Rapid Eye Plus

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Rapid Eye Plus

• Technical Training

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Rapid Eye Plus

• Rapid Eye is an information management,
  quick-response telesurveillance system.
• It is designed to display visual information from
  distant sites.
• It has been specifically designed to assist in
• Alarm verification and identification
• Remote guard tour
• Remote business management
• Remote monitoring and surveillance

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Operator Software

• The software runs on standard Windows-based PCs
  and allows the basic Rapid Eye operations
• Remote Video Unit configuration
• Alarm management
• Video site touring
• Situation intervention
• Site control

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Manager Software

• The software runs on standard Windows-based PCs
  that provides basic look-in and record
  capabilities without interfering with the alarm
  monitoring of the system.

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Rapid Eye OS screen

• Title Bar
• Contains the standard Windows conventions used to
  minimize, resize, and close the application. Once
  connected to the site, the site name, date and
  time of the remote unit will also appear in the
  title bar.

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Rapid Eye OS screen

• Toolbar
• The Toolbar at the top of the window contains
  buttons that initiate specific Rapid Eye
  functions. The buttons displayed in the toolbar
  will change depending on the Rapid Eye system
  state

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Rapid Eye OS Toolbar

• Configure
• This function allows you to configure users, the
  host computer, and remote sites. It also allows
  entry to remote diagnostics.

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Rapid Eye OS Toolbar

• Alarms
• This button displays the window used for
  displaying and processing alarms.

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Rapid Eye OS Toolbar

• Dial
• This function allows you to connect to a Remote
  Video Unit.
• Note If the Rapid Eye is configured for LAN use,
  CONNECT will be displayed.

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Rapid Eye OS Toolbar

• LAN

• POTS

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Rapid Eye OS Toolbar

• Review
• This function allows you to view video clips that
  have been recorded, and allows you to view the
  Audit Trail.

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Rapid Eye OS Toolbar

• Record
• Only visible when connected to a remote Video
  Unit. This button starts recording of live video
  images as they are received by your PC.

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Rapid Eye OS Toolbar

• Status Bar
• User this function indicates the currently
  logged in user.
• Display Indicates which image type is being
  displayed.
• Link A value received from a communication
  device. (data transmission rate in bits per
  second )
• Activity An active bar graph which indicates
  that communication is occurring between the
  Remote Video Unit and the Operator Software.

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Advanced Configuration

• Off Line not Connected to the Remote Unit
• On Line Connected to the Remote Unit

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Advanced Configuration

• Camera Configuration
• Camera settings and configurations
• Enable PTZ
• Picture settings
• Alarm Image Settings (Pre and Post Alarms)

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Advanced Configuration

• Remote Sites
• Edit Existing Sites
• Delete Existing Sites

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Advanced Configuration

• Users
• Set Master Password
• Add Users
• Edit User Profile

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Advanced Configuration

• Remote Diagnostic Interface
• Send File(s) to the Remote Unit
• Receive File(s) from the Remote Unit
• Command (execute) Configuration Files

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Advanced Configuration

• Remote Alarms
• Output Description
• Alarm, Camera Description

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Advanced Configuration

• Maintenance
• None
• Standard operation where the unit is normal
  operating mode.
• Diagnostic
• Starts a series of self tests on the Remote Unit.
• Sleep
• Restores the factory default configuration
  parameters.

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Advanced Configuration

• Password
• The Master User can edit any user ID or Password.
• A user can edit only their password.

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Remote Diagnostic Interface

• RDI is used to send special diagnostic and
  configuration commands to the Remote Video Unit.
  The Remote RDI window can only be accessed when
  you are connected to a site.

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Remote Diagnostic Interface

• Send File
• Upload any configuration file from the Host PC to
  the Remote Video unit.
• Receive File
• Download any configuration file from the Remote
  Video Unit to the Host PC.
• Command
• This button will execute any configuration change
  sent to the Remote Video Unit.
• Close
• This button will terminate the RDI window.

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Adding a Remote Site
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Popup Window

• Left click and hold the mouse anywhere in the
  main screen to open the below window, and select
  Display

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Display Information

• Camera Selection
• Allows you to select the images that will be
  transmitted from the Remote Unit.
• Resolution
• LOW resolution 160x96 pixels up to sixteen
  images.
• HIGH resolution 320x192 pixels up to four
  images.
• Display Method
• Tile simultaneously display all images
• Cycle cycling between cameras for a set time
  (Dwell)
• Expand increase the size of an image (not
  available in the Tile display method)
• Quality / Speed
• Controls the quality of the image versus the
  refresh rate.

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Alarm State

• Left click and hold the mouse anywhere in the
  main screen to open the below window, and select
  Arm Alarms
• This window allows you to view
• the states of the Remote Units
• alarm inputs.
• Disarmed Black
• Armed Green
• Triggered Red
• Reset - Yellow

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Outputs

• Left click and hold the mouse anywhere in the
  main screen to open the pop-up window, and select
  Outputs
• This window allows you to control external
• Devices such as lights, sirens and gates
• Connected to the control output of the
• Remote Unit.

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Clipboard image

• Left click and hold the mouse on the desired
  image display to open the below window, and
  select Clipboard Image.
• Copies an image to the Windows clipboard.

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PTZ Configuration

• Choosing the PTZ Connection Type

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• Choosing the PTZ Dome Type (Protocol)

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PTZ Control

• Left click and hold the mouse on the PTZ camera
  to
• open the below window, and select Adjust PTZ

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PTZ Control
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Presets

• Click and hold the right button of the mouse to
  select presets

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Rapid Eye Remote Unit

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Basic System Diagram
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Rapid Eye Remote Unit

• Rapid Eye Plus - Remote Unit

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Alarm Connections

• Remote Video Unit alarm inputs are factory
  configured to Normally Open (NO).
• If required, they can be factory configured as
  Normally Closed (NC) or End Of Line (EOL).
• NO Alarm is active when switch goes ON.
• NC Alarm is active when switch goes OFF.
• EOL Alarm is active when switch goes ON, or
  when wires to the resistor are opened. This
  provides circuit integrity confidence.

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Configuring Alarm Inputs

• The Alarm Configuration can be changed in the
  Operator Software using the RDI

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Communication via LAN

• If your system is configured for a Local Area
  Network (LAN) your Remote Video Unit contains a
  Network Interface Card (NIC) as well as TCP/IP
  drivers that allow you to connect to the LAN.
• You must select an IP address and program it in
  the Remote Video Unit using the Remote User
  Interface.
• The Remote User Interface (RUI) is text-based
  software that allows a terminal operator to view
  and change configuration parameters in the Remote
  Video Unit.
• The RUI is configured for COM1 on a LAN - Remote
  Video Unit.

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Configuring the IP

• Open a Hyper-terminal session in Windows.
• Set the baud rate, data bits, parity and flow
  control
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  9600 Bits per second
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  8 Data bits
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  None Parity
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  1 Stop bit
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  Hardware Flow control

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Configuring the IP

• Connect a null modem cable (supplied) to the Port
  1 at the rear of the Remote Video Unit.

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Entering the IP

• Log in as customer at the prompt

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Entering the IP
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Entering the IP

• The Help screen will be displayed

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Audio Panel

• It is necessary to attach a cable from the Rapid
  Eye Plus Remote Video Unit Alarm Inputs and
  Control Outputs to the Remote Audio Surveillance
  (RAS) panel

RAPID EYE RAS
Input 16 TRIP
Input 16 GND GND (first from left of terminal strip)
Output 7 DATA IN
Output 8 CLK
Output 8 GND GND (second from left of terminal block)
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Audio wiring schematic
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PTZ Configuration
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Supported Protocols

• Ademco Video (VCL) Domes
• Diamond Dome
• Javelin 308
• Pelco Spectra Dome (D Protocol)
• Pelco Spectra Dome (P Protocol)

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Required Cables
PTZ Dome Type Cable from Dome to Converter Cable from Converter to Remote Unit
Ademco Video Javelin Pelco RS485 Cable 25 pin male to 9 pin female into RS232 Port of Remote Video Unit (included with the Ademco AAC232/485 converter).
Kalatel RS485 Cable 9 pin female into RS232 Port of Remote Video Unit (included with KTD-312 computer interface).