Video Monitoring


This chapter describes how to view live and recorded video streams from security cameras configured in the Cisco Video Surveillance Manager (VSM) system. This chapter describes how to view live and recorded video streams from security cameras configured in the Cisco Video Surveillance Manager (Cisco VSM) system.

Using ICPAM, you can associate these cameras with a door, and then view live and archived video for that door. While viewing live video, you can also invoke a door command, or use the pan, tilt, and zoom (PTZ) controls, if available on the camera.

For example, if an alarm occurs, you can view an archived video clip when the alarm occurred, or open a live video stream for a camera associated with the door. Command options in the video player enable you to perform actions such as securing or opening the door. For more information about the Video Surveillance Manager, go to the Cisco Network-Centric Video Surveillance Products Web site.

Note   Starting with the ICPAM 2.1 release, version 6X of the Cisco VSM Camera Driver is no longer supported. (You must upgrade to version 7X of the driver.)

If a camera is removed from the VSM configuration then it is deleted completely from ICPAM, provided the camera is not associated with any devices, CCTV camera arrangements, or uncleared alarms. We recommend that you do not manually remove or delete cameras from the ICPAM configuration. Use the synchronize command to update the camera inventory, if necessary, as described in Managing the Camera Inventory.

The following major topics are explained in here:

Contents

·         Camera Manager in ICPAM

·         Enabling Video Monitoring

o       Configuring the Camera Driver

o       Associating Cameras with Doors and Devices

o       Installing the Cisco VSOM Video Client Desktop Application

·         Viewing Video

o       Camera Grid Editor

o       Viewing Live Video in a Grid Arrangement -VSM 7X

o       Viewing Video for an Event

o       Viewing Event on a VSM Camera Driver 7X  

·         Managing the Camera Inventory

o       Updating the Camera Inventory

o       Deleting the Cisco VSM Cameras

o       Deleting Individual Cameras

·         Recording Motion Events from Cisco VSM Cameras

·         Triggering Camera Actions and Video Recording in Cisco VSM