You can use video analytics in Security Center with the KiwiVision™ video analytics module by following a sequence of steps.
| Step | Task | Where to find more information |
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| Understand prerequisites and key issues before deploying | ||
| 1 | Learn about what you can do with the module. | |
| 2 | Before updating or installing the module, read the release notes to learn about the new features, resolved issues, known issues, and limitations. | |
| 3 | Learn about the different components and how they connect together. | |
| 4 | Make sure your servers meet the recommended system requirements for video analytics, and are running a compatible version of Security Center. | |
| Prepare Security Center | ||
| 5 | Make sure the cameras that you want to apply video analytics to meet the requirements, are optimally set up, are added to Security Center, and are functioning as required. | |
| 6 | Verify that your Security Center license has a valid certificate for the module. Go to the Config Tool home page, click , and confirm that KiwiAnalytics is in the list. |
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| Deploy the module | ||
| 7 | If you are not already using the version of Security Center that the module is bundled with, install and upgrade as required. | |
| 8 | Grant users the privileges that they need to use
the module. The following privileges
are specific to using KiwiVision™ video analytics:
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| 9 | In Config Tool, create the KiwiVision™ Manager role. | |
| 10 | In Config
Tool, create the
KiwiVision™ Analyzer role. NOTE: For
multi-server setups, create a KiwiVision™ Analyzer role on each server
that will perform video analytics, and make sure the Analyzer roles can
access the KiwiVision™ Manager
database.
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| 11 | Configure how many analytics configurations each KiwiVision™ Analyzer role can process. | |
| 12 | (Optional) On the Properties page of the KiwiVision™ Manager role, modify the usage
data collection settings. NOTE: These options were configured when you
installed the module separately from Security
Center, or when you installed
Security
Center that includes
the bundled version of the module.
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| Create and configure analytics scenarios | ||
| 13 | Choose the scenario type best suited to your needs, and add it to your camera. | |
| 14 | Configure the scenario as required. | For intrusion detection scenarios: For object detection scenarios: |
| 15 | (Optional) To apply the same analytics configuration to multiple cameras, save the configuration as a KiwiVision™ settings file. | |
| 16 | Enable the events related to your analytics scenarios, so you can receive the events in the Monitoring task in real time. | |