53.2. VS tables
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53.2. VS tables

53.2.1. Camera table

The camera table holds the information about the RVS cameras.

[11:24:38] ABILIS_CPX:d p rvs

RES:Rvs-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
Run    DESCR:
       LOG:DS                  ACT:YES
       - IpConf parameters (Read Only) ---------------------------------------
       MAC:B8-27-EB-93-FA-DF   IPRES:Ip-3    
       IPADD:192.168.029.101   MASK:255.255.255.000   GW:192.168.029.254
       -------+-------------------- Digital Input lines -----------------------
       D-IN:  | [DESCR:]
       -------+----------------------------------------------------------------
       -------+-------------------- Digital Output lines ----------------------
       D-OUT: | [DESCR:]
              | MODE:    PULSE-T:    PULSE-GAP:    START: DFT:
       -------+----------------------------------------------------------------
       1      | Gate#1
              | PULSE    500         250           LAST   OFF
       -------+-------------------------- Cameras -----------------------------
       CAM:   | [DESCR:]
       ACT:   | RESOLUTION:  ROTATION:  JPEG-QUALITY:  EXPOSURE-TIME:
              | PREVIEW:     HDR:       FLASH:         METERING:
              | SHARPNESS:   CONTRAST:  BRIGHTNESS:    SATURATION:
              | LAMP-THRESHOLD:         LAMP-DURATION: LAMP-ON-EXPOSURE-TIME:
              | STORAGE:                REC-MAXAGE:    IDLE-REC-INTERVAL:
              | MIN-ALARM-DURATION:     MAX-ALARM-DURATION:
              | ALARM-HOLDOFF:          LIVE-REC-DURATION:
       -------+----------------------------------------------------------------
       Cam-1  | Rvs1_Cam1
       YES    | 8            0          HIGH           AUTO
              | MEDIUM       YES        OFF            AVERAGE
              | 0            0          0              0         
              | 0                       30             AUTO
              | SYS (40 GiB)            SYS (14)       SYS (2)
              | SYS (60)                SYS (600)
              | SYS (600)               SYS (600)
       ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Meaning of the most important parameters:

DESCR

Resource description. Max 79 chars. Spaces require double quotes (E.g. "str1 str2").

LOG

State changes log and alarm generation [NO, D, S, A, L, T, ALL] [+E] (D: Debug Log; S: System Log; A: Alarm view; L: Local audible alarm; T: SNMP traps; +E: Extended Log of state changes, see ref. manual).

ACT

Operation activation [NO, YES].

MAC

MAC address [00-00-00-00-00-00..FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF]. Read Only parameter.

IPRES

IP resource [NONE, Ip-1..Ip-250]. Read Only parameter.

IPADD

IP address in DDN [0.0.0.0, 0-126.x.x.x, 128-223.x.x.x]. Read Only parameter.

MASK

Mask in DDN [0.0.0.0, 240.0.0.0 - 255.255.255.255]. Read Only parameter.

GW

Gateway address in DDN [0.0.0.0, 0-126.x.x.x, 128-223.x.x.x]. Read Only parameter.

D-IN

Digital Input Line identifier [1..4].

D-OUT

Digital Output Line identifier [1..4].

MODE

Operational mode [VALUE, PULSE].

PULSE-T

Duration of ON pulse [1..4294967295 ms]. Only for MODE:PULSE.

PULSE-GAP

Minimum OFF time after ON pulse [1..65535 ms].

START

Initial value to be applied when Abilis connects to the device [LAST, DFT]. If "LAST" and the last value is unknown or was lost, the value specified in DFT will be used.

DFT

Default value to be used when there is not a known and valid value to set [OFF, ON].

CAM

Camera identifier [Cam-1..Cam-5 or 1..5]

ACT

Enable/disable this camera usage [NO, YES].

RESOLUTION

Resolution [0.3, 1, 2, 5, 8 Mpx].

ROTATION

Image rotation in degrees relative to the camera [0, 90, 180, 270].

JPEG-QUALITY

Image compression ratio [LOW, MEDIUM, HIGH].

EXPOSURE-TIME

Exposure time, in fractions of a second [AUTO, 1/8, 1/15, 1/30, 1/60,1/125, 1/200, 1/250, 1/320, 1/400,1/500, 1/1000].

PREVIEW

Combined resolution/quality for image preview [LOW, MEDIUM, HIGH] LOW=320x240, MEDIUM=640x480, HIGH=800x600.

HDR

Enables/disables high dynamic range capture [NO, YES].

FLASH

Flash mode [OFF, AUTO, ON].

METERING

Light metering mode [AVERAGE, CENTER, MATRIX, BACKLIT].

SHARPNESS

Sharpness [-10..+10].

CONTRAST

Contrast [-10..+10].

BRIGHTNESS

Brightness [-10..+10].

SATURATION

Saturation [-10..+10].

LAMP-THRESHOLD

Scene brightness threshold for switching on the companion lamp [-10..+10] Only relevant for RVS firmwares that supports companion lamp.

LAMP-DURATION

Duration of companion lamp switch on [10..9000 sec] Only relevant for RVS firmwares that supports companion lamp.

LAMP-ON-EXPOSURE-TIME

Exposure time when LAMP is ON, in fraction of a second, [AUTO, 1/8, 1/15, 1/30, 1/60, 1/125, 1/200, 1/250, 1/320, 1/400, 1/500, 1/1000] Only relevant for RVS firmwares that supports companion lamp.

STORAGE

Size in GiB of the camera storage [SYS, 8..4000 GiB] The value must be multiple of 4 GiB, or will it be rounded down. When SYS, the value is taken from RES:VS configuration.

REC-MAXAGE

Images older than this value are deleted [SYS, NOMAX, 0, 1..365 day]. When 0, the recording is disabled. Use is restricted to LIVE view. When NOMAX, the lifetime is unlimited. Images can be deleted only manually or due to storage constrains. When SYS, the value is taken from RES:VS configuration.

IDLE-REC-INTERVAL

Time interval between images capture during non-alarm periods (idle) [SYS, 1..3600 s]. When SYS, the value is taken from RES:VS configuration.

MIN-ALARM-DURATION

Minimal duration of high frequency recording when the alarm condition is detected [SYS, 10..3600 s] It will be extended up to MAX-ALARM-DURATION if the alarm condition is detected again during the ALARM-DURATION period. When SYS, the value is taken from RES:VS configuration.

MAX-ALARM-DURATION

Maximal duration of an alarm event [SYS, 10..3600 s]. When SYS, the value is taken from RES:VS configuration.

ALARM-HOLDOFF

If an alarm is terminated by MAX-ALARM-DURATION an holdoff is introduced before the next alarm is allowed [SYS, 0..3600 s]. When SYS, the value is taken from RES:VS configuration.

LIVE-REC-DURATION

The maximum duration of LIVE mode recording [SYS, 10..3600 s]. When SYS, the value is taken from RES:VS configuration.

[Caution]Caution

To activate the changes, please execute the initialization command init res:rvs

[Tip]Tip

Interesting chapter: Section 69.20.1.1, “Videorecorder cameras settings”.

53.2.2. Alarm table

The camera table holds the information about the alarms related to an RVS cameras (up to 16 configurable alarms) .

[15:40:44] ABILIS_CPX:d vs alarm

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ID: |[DESCR:]
    |ENABLED: |CAM-RES:|CAM:   |TRIGGER:|RES:                 |IO:
    |ACTION:                            |TURN-ON-RES:         |TURN-ON-IO:
    |TI1:                               |TI2:
    |TI3:                               |TI4:
    |TI5:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
0    [Test]
     YES       Rvs-1    Cam-1   OFF      Rvs-1                 D-IN-1             
     NONE                                #                     
     ALL,00:00-23:59                     #
     #                                   #
     #                                   
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Meaning of the most important parameters:

ENABLED

Enable/disable the alarm [NO, YES].

CAM-RES

Resource that owns the activated camera [NONE, Rvs-1..Rvs-16].

CAM

Camera that will be activated [NONE, Cam-1..Cam-5 or 1..5].

TRIGGER

Alarm/event to be monitored [NONE, ON, OFF, *]

RES

Resource for which the alarm/event is monitored. "#" or "*" or "type-nnn" or "type-*" or the name of a CR (CPX resources) list between single quotes (e.g. * or Gpio-* or Mfio-1 or 'my_res_list').

IO

Input/output digital line for which the alarm/event is monitored.

  • #: None;

  • D-IN-n, where 'n' can be:

    • for GPIO Digital IN line, [1..16, *];

    • for MFIO Digital IN line, [1..7, *];

    • for RIO Digital IN line, [1..16, *];

    • for RVS Digital IN line, [1..4, *].

  • D-OUT-n, where 'n' can be:

    • for GPIO Digital OUT line, [1..16, *];

    • for MFIO Digital OUT line, [1..7, *].

    • for RIO Digital OUT line, [1..16, *];

    • for RVS Digital OUT line, [1..4, *].

[Caution]Caution

Only for Gpio/MfIo/Rio/Rvs resources.

ACTION

Action to be executed when the monitored alarm/event occurs [NONE, MAIL, SMS, DISA-CB, TURN-ON-D-OUT]. Values can be joined using "," operator.

  • MAIL: Send a mail (SMTP driver must be properly configured) and MAIL-FROM and MAIL-TO parameters in VS port should specify the sender and the recipient of the alarm mail.

  • SMS: Send a SMS to SMS-CDO number specified in the VS driver.

  • DISA-CB: Perform a callback. Using the DISA-* parameters in VS driver to match the related DISA service.

  • TURN-ON-D-OUT]: Turn on a digital output (i.e. Turning on a light).

TURN-ON-RES

The resource whose output is set in case of alarm.. "#" or "type-nnn", where 'type' can be [Gpio, Mfio, Rio, Rvs].

TURN-ON-IO

The digital output that is set in case of alarm. "#" or "D-OUT-n", where 'n' can be:

  • for GPIO Digital OUT line, [1..16];

  • for MFIO Digital OUT line, [1..7].

  • for RIO Digital OUT line, [1..16, *];

  • for RVS Digital OUT line, [1..4, *].

[Caution]Caution

Only for TURN-ON-RES not equal to #.

TI1..TI5

Time interval within which the rule is active [#, ALL, *, string in format day, hh:mm-hh:mm], # = disabled (i.e. 'no match'), ALL and * = always. Value 'day' can be:

  • a single day of the week [MO, TU, WE, TH, FR, SA, SU];

  • a set of days of the week (E.g.: MO+TH or TU+TH+SU);

  • an interval of days of the week (E.g.: MO-WE or TH-SU);

  • ALL.

[Caution]Caution

To activate the changes, please execute the initialization command init res:vs

[Tip]Tip

Interesting chapter: Section 69.20.1.2, “Videorecorder alarms settings”.

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