings will be automatically restored when card is being plugged back.
Page 100 CHAPTER 4. SETTINGS Figure 4.11. Disconnected Cards The window attributes is listed in Table 4.5. Table 4.5. Disconnected Cards. Attributes Attribute Description Card Name Name of disconnected card. An icon showing type of belonging to disconnected card Channel Type physical channel. Disconnected card type.
Page 101: Disconnected Channels
When card is being removed all channels belongs to it (see Disconnected Channels (p. 101)) will be also removed. 4.4.2. Disconnected Channels The Disconnected Channels dialogue window is designated for disconnected physical channels listing and deleting it from the PHOBOS system. Figure 4.12. Disconnected Channels The window attributes is listed in Table 4.6.
Page 102: Scheduler
CHAPTER 4. SETTINGS When the physical channel is being removed from the System all this channel settings data will be also removed. To remove disconnected channel do the following: Select the channel from Disconnected Channels table. Click Delete or use corresponding drop-down menu item. The System will display a confirmation message Click Yes to remove this channel;...
Page 103 CHAPTER 4. SETTINGS Figure 4.13. Recording Scheduler The controls are described in Table 4.7. Table 4.7. Recording Scheduler Name Description The task ordinal number. Channel Logical Channel. (To edit, double-click the left mouse button or select Edit from the drop-down menu). A status indicator of the task for recording over the channel.
Page 104: Deletion Scheduler
CHAPTER 4. SETTINGS Name Description Scheduled recording does not stops if Default setting is in place in Frame Rate column. Start Time of task and channel recording start. (To edit, double- click the left mouse button or select Edit from the drop-down menu).
Page 105 CHAPTER 4. SETTINGS Figure 4.14. Deletion Scheduler The deletion task comprises the query to search the records and the removal parameters. The controls are described in Table 4.8. Table 4.8. Deletion Scheduler Name Description The task identification. Force task start/stop task for deletion. Enable The task activity status.
Page 106 CHAPTER 4. SETTINGS Name Description period is unlimited, then the Unlimited parameter should be set. Period Repeat time for periodic tasks. (To edit, double-click the left mouse button or select Edit from the drop-down menu). The task activity status at the particular day of the week in case if one of the following values is selected for Period parameter: •...
Page 107: Replication Scheduler
CHAPTER 4. SETTINGS Figure 4.15. Deleted Records 4.5.3. Replication Scheduler The Replication Scheduler finds records according to the set of user-defined criteria, and copy or move them to the selected media once or at regular intervals. Every row of the table from the Replication Scheduler dialogue window shown in Figure 4.16 is a replication task.
Page 108 CHAPTER 4. SETTINGS Figure 4.16. Replication Scheduler The replication task comprises the query to search the records and the replication parameters. The controls are described in Table 4.9. Table 4.9. Replication Scheduler. The controls Name Description The task identification. Force task start/stop task for replication. Enable The task activity status.
Page 109 CHAPTER 4. SETTINGS Name Description period is unlimited, then the Unlimited parameter should be set. Period The repeat time for periodic tasks. (To edit, double-click the left mouse button or select Edit from the drop-down menu). The task activity status at the particular day of the week in case if one of the following values is selected for Period parameter: •...
Page 110: Profile Scheduler
CHAPTER 4. SETTINGS Figure 4.17. Replicating Records This window contains statistics (Record ID, Station, Task ID, Medium, Remote Media) on records in replication queue. As replication goes on the table rows with already replicated records will be removed. 4.5.4. Profile Scheduler The Profile Scheduler automatically applies profiles created for modifying settings of the Logical Channel and included Physical Channels.
Page 111 CHAPTER 4. SETTINGS Figure 4.18. Profile Scheduler The controls are described in Table 4.10. Table 4.10. Profile Scheduler Name Description The task ordinal number. Profile name. (To edit, double-click the left mouse button or Profile Name. select Edit from the drop-down menu). Logical Channels Profile logical channels (To edit, double-click the left mouse button or select Edit from the drop-down menu).
Page 112: Preset Scheduler
If there are no presets available and you use a video camera that can work with presets, then you should create them first. (see User's Guide for PHOBOS Video). Use the Preset Scheduler dialogue window to create, delete, edit or copy tasks for applying presets. It is shown in Figure 4.19.
Page 113 CHAPTER 4. SETTINGS Figure 4.19. Preset Scheduler The controls are described in Table 4.11. Table 4.11. Preset Scheduler Name Description The task ordinal number. Physical Channel Physical channel (To edit, double-click the left mouse button or select Edit from the drop-down menu). Preset Name Preset name.
Page 114: Media
CHAPTER 4. SETTINGS Name Description The task activity status at the particular day of the week in case if one of the following values is selected for Period parameter: • Minute; • Hour • • Week • Month Creates a new task. (This command is also available from the drop-down menu).
Page 115 CHAPTER 4. SETTINGS Figure 4.20. Media Table 4.12. Media. The controls Name Description Identification. Name Media name. The path to the media. Path Type The media type: • Removable • Fixed. Available Space The space available on the Logical Disk having the media. Number of Records The number of records saved to the media.
Page 116: Volumes
CHAPTER 4. SETTINGS To perform scanning: Select the media where the records you want to scan are saved. Click Scan. The scanning procedure makes heavy use of PC resources and therefore can take a long time to complete. Other oper- ations are not recommended during the scanning procedure.
Page 117: Interface
CHAPTER 4. SETTINGS Table 4.13. Volumes. The controls Name Description The name of the volume to which the records are saved. (To edit the box, double- Volume click the left mouse button). Name of the media containing the volume. Medium Status The current availability of the volume in the System.
Page 118 CHAPTER 4. SETTINGS Figure 4.22. Hot Keys Once the dialogue window parameters are set, the hotkeys can be used even while another application is active. To set hotkeys: Select the keyboard type from the drop-down list. On the keyboard select the key combination for each command. The combination is displayed in the text box. For the following parameters set the values in seconds: •...
Page 119 CHAPTER 4. SETTINGS Figure 4.23. Pedal Right pedal action: Pressing pedal for not more than 1 second results in: • playback start if the record is not playing currently. • playback stop (pause) if the record is playing currently. Pressing and holding pedal for more than 1 second results in smooth forward movement of current playing pointer during all the time pedal being held (fast forward).
Page 120 CHAPTER 4. SETTINGS Type or select the speed factor for current playback pointer scrolling the record forward in the Forward text box. Values range: from 2x to 10x to normal playback. The default is <2>. To scroll the record forward the right pedal should be pressed and held down for more than one second.
Page 121: Archive Settings
CHAPTER 4. SETTINGS Select the operation mode for the left and right pedals. You can set one of the following: • Normal: the System interprets the pedal position (pushed or released) in the conventional way. For instance, playback is stopped when the pedal is released, and briefly pushing the pedal starts it. •...
Page 122 CHAPTER 4. SETTINGS 4.7.2.1. Archive. Settings The window is shown in Figure 4.25 (p. 121). The Archive dialogue window description: • Text boxes • Number of Records per Page. Enter the number of records to be displayed on the page. The default is <500>. This parameter value affects on table operations speed: the more records displayed on one page, the more time it takes to navigate through requests and records.
Page 123 CHAPTER 4. SETTINGS Figure 4.26. Query Tree. Settings Description of the lists of the Query Tree dialogue window: • Hide: omits from display on the Query Tree panel those branches whose names are listed • Show: displays on the Query Tree panel those branches whose names are listed Table 4.14.
Page 124 CHAPTER 4. SETTINGS Figure 4.27. Record Table. Settings The lists of the Record Table dialogue window: • Hide: the list of Table attributes (column titles) to be omitted from display on the Record Table panel. • Show: the list of Table attributes (column titles) to be displayed on the Record Table panel. The toolbar buttons are described in Table 4.14 (p.
Page 125 CHAPTER 4. SETTINGS Figure 4.28. Filter. Settings To set Filter criteria in the Filter dialogue window: Set the flags on for the necessary criteria. Click Apply. 4.7.2.5. Export: File Name Template. Settings The window is shown in Figure 4.29. © V echnologie ©...
Page 126: Journal Settings
This dialogue window is used to create templates fro export file names. File name is shown in Export to File dialogue window in File Name text field (see PHOBOS System User's Guide). Description of the dialogue window Export: File Name Template.
Page 127: Journal View Setup
CHAPTER 4. SETTINGS Figure 4.30. Journal Settings The size of the Journal can be limited: by the maximum number of records; or by the age of the record. To define the maximum number of records in the Journal: Set the Max. Number of Records checkbox. Type or select the number in the Max.
Page 128: Notification
CHAPTER 4. SETTINGS 4.8.2. Notification Notification system is used to notify user on different events in the System. Notification could be in from SMS and e- mail messages to predefined addressee. It is also possible to receive such notifications via Event Viewer utility or via special sounds of system speaker.
Page 129 CHAPTER 4. SETTINGS Table 4.15. Notification Profiles. Attributes Attribute Description Profile ordinal number. Name Profile name. Description Profile description. Create new notification profile (this command is also available in pop-up menu). Copy Copy selected notification profile (this command is also available in pop-up menu). Edit Edit selected notification profile (this command is also available in pop-up menu).
Page 130 Double-click on selected event in Journal section to receive additional information on this event. The window with full information on this event appears (see 'Viewing Journal Events' section of PHOBOS System User's Guide) Input beginning of time when if notification profile will be activated if it's conditions will be met in Start field (this field is editable on double-click).
Page 131 CHAPTER 4. SETTINGS You can: • Select the profile from the Notification Profiles dialogue window and click Edit; • Double-click on the profile that has to be edited. The Edit Notification Profile dialogue window appears. This window elements are similar to ones of Add Notification Profile dialogue window (see "Add Notification Profile"...
Page 132 CHAPTER 4. SETTINGS Figure 4.34. Events This window consists of the filter used to select events by query, and the table with names of events that could invoke notification. The Events dialogue window filter elements are described in Table 4.16. Table 4.16.
Page 133: Smdr
The PHOBOS system SMDR module allows to tie information of calls made with its records. As result PHOBOS system users are enabled to identify internal numbers to which re-commutation has been made, track re-commutation chains and make selections on this information in the Archive section.
Page 134: Smdr Module Turning On
(see Redirection of SMDR information ). Selection of protocol and mask that used for SMDR-information analysis (see " Protocol Settings"). Tying the PHOBOS System channels with PBX lines (see Tying the PHOBOS System channels with PBX lines). 4.9.1. SMDR module turning on To make the SMDR feature work properly, you must install the HASP key and the corresponding license on the Recording Station.
Page 135: Redirection Of Smdr Information
CHAPTER 4. SETTINGS To set up the SMDR mode: Enter the PHOBOS Interface program. Open the Settings section. Select SMDR branch. This will open the following dialogue window: Figure 4.36. Figure 4.36. SMDR Settings Check the Turn On/Off box to enable receiving of SMDR information.
Page 136: Protocol Settings
CHAPTER 4. SETTINGS Select the Redirect SMDR Data checkbox. Set the COM port number to which the SMDR receiver is connected. Set the port parameters: • Baud - speed; • Parity - parity; • Data - data bits number; • Stop - stop bits number.
Page 137 CalculateIfExist If a PHOBOS channel corresponds to initiator (l), then • (l) - line; • (E) - route. if the outgoing call number (n) corresponds to the PHOBOS channel, then • (n) - line; • (A) - route. © V echnologie ©...
Page 138 SMDR information redirection to file function (see Redirection of SMDR information (p. 135)). Run Notepad. Open a new .txt document. Paste the line. Copy the mask offered by PHOBOS (i.e. copy the value from the Format edit box in the Protocol Settings dia- logue).
Page 139: Tying The Phobos System Channels With Pbx Lines
If there is a discrepancy, edit the mask in the Protocol Settings dialogue window to match the field positions in the data string received. 4.9.4. Tying the PHOBOS System channels with PBX lines The Channel Link Settings dialogue is shown here: Figure 4.39.
Page 140 To manually make a link (to tie channels): Input PBX channel data to the field in PBX channel. Select corresponding logical channel of the PHOBOS System from drop-down list in the Logical Channel column. To automatically make a link (to tie channels): Click Generate.
Page 141 CHAPTER 4. SETTINGS Figure 4.40. Add channels Input constant PBX channel symbols into the Prefix field if required. Enter the initial PBX channel data into the Start Value text box. Set the Increment flag if it is required to add <1> to each consequent PBX channel data value from Start Value field.
Page 142: Switch
On Settings Tree panel of Configurator application open General brunch and set the Switch flag (see Gener- al (p. 189)). Close the Configurator. The Settings Tree of the Settings section for the PHOBOS application will display the Switch branch. To set up the Switching Unit operating mode: Enter the PHOBOS program.
Page 143 CHAPTER 4. SETTINGS The port default names are Switch N-M, where N is the Outgoing port ordinal number, and M is the unique Switch number. The Input Ports dialogue is shown here: Figure 4.42. It is designed as a table which includes the ID (user are not allowed to edit the values in this column) and Name columns.
Page 144: Distributed Mode
CHAPTER 4. SETTINGS Figure 4.43. Output Ports To change a Logical Channel: Double click to select the logical channel you want to change. Select a new channel from the drop-down list. Click Apply to save changes made; otherwise click Restore. 4.11.
Page 145: Adding A Recording Station
On Settings Tree panel of Configurator application open Distributed Mode brunch and set the Enable flag (see Distributed Mode (p. 195)). Close the Configurator. The Settings Tree of the Settings section for the PHOBOS application will display the Record Stations branch. The PHOBOS application restart is required. 4.11.1. Adding a Recording Station When connecting the Recording Station, the user participating in the Admins group should use the same password on all hosts working in Distributed Mode.
Page 146 CHAPTER 4. SETTINGS Figure 4.44. Record Stations In the opened dialogue (see Figure 4.45 ) enter the host name, user name and the password. Figure 4.45. Add Station Click OK. Station name will appear in Recording Stations dialogue window table. In the State column the Not Connected status will be set for this station.
Page 147 CHAPTER 4. SETTINGS Click Apply. The status will be changed to Connected in case of successful Recording Station connection. If not, check the values entered and make sure that there is a connection with the Recording Station over the network. It is necessary to set equal access rights (synchronize) for all stations to achieve correct Distributed System functioning.
Page 149: Physical Chanels Settings
A8 and PHOBOS USB analogue cards. 5.1.1. Stereo mode The stereo mode triggering dialogue is shown in Figure 5.1. Figure 5.1. The PHOBOS A8 card parameters setting To activate stereo mode: Set the Stereo flag in dialogue window. Click Apply.
Page 150 Applies Kvant system (KBAHT i.e. Quantum – Eastern European telephone exchanges). Pulse Inversion (for Inverting signals during impulse dialling. PHOBOS A4, PHOBOS USB) Compression Type for Sav- List of audio encoding algorithms available. ing Data to Archive • PCM 8 kHz •...
Page 151: Phone Settings
• A-Law 32 kHz • Mu-Law 32 kHz PCM 32 kHz compression is supported only by the following cards: PHOBOS A8 and PHOBOS A2 USB. 5.1.3. Phone Settings The dialogue box is shown in Figure 5.3. Its controls are described in Table 5.2.
Page 152 "empty" as recording starts before dialling. If the value is too high, the first pulse or tone dialled digits may be lost. On-hook Delay [ms] (for PHOBOS The interval between hanging up the handset by any subscribers and ending the recording.
Page 153 Detect - Performs detection during the time specified in the text box. Min. Period Ringing Signal (As described at left) [ms]/Max. Period of Ringing Signal [ms] (for PHOBOS A2 USB, PHOBOS A4U) Min. Interval of Ringing Signal [ms] (for (As described at left) PHOBOS A2 USB, PHOBOS...
Page 154 The Voltages Settings dialogue is shown here: Figure 5.4. Its controls are described in Table 5.3. Figure 5.4. Voltages Settings Table 5.3. Voltages Settings Name Description Line Break Voltage [V] (for PHOBOS A2 USB, PHOBOS Maximum line voltage that the System will interpret as A4, PHOBOS A4U, PHOBOS on-hook status.
Page 155 Active mode. <0> corresponds to the standard value for voltage; greater voltage is set only for low-quality lines, if the PSTN switch does not reply to the request signal. Hook-off Signal Delay [ms] (for PHOBOS The delay between going off-hook and sending the request signal to A4, PHOBOS A4U) detect the subscriber number.
Page 156: Vox Settings
Active is set to Type. It is suggested to set higher values only in case PHOBOS of bad telephone line quality or cross-talks in it. Request Signal Level [dB] (for PHOBOS А4U, (As described at left) PHOBOS Number of CallerID Digits (for PHOBOS Number of CallerID digits.
Page 157 Enter the values in the text boxes VOX Amplitude Threshold [mV] and VOX Harmonics Threshold [mV]. • Set the time parameters (PHOBOS A8). This card has 2 activity detectors: harmonic and generic. The harmonic detector is more sensitive to music and speech.
Page 158: Monitoring Channel Settings
PHOBOS from <-50> to <0>; of <1> pitch; default value is <0> (when AGC is on). A lower value increases low signal amplification. Balance (for PHOBOS A2 USB, The volume index of the sound distribution between right and left monitoring...
Page 159: Troubleshooting
A4U adapter, the value of the Hook-off Signal Delay [ms] should exceed the value of Hook-off Detection Time for Incoming Calls [ms] by not less than 50ms. If the problem is not solved, decrease Signal Duration [ms] (for the PHOBOS and CallerID Request Duration [ms] (for the PHOBOS...
Page 160 Open the Service Programs node from the left panel. Click Hardware Manager. The list of local services appears in the right panel. From the right panel, open the Vocord Devices folder. A list is displayed of all the PHOBOS adapters.
Page 161: Analogue Video Processing Cards
'multiplex': multiplexes the video streams received from multiple cameras connected to the multiplexer. The different cards have different multiplexer characteristics. The following table lists the nominal frame frequency when connecting various numbers of channels on PHOBOS V8 and PHOBOS V12 cards to the multiplexer, when various video data formats are used (see Table 5.9).
Page 162: Video Cards
1,50 1,04 1,25 The following table lists nominal frame frequency when connecting various numbers of channels on PHOBOS cards to the multiplexer, when various video data formats and resolutions are used (see Table 5.10). Table 5.10. PHOBOS V16 Adapter Multiplexing mode...
Page 163: Video Cards Settings
CHAPTER 5. PHYSICAL CHANELS SETTINGS Figure 5.8. PHOBOS V8 card parameters setting The dialogue controls are described in "Table 5.12". Table 5.12. PHOBOS V8 Adapter Multiplexing settings Name Description Card The number by which the logical channel types Video and Audio are listed in the Logical Channels window and in the Channel table of the Monitor section.
Page 164 CHAPTER 5. PHYSICAL CHANELS SETTINGS Figure 5.9. Physical Channel Settings The analogue cards settings dialogue box is described in Table 5.13. Table 5.13. Dialogue Window Controls, Physical Channel Settings Video Name Description Name Physical channel name. Video Format The format of video signal received from the camera: •...
Page 165 CHAPTER 5. PHYSICAL CHANELS SETTINGS Name Description Contrast Contrast of the image, in arbitrary units, for recording and monitoring the monitoring channel. The parameter is set up visually while monitoring the channel. Values range: The range is from <-128> to <127>; pitch - <1>; default value is <71>. Color Saturation The image colour saturation, in arbitrary units, for recording and monitoring a channel.
Page 166: Motion Detector Settings
To avoid this situation, it is not recommended to use the stream limitation mode for the multiplexing channels or connect the same cameras working in conditions with similar illuminance Applying some settings, for example, HQW, for a single channel of the PHOBOS V16 card will result in applying the same HQW to all the channels connected to this multiplexer.
Page 167 A dynamic graphic of the motion level used for the operation threshold settings. Motion Level Motion Detector Resolu- Motion Detector mask resolution (see also 'Motion Detector' section of PHOBOS System User's Guide). Available values: 90x72 (90 detection units arranged horizontally and 72 tion units arranged vertically), 45x36, 23x18.
Page 168: Hqw Settings
HQW rectange bottom margin. Values set in percents (%) of the whole image Bottom Margin height. See also 'High Quality Window (HQW)' section of PHOBOS System User's Guide. 5.2.6. Compression Settings The dialogue window allows you to set detailed parameters for the Wavelet compression algorithm.
Page 169 CHAPTER 5. PHYSICAL CHANELS SETTINGS Figure 5.13. Compression Settings The dialogue controls are described in Table 5.16. Table 5.16. Compression Settings Name Description Block Wavelet compression units. The conversion levels of the brightness component. Brightness Chromaticity The conversion levels of the chromaticity component. Calculate Chromacity by Bright- Chromaticity is calculated by multiplying the Brightness by the factor entered ness Using Factor...
Page 170: Autotuning
With unchanged brightness and contrast settings for video channel the statistic characteristics of it's image could vary depending on supervised scene. 5.3. PHOBOS D4 Digital Card This dialogue allows you to set up physical digital audio channel parameters. This window is shown on Figure 5.15.
Page 171: Protocol Settings
CHAPTER 5. PHYSICAL CHANELS SETTINGS Figure 5.15. Physical Channel Settings Table 5.18. Physical Channel Settings Name Description Name Physical channel name. Compression Type for Saving Data to List of audio encoding algorithms available. Archive • A-Law (the default) • PCM 8 kHz •...
Page 172: Monitoring Channel
5.4. Dialogue Window Controls, E1 Cards 5.4.1. Setting PHOBOS E1 card parameters The dialogue window allows you to set PHOBOS E1 card parameters. The window is shown in Figure 5.17. Its dialogue controls are described in Table 5.19. Figure 5.17. PHOBOS E1 Cards Table 5.19.
Page 173: Physical Channel Settings
The E1 setup window allows you to set the E1 physical channel parameters. The Physical Channel Settings dialogue is shown in Figure 5.18. For the dialogue controls, see Table 5.20. Figure 5.18. Physical Channel Settings Table 5.20. Physical Channel Settings for the PHOBOS E1 card Name...
Page 174: Adlink Cards
CHAPTER 5. PHYSICAL CHANELS SETTINGS Name Description • PCM 8 kHz • Mu-Law • MS GSM • A-Law Stereo Compression Type List of audio encoding algorithms available for monitoring channels: Monitoring • A-Law (the default) • PCM 8 kHz • Mu-Law •...
Page 175: Contact Settings
CHAPTER 5. PHYSICAL CHANELS SETTINGS The dialogue window appears as shown on Figure 5.19. Figure 5.19. ADLink Card Contacts From the list of all the contacts on the card, select the contacts that you will use. Click Apply. The ADLink card branch will be transformed to the node including the branches of the contacts you selected. Set up the contact in the appropriate dialogue box as described in the next section of this document.
Page 176 CHAPTER 5. PHYSICAL CHANELS SETTINGS Table 5.21. Contact Settings Item Description Time of the recording duration after the contact has been triggered. Activity Hold-off Time [s] Active Level Parameter used to define the contact active state. The parameter has the following values: •...
Page 177: Setting The Access Rights
CHAPTER 6. SETTING THE ACCESS RIGHTS The Access section helps to manage the users’ access rights. The dialogue window contains a tree with the branches Groups, Users and Categories displayed on the left panel, and the dialogues for each branch on the right panel. The menu of the Access section consists of the standard Help and Section items, as well as one corresponding to the selected tree branch.
Page 178: Adding/Deleting Group
CHAPTER 6. SETTING THE ACCESS RIGHTS The Admins group exists by default. This group has maximum available access rights, and that could not be changed to avoid access to the System forfeiture. 6.1.1. Adding/Deleting Group To add a group: You can: •...
Page 179: Group Access Rights
CHAPTER 6. SETTING THE ACCESS RIGHTS You can: • Click the Groups node to expand and select the Group you want to edit; or • On the Groups dialogue window, select the group in the table. From the drop-down menu, select Edit. The dialogue window appears as shown in Figure 6.3.
Page 180 CHAPTER 6. SETTING THE ACCESS RIGHTS Figure 6.4. Group >> Permissions to Archive On the dialogue window you can view or change the selected group permissions to access record attributes in the Archive section. You can assign one of three levels of access to any record attribute (in ascending order): •...
Page 181 CHAPTER 6. SETTING THE ACCESS RIGHTS Figure 6.5. Group >> Permissions to Archive Folders On the dialogue window you can view or change the selected group permissions to access folders in the Archive section. You can assign one of four levels of access to any of the folder types (Public, Group and Personal): •...
Page 182 CHAPTER 6. SETTING THE ACCESS RIGHTS • No Access: the section is not displayed to group members • Read Only: the section is displayed to group members, but they cannot modify its content • Edit: the section is displayed and its content can be modified by group members The System Administrators group has the highest access level (i.e.
Page 183: Users
CHAPTER 6. SETTING THE ACCESS RIGHTS • Name: the category name. • Image: the colour of the category. There can be up to 28 categories in the System, each with its own colour (for details on creating or modifying a category see " Categories" (p. 187)). •...
Page 184: Adding/Deleting A User
CHAPTER 6. SETTING THE ACCESS RIGHTS Figure 6.8. Users To view, add or delete a user, use the User table. The table consists of the following columns: • User Name • Description: the user description • Member of: the list of the System groups to which the user belongs By default, the user Admin exists in the System.
Page 185: Editing User Properties
CHAPTER 6. SETTING THE ACCESS RIGHTS When adding a user, the dialogue window appears as shown in Figure 6.9. Figure 6.9. Add User Type the User name into the Name text box (this must be filled). Type the password into the Password text box (this field is mandatory). Re-type the password into the Confirm text box (this field is mandatory).
Page 186 CHAPTER 6. SETTING THE ACCESS RIGHTS Figure 6.10. User >> Groups The User >> Groups dialogue window controls are: • Lists • User Groups: the list of groups of which the user is a member • Others: the list of all the System groups •...
Page 187: Categories
CHAPTER 6. SETTING THE ACCESS RIGHTS 6.3. Categories The category of a record is a security key that defines the user access rights to any information in it. Each record in the database has one and only one category. The category is set automatically, according to the logical channel category defined in the Logical Channel Settings.
Page 188 CHAPTER 6. SETTING THE ACCESS RIGHTS • From the drop-down menu of the Categories dialogue window, click Add / Delete; or • On the Category menu, click Add/Delete. If you are deleting a category, confirm deletion by clicking Yes on the dialogue that appears. When adding a Category, the dialogue window appears as shown in Figure 6.13.
Page 189: Utilities
System is in operation mode. 7.1.1. Entering the program To invoke the Configurator: Run the Configurator program from the PHOBOS System group of the Programs popup menu. The system PHOBOS logon dialogue will appear. Log on to the PHOBOS System.
Page 190 CHAPTER 7. UTILITIES Figure 7.1. General The dialogue items: Check boxes: • SMDR (see " SMDR" (p. 133)); • Switch (see " Switch" (p. 142)); Drop-down list: • Transmit Channel: • Default • A-ter • IPtel • Task Manager: • None •...
Page 191 CHAPTER 7. UTILITIES Figure 7.2. Media Its controls are described in Table 7.1. Table 7.1. Media Name Description Medium Name of the media to which the record is saved. Path The path to the media. Type Media type: Removable or Fixed. Free Space Free space [MB] on the media.
Page 192 CHAPTER 7. UTILITIES Figure 7.3. Add Medium Enter the media name in the Medium text box. Select the media status from the Type drop-down list. Click to select path to media in the Path dialogue window. Click OK. To delete a media: In the Media dialogue, select the media to delete.
Page 193 CHAPTER 7. UTILITIES The dialogue controls are described in Table 7.2. Table 7.2. E-mail Name Description SMTP server Name of SMTP server has to be used for sending e-mail notifications. SMTP port The SMTP server port number. The default setting is <25>). Sender e-mail Notification sender e-mail address.
Page 194 CHAPTER 7. UTILITIES COM Port The COM port number to which the mobile device is connected. The default setting is <1>). UNICODE Check-box that triggers UNICODE SMS message encoding. Enable Transliteration Check-box that triggers SMS message text transliteration. (Transliter- ation is method of representation one alphabet characters with another alphabet characters).
Page 195 CHAPTER 7. UTILITIES Press Apply. 7.1.2.5. Record The Record dialogue window, shown on Figure 7.7, is used to set the record parameters that are considered the limits of normal System behaviour. Deviations outside this range are treated as abnormal and require special action from the operator.
Page 196: User Settings
The authenticated or created user must be allowed to use remote access to read from the folders which are used by the PHOBOS System. These folders (they are listed in the Path column of the Media dialogue) must be shared for common access by the users.
Page 197: Additional Settings
It is required to create at least one port prior to adding a PTZ camera. 7.1.2.7.1. Ports In the Ports dialogue you can set up the COM port settings to be used to connect PTZ cameras for the PHOBOS Video application. The dialogue is shown in Figure 7.9.
Page 198 The COM port condition may be changed, so it is recommended to click the Refresh button, if a COM port state change was registered by Windows at the PHOBOS application startup, or the busy COM port has become free. 7.1.2.7.1.1. Adding/Removing Port To add a port: In the Ports dialogue, click Add.
Page 199 7.1.2.7.2. Dome Cameras In the Dome Cameras dialogue you can set up the PTZ camera settings to be used by operators working with the PHOBOS Video application. The dialogue is shown in Figure 7.11. Figure 7.11. Dome Cameras The dialogue controls are described in Table 7.5.
Page 200 CHAPTER 7. UTILITIES Name Description Status PTZ camera status in the System. PTZ camera behaviour in vertical axis. Vertical Inversion Horizontal Inversion PTZ camera behaviour in horizontal axis. 7.1.2.7.2.1. Adding/Removing a PTZ Camera To add a camera: In the Dome Cameras dialogue, click Add. The following dialogue will appear: Figure 7.12.
Page 201: Task Manager
SpeedDomeUltra7. Make sure that the protocol you selected matches the protocol of the PTZ camera, which is set by the manufacturer or user. For additional information on PTZ camera protocols supported contact the 'Vocord Telecom' technical support service. In the drop-down list, select the physical channel used to connect the PTZ camera.
Page 202: The Task Manager Main Window
CHAPTER 7. UTILITIES Log on to the PHOBOS System. The Task Manager application dialogue window will appear. 7.2.2. The Task Manager Main Window The Task Manager main window look depends on General settings in the Configurator application (see Gener- al (p. 189)), inter alia it depends on selected in the Task Manager drop-down list mode.
Page 203 CHAPTER 7. UTILITIES • Subscriber number: Internal phone numbers selection criteria; • Duration group: • Start: the time check box for the task to start. If the check box is set, you can edit the Date and Time boxes. • Finish: the time check box for the rule to stop.
Page 204 CHAPTER 7. UTILITIES Set the Finish flag, and set the date and time as described above. By default this flag is not set, which means an unlimited time for fulfilling the task. Set the Enable check box to activate the task, or clear the check box if you want to postpone task completion. Select the Recording Station from the Station drop-down list.
Page 205 CHAPTER 7. UTILITIES Click Save. 7.2.3.1.3. Editing a Task in the Black List To edit a task in the List: You can: • Select the task to edit in the table and click Edit. • Double-click the task you want to edit. The Edit Black List Task dialogue window appears.
Page 206 CHAPTER 7. UTILITIES Figure 7.15. Task Manager The interface controls are: • Buttons: • Add: add a task to the list. • Copy: copy the task. • Edit: edit the task. • Delete: delete the task. • Apply: sort tasks using the filter defined. •...
Page 207 CHAPTER 7. UTILITIES • Finish: the time check box for the rule to stop. If the check box is set, you can edit the Date and Time boxes. An empty value in the filter drop-down list means that this criterion does not affect the process and can be set to any value.
Page 208 CHAPTER 7. UTILITIES Set the Finish flag, and set the date and time as described above. By default this flag is not set, which means an unlimited time for fulfilling the task. Select the category from the Category drop-down list. By default the call logical channel category is used as category for the record by task .
Page 209: Transmit Channel A-Ter Procedures Are Similar To Those For The Ordinary Black List And White List Utilities, But Use The Special Attributes Applying To Mobile Equipment
CHAPTER 7. UTILITIES 7.2.3.2.5. Deleting a White List Task The Deleting a White List Task procedure is similar to that described for Deleting a Black List Task (see Deleting a Black List Task (p. 205)). 7.2.4. Transmit Channel A-ter Procedures are similar to those for the ordinary Black List and White List utilities, but use the special attributes applying to mobile equipment.
Page 210 CHAPTER 7. UTILITIES • СGI - Cell Global Identification (16 symbols – the numbers 0–9,A-F are legal values); • Enter the IMEI: International Mobile Equipment Identity (15 symbols – the numbers 0 – 9 are legal values). • B-number: subscriber Number ([5; 20] symbols – the numbers 0 – 9 are legal values). The B-number has two fields: <International code>...
Page 211 CHAPTER 7. UTILITIES Figure 7.18. Add Black List Task Type the task name in the Task Name text box (this field is obligatory). Type the International Mobile Subscriber Identity in the IMSI edit box. Type Cell Global Identification in the CGI edit box. Type the International Mobile Equipment Identity in the IMEI box.
Page 212 CHAPTER 7. UTILITIES Click To select multiple channels from the Available Channels list: Hold Ctrl and select the channels from the list. Click To select all the channels from the Available Channels list: Click The channels selected will display in the Selected Channels list. To delete one, some or all channels from the Selected Channels list: Select the channel/channels.
Page 213 CHAPTER 7. UTILITIES Click Save. 7.2.4.1.4. Sorting a Task in the Black List You can sort the tasks in the White List by any of the task attributes. To sort the tasks: Select the table column to be used as a sorting key. Click the column header.
Page 214 CHAPTER 7. UTILITIES • Add: add a task to the list. • Copy: copy the task. • Edit: edit the task. • Delete: delete the task. • Apply: sort tasks using the filter defined. • Cancel: go back to the settings of the previously defined filter. •...
Page 215 CHAPTER 7. UTILITIES Click Add. The following dialogue window will appear: Figure 7.20. Figure 7.20. Add White List Task Type the task name in the Task Name text box (this field is obligatory). Type the International Mobile Subscriber Identity in the IMSI edit box. Type Cell Global Identification in the CGI edit box.
Page 216 CHAPTER 7. UTILITIES 11. Select the folder from the Query Folder drop-down list of folders existing in the Station archive. The query con- sisting of records done by current task will be created automatically in this folder (the query name is the same as the task name).
Page 217: Transmit Channel Iptel
CHAPTER 7. UTILITIES 7.2.5. Transmit Channel IPtel When you are working with the technical IPtel communication channel, procedures are similar to those for the ordinary White List utility, but use the special attributes applying to IP Telephony. The Task Manager dialogue looks like this: Figure 7.21.
Page 218 (the query name is the same as the task name) The Channel Name, IP Range text fields, and Task Priority, Monitoring Type drop-down lists are not available in current PHOBOS System version. Only one of the following criteria could be set: IP Address or Mask.
Page 219 CHAPTER 7. UTILITIES Click Add. The following dialogue window will appear: Figure 7.22. Figure 7.22. Add White List Task Type the task name in the Task Name text box (this field is obligatory). Type the user name in the User Name edit box. Enter the subscriber phone number in the B-number edit box.
Page 220 CHAPTER 7. UTILITIES The query contains all the records made by this rule. If the Not Defined value is selected, the query will not be created, and it will not appear in any folder of the Archive pane. 14. Type any comment text in the Comment box. 15.
Page 221: Event Viewer
The Event Viewer utility is designated to collect and browse through notification events. 7.3.1. Entering Event Viewer utility To enter the Event Viewer utility Select Programs menu, then PHOBOS System and start the Event Viewer utility. The system PHOBOS logon dialogue will appear.
Page 222 CHAPTER 7. UTILITIES Figure 7.23. Event Viewer The utility main functional characteristic is its ability to minimize to Windows system tray icon and signal on new noti- fication emergence. Notification could be set as audio signal sound and/or utility icon flashing in the system tray. To minimize utility to the system tray: Click in the utility main window.
Page 223: File Import
7.4. File Import This utility is designated to import wav-files to the PHOBOS System media. It could be used to import files created as records in the PHOBOS and then exported as well as .wav audio files from any other side sources.
Page 224: The File Import Utility Main Window
CHAPTER 7. UTILITIES 7.4.2. The File Import utility main window This window is shown on Figure 7.24. Figure 7.24. File Import The file import utility comprises the following controls: • The Explorer tab placed in the top-left corner of the utility main window (see Explorer (p. 224)); •...
Page 225: Record Properties
CHAPTER 7. UTILITIES 7.4.4. Record Properties This window is used to set attributes for records created during .wav files import. To import a .wav file: Click on the required .wav file in the Explorer tab. Input the file name into the Name text box (this must be filled). Change date in the Beginning filed using Start dialogue window if needed.
Page 226: Logconfigtest
• Viaus. Type the port number into the Enter Port text box, if it is set incorrectly. In the Module name edit box, type Phobos, if it is not set by default. Click: • Connect to establish a connection with the Recording Station specified and to configure settings.
Page 227 CHAPTER 7. UTILITIES Figure 7.26. LogConfigTest From the drop-down list, select the component information which you want to be recorded to the Log Journal. Click Add to add component if it is not in the drop-down list. Input required component name to text filed in the dialogue window shown on Figure 7.27.
Page 228 CHAPTER 7. UTILITIES Table 7.8. Event description Name Description Data about certain activities such as data exchange or page replacement. This data is recorded Trace non-stop, which is demanding on PC resources. Information about the System configuration or data required for troubleshooting. Info Event A class of messages that can protect the System operation from various problems, or refer to...