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Video Server Status

EntraPass offers the ability to display parameters of the video devices connected to the Video server. Operators can for example view information related to network data transfer (images and digital sounds).

Note: Installing   and using the Video feature may take a great amount of your company network bandwidth (LAN or WAN). The network administrator may control the use of the network bandwidth for Video transfer.

Viewing the video server full status

1 - From the Graphic desktop window, right-click the Video Server button to display a shortcut menu.

2 - From the shortcut menu, select Full status to display information about the video server status.

Note: The   content of the Full Status window depends on the video server associated with EntraPass.

The following list provides a short description of the displayed fields.

Item Description
Unit name The network name of the remote DVMS system (Intellex in this example). The Unit name is followed by the DVR IP address
Unit type The type of the unit. can be Intellex, Iris (network client), etc.
Schedule mode The current schedule mode of the remote DVMS unit. It indicates how images are recorded by the DVR installation. The values for this field can be: Regular (regular schedule) Single (only a single camera) Custom (a custom schedule has been set by the operator).
Recording in progress The active record statue of the remote DVMS unit. Values can be: True : is recording False : is stopped.
Time span (h:mm) The time interval (in second) between the oldest and newest images in the database.
Unit version The official version of the DVMS unit.
Number of cameras The number of cameras connected to the Video server. The source of the video data is generally a camera, but it may also be a television station or other video source. The value varies from 0 to 16.
Record mode The record mode can be linear or circular ( Linear : if you select this option, the recording will continue uninterrupted until the available space is finished; Circular : if you select this option, the DVR will notify the operators before the recording space is completely filled. The operator will then choose to continue the recording or to stop it. By default, the recording mode is set to Circular.
Recording mode The recording standard of the remote unit. The recording standard depends on the area. Values can be: NTSC : the NTSC standard is mainly used in America and in many Asian countries such as Japan and South Korea or PAL : the PAL standard is mainly used in Germany, Great Britain, China, Australia and Brazil.
Estimated remaining images The estimated number of frames that may still be recorded in the video database before the DVMS unit space is completely filled. This option is only useful if the recording mode is linear.   
Interface version (API) Indicates the version of the application interface between EntraPass and the selected Video server.
Number of audio The number of audio streams available of the video server unit. The source of the audio data is generally a microphone, but may be another audio source.
Record rate The rate code value. This value indicates the aggregate recording rate for the DVR unit in number of frames per second. The value can be: 1, 2.5, 7.5, 15, 30, 60, 120, other value.
Total number of images The total number of images in the remote unit’s database.
Version compatibility Compatibility between the versions of the DVR unit and the application interface used.
Number of text The numbers of text data streams available from the DVMS. The text data source may be a cash register or other device.