Documentation for ATM Intellect 10.0. Documentation for other versions of Intellect is [available too].

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A system can include four fixed sensor types (vibration sensor, lock sensor, temperature sensor, extra sensor) as well as 12 extension sensors. There is another device as well, "Temperature sensor set".

Note.

Before configuring the sensors list, create and configure all required Sensor objects in the Intellect software. Connecting, creating and configuring of sensors are described in the document INTELLECT software package. Installing and configuring security system components guide.

Attention!

The ID numbers for these sensors must be whole integers.

Attention!

If video data (i.e. clips or snapshots) are attached to the alarms, it is necessary to create a script for stopping recording on camera (see Example of script to suspend recording on camera).

To configure the list of used sensors, do the following:

  1. Go to the Surveillance Object object setting panel.
  2. Click Add… (1). A dialog box for sensor adding opens.
  3. In the Type drop-down list select a type of sensor from the 16 types described previously (1).
    1. In the Name field enter the text which will be sent to ATM Intellect Workstation together with an alarm message (2). This text will be overlaid on the video camera image during the subtitling process.
    2. In the ID drop-down list select the Sensor object that has been previously created in Intellect (3).
    3. In the Attach to camera drop-down list select a Camera object that has been previously created in Intellect (4).

    4. Set the Transmit snapshots checkbox to send video frames to ATM Intellect Workstation when the sensor is activated, select this check box (5). In the Attach to camera field, indicate the video camera from which you want video frames to be sent (4).

      Note.

      Configuration parameters for video and snapshots transmitting are different.
  4. Set the Transmit video checkbox to send video to ATM Intellect Workstation when the sensor is activated, select this check box (6). In the Attach to camera field, indicate the video camera from which you want video to be sent (4).
  5. In the Post-alarm time (sec) field enter amount of delay between when a sensor is activated and when the video archive is triggered, in seconds (7). The default value is 20 seconds.
  6. In the Pre-alarm time (sec) enter the duration of time for which you want to include "pre-recorded" imagery from before the sensor was activated, in seconds (8). This option allows viewing frames or video captured a short time before the alarm event, in addition to those captured at the start of the event itself.
  7. In the Number of frames drop-down list select the number of video fragment frames to send when a sensor is activated (for Transmit snapshots mode) - (1).

  8. In the Interval (sec) field enter the interval, in seconds, between video frames if more than one frame is being transmitted (2). This means that when an alarm occurs, ATM Intellect Workstation can receive a whole series of frames that are dispersed over time, which increases the likelihood of getting a high-quality still-image frame (for Transmit snapshots  mode).

    Attention!

    For snapshots transmitting more, as well as for video clips transmitting, it is necessary to create a script for stopping video recording on camera (see Example of script to suspend recording on camera)

    Attention!

    When configuring the Pre-alarm time, Number of frames, and Interval settings, you are advised to keep in mind the configuration of the video camera from which the imagery will be sent (specifically, the Pre-alarm record setting).

  9. In the Length (sec) field enter the length of the transmitted video fragment (for Transmit video mode).

    Attention!

    This setting cannot be accessed in this version of the program (1). The length will be determined by the size of the video footage file in the video archive. To limit the length of the video fragment that is sent, pause camera recording by using a script (a sample script is given in Example of script to suspend recording on camera).
  10. In the Rate field enter the speed of transmission of the video fragment (for Transmit video mode) - (2).
  11. Set the Captioning check box if captions are to be superimposed on the video image when a sensor is activated (11). In the Attach to camera field, indicate the video camera on whose video you want to overlay captions (4).
  12. In the Show for (sec) field specify the duration of display of captions on the video image, in seconds (12).
  13. Click OK (13).
  14. Set the Temperature sensor set checkbox if it is necessary to monitor temperatures within a particular allowable range, enable this option (3). For temperature control, a set of DS18S20-type temperature sensors is used. Temperature sensors are connected through a twisted-pair cable using the Dallas 1-Wire communications network to a MicroLAN network adapter; the adapter is connected to the COM port of the computer that has ATM Intellect Pro installed. A MicroLAN network adapter can be connected to the USB port of the computer on which ATM Intellect Pro is installed, by using an additional RS232-to-USB adapter.
  15. To save settings click Apply (4).

Configuring the list of used sensors is completed.