Cisco Physical Access Manager Appliance User Guide, Release 1.1.0

Step 1 

Select Hardware from the Events & Alarms menu, in the Video sub-menu.

Tip You can also select Hardware from the Doors menu.

Step 2 

Right-click the Driver Manager and select New Cisco VSM Camera Driver

Step 3 

Enter the driver name in the properties window. For example: Cisco VSM Camera Driver.

Note Verify that the Enabled checkbox is selected (default).

Step 4 

Enter the camera Player Preferences:

•Player width: the width of the video player in pixels.

•Player height: the height of the video player in pixels.

•Maximum player instances: limits the number of simultaneous video players that can be open on the desktop at a time. Enter a number from 1 to 16. Enter a number at least three greater than the number of required screens. This allow pop-up video screens from critical alarms to display, such as from a duress alarm. See also PC Workstation Requirements for Live Video Viewing.

•Position: the position on the screen where the video player appears. If the position is set to Center, the video player opens in the center of the screen each time it is launched.

Tip The VSM Config tab displays VSM server settings. See Step 7 to enter settings.

Step 5 

Click Save and Close to close the window.

Step 6 

Right-click the VSM Camera Driver and select Start to enable the Cisco PAM video features.

Note Verify that the driver status reads Started.

Step 7 

Enter the Cisco VSM server settings.

Note Do not change the database name or port number once they are configured.

a. Right-click the Cisco VSM Camera Driver and select Setup Cisco VSM.

b. Enter the Run Frequency (in minutes): the time between Cisco PAM / VSM synchronization. Cameras added or removed from Cisco VSM are updated in Cisco PAM. If the camera inventory changes often, enter a low number. If the inventory changes rarely, enter a high number. The default is 30 minutes.

c. Enter the Database name: the name of the Cisco VSM database. The default is bas.

d. Enter the Server name: the name or IP Address of the Cisco VSM database server.

e. Enter the Port number: the port number for the Cisco VSM database server.

f. Click OK to save the changes and close the window.

Step 1 

Select Devices in Camera View from the Events & Alarms menu, in the Video sub-menu

Step 2 

Drag and drop the devices and doors from the left window pane to the cameras listed on the right.

You can associate cameras with more than one device, and devices can have more than one associated camera.

Tip Be sure to associate cameras only with devices that are in the camera's view.

Step 3 

(Optional) You can also associate cameras with devices by editing the camera properties.

a. Right-click the camera in the Video or Hardware windows.

b. Choose Edit.

c. Select the Devices in View tab.

d. Check the devices associated with the camera.

Associated cameras are listed in the far-right table.

Step 4 

(Optional) Exit and relaunch the CPAM client.

In the main Events window, you can display a Video column to signify if a camera is associated with a door or device. Click Columns in the menu bar, select Video, and click OK. The Video column displays three dots if a camera is associated with the door or device.

To ensure the stars appear correctly, you must exit and relaunch the CPAM client after associating a camera with a device or door.

Step 1 

Select Camera Manager from the Events & Alarms menu, in the Video sub-menu.

Step 1 

Click the Layouts menu and select a layout that includes the number of cameras you want to view.

Step 1 

(Optional) You can also select a pre-defined arrangement.

Step 2 

Select the cameras for viewing:

a. Expand the hardware tree to locate a camera.

b. Drag each camera icon onto a window pane to view live video from that camera.

Tip To remove the camera, click and drag the title bar of the camera screen off the grid.

Step 3 

(Optional) Invoke a command for a device associated with a camera.

a. Click Device Commands to show (or hide) the command options.

b. Select a device.

c. Select a command.

Tip The commands are the same commands available by right-clicking the device in the Hardware module.

d. Click Execute.

e. If additional options are available, select an option from the pop-up window and click OK.

Step 4 

(Optional) Operate the pan, tilt, and zoom (PTZ) camera controls, if available.

•Click View PTZ to show (or hide) the controls. This option only appears for PTZ cameras.

•Use the arrows to pan and tilt the camera view. Use + and - to zoom.

Step 5 

(Optional) Save the camera view as an Arrangement.

a. Click Save or Save As to save the current camera layout as an arrangement.

b. Enter the arrangement name and click OK. The layout name appears in the window title bar.

Create or modify additional arrangements using the menu bar controls:

•Layout: selects a blank layout to display video from one or more cameras.

•Arrangement: selects a saved Arrangement of views and cameras.

•New: creates a new screen of views and cameras.

•Save: saves the current view as an Arrangement.

•Save As: saves the Arrangement under a different name.

Step 1 

Open Events & Alarms to view events.

Step 2 

Select a video option from the right-click menu:

a. Right-click an event or alarm entry.

b. Select a camera from the command menu.

c. Select View Live Video or View Event Video.

Tip The video and camera options appear only if video is available for that event.

Step 3 

(Optional) You can also select the video options from the event detail window.

a. Double-click an event or alarm entry.

b. In the detail window, click View Live Video or View Event Video.

Tip The video and camera options appear only if video is available for that event.

Step 4 

For recorded event video, use the controls under the video display to fast forward, rewind, pause or play the clip.

Tip Press the Rewind or Forward buttons multiple times to increase the speed. You can playback or rewind video at 1x, 2x, 3x, or 4x.

Step 5 

For live video, you can optionally invoke a command for a device associated with a camera.

a. Click Device Commands.

b. Select a device.

c. Select a command.

Tip The commands are the same commands available by right-clicking the device in the Hardware module.

d. Click Execute.

e. If additional options are available, select an option from the pop-up window and click OK.

Step 1 

Remove all camera references from the Camera Manager layout arrangements, and from any Graphic Map.

a. Select Camera Manager from the Events & Alarms menu, in the Video sub-menu.

b. Select each arrangement, and click and drag the title bar of each camera off the grid.

Tip You can also delete the arrangement to remove the camera references.

c. Click Save.

d. Select Graphic Map Editor from the Admin menu.

e. Select any maps that include cameras.

f. Right-click each camera icon and select Remove Device Icon.

Tip You can also delete the entire map to remove the camera references.

g. Click Save.

For more information, see the following:

•Viewing Live Video in a Grid Arrangement.

•Graphic Map Editor, page 12-34.

Step 2 

Enable the Delete All Cameras command and the Allow deletion of devices with events option in the System Configuration settings.

Note The the Delete All Cameras command only appears after you enable it in the System Configuration window.

Note The the Delete All Cameras command will fail to complete if you do not enable the Allow deletion of devices with events option.

a. Select System Configuration from the Admin menu.

b. Select the Cisco Settings sub-menu.

c. Select the check-box for Display Delete All Cameras command on the camera driver.

d. Select the Miscellaneous sub-menu.

e. Select the check-box for Allow deletion of devices with events. This allows cameras with associated events to be deleted from Cisco PAM.

f. Click Save.

g. To activate the change, stop and then restart the Cisco PAM server. See Performing Additional Configuration, Administration, and Monitoring Tasks, page 4-11 for instructions.

Step 3 

Delete the cameras from Cisco PAM:

a. Open the Hardware module.

b. Right-click the Cisco VSM Camera Driver.

c. Select the Delete All Cameras command.

d. Click OK when the warning message appears. All events, alarms and audit messages for the cameras will be deleted.

Step 4 

Verify that the deletion was successful.

•If the action succeeds, all cameras are removed from the camera driver. An event is displayed: "Cisco VSM Camera Driver command Succeeded: Reset Cameras". Continue to Step 5.

•If the action fails, some cameras are still displayed under the camera driver. If this occurs, do the following:

a. View the event description to verify the issue. The event is: "Cisco VSM Camera Driver command failed: Reset Cameras". Open the event to view the event Data. For example: "There was an error deleting camera(s). Please remove camera references if any from the graphic map editor and Camera manager layout arrangements."

b. Locate and delete the remaining camera references from Camera Manager and the graphic maps (see Step 1.

c. Restart the camera driver to restore the full camera inventory (right-click the Cisco VSM Camera Driver and select Restart). The Delete All Cameras command only works when the complete inventory is present.

d. Invoke the Delete All Cameras command again, as described in Step 3.

Step 5 

After the Delete Cameras command is successful, restart the camera driver: right-click the Cisco VSM Camera Driver and select Restart.

Step 6 

Verify that the driver reset was successful.

a. Select Alarms from the Events & Alarms menu, in the Monitoring menu.

b. Verify that the following three events are listed as succeeded:

–archive data fee

–live data feed

–camera data feed

Step 7 

Re-enter the Cisco VSM server settings:

Note Do not change the database name or port number once they are configured.

a. Right-click the Cisco VSM Camera Driver and select Setup Cisco VSM.

b. Enter the Run Frequency (in minutes): the time between Cisco PAM / VSM synchronization. Cameras added or removed from Cisco VSM are updated in Cisco PAM. If the camera inventory changes often, enter a low number. If the inventory changes rarely, enter a high number. The default is 30 minutes.

c. Enter the Database name: the name of the Cisco VSM database. The default is bas.

d. Enter the Server name: the name or IP Address of the Cisco VSM database server.

e. Enter the Port number: the port number for the Cisco VSM database server.

f. Click OK to save the changes and close the window.

Tip Entering the Restart, Setup VSOM, or Synchronize with Cisco VSM commands will retrieve the camera inventory immediately, regardless of the configured run frequency. After the initial synchronization, the inventory is updated based on the scheduled run frequency.