Hexagon

This section provides information on how to integrate QbProtect with Hexagon dC3. Please refer to the ONVIF section beforehand for general information on using ONVIF with QbProtect.

The following Hexagon dC3 components have been used in the examples below:

  • HxGN dC3 Server - Version 9.0.1.216

  • HxGN dC3 Video Client - Version 9.0

Add Device

The HxGN dC3 Video Client is used to add QbProtect into HxGN dC3 VMS.

The procedure includes the following steps:

  1. Launch the HxGN dC3 Video Client and connect to the active HxGN dC3 server instance

  2. Navigate to Configuration Mode tab → Click Create camera → Give a distinguishable name to the QbProtect device, e.g. QbProtect

  3. Set the Manufacturer to Onvif Tab → Set Type to ONVIF Smart Driver

  4. Click Use Authorization toggle → Enter the FQDN or IP of QbProtect in the Hostname field and Username/Password in the corresponding credential fields.

    Please refer to the User Authentication (ONVIF/RTSP) subsection to find out how to obtain valid ONVIF credentials required for QbProtect VMS integrations.
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    Figure 1. Adding QbProtect into HxGN dC3: camera creation

  5. Untoggle 'Validate Settings before device creation' → Click 'Ok' → Click 'Apply'

  6. General Information about the added QbProtect should be depicted in section Encoder/camera → 'General'. Device should also pop up in the available 'Cameras' section.

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    Figure 2. Adding QbProtect into HxGN dC3: general device information

  7. The live preview of the point cloud should be available in the Surveillance Mode tab

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    Figure 3. Adding QbProtect into HxGN dC3: live video stream

The live video stream of the QbProtect point cloud can be accessed and observed in HxGN dC3 after succesfully completing the required steps above.

Events

The example below shows how QbProtect events can be used to trigger alarms in HxGN dC3 VMS. After QbProtect has been added to the HxGN dC3, it can be configured to use QbProtect events for alarm generation. In this example, the QbProtect tampering movement event is used to exemplify the configuration process.

Configure Events Handling

The events configuration procedure includes the following steps:

  1. Launch HxGN dC3 Video Client and connect to the active HxGN dC3 Server instance (optional)

  2. Navigate to Configuration Mode tab → Click Cameras (right pane) → Click on the added QbProtect

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    Figure 4. QbProtect events: ONVIF events configuration in HxGN dC3

  3. Navigate to Camera settings (left pane) → Camera side functions → Motion detection

  4. Select TamperingMoved event in the ONVIF events colomn → Give a distinguishable name to the event, e.g. TamperingMovedEvent → Click Apply` → Click Save

Events originating from dynamic event sources (e.g., intrusion events from a particular security zone) have to be correctly exposed to the VMS each time when a new zone configuration is introduced via WebGUI. Please either re-add the device to the VMS or navigate to Configuration Mode tab → Encoder/camera → General → Click Query Device to re-expose new events from dynamic sources.

Configure Alarm Rule Chain

The HxGN dC3 alarm rule chain consists of event source (Start and End hooks) and event action (Actions at start of alarm and Actions at end of alarm hooks). It allows to map a dedicated action (e.g., AlarmWatchDog, recording of the video stream.etc) to the event of the particular type (e.g., motion, zone intrusion).

The alarm rule chain configuration procedure includes the following steps:

  1. Perform the ONVIF events configuration as shown in the subsection above

  2. Navigate to Configuration Mode tab → Click Create Alarm → Give a distinguishable name to the alarm, e.g. TamperingMovementAlarm → Click Ok

  3. Navigate to General of the opened alarm configuration window → Toggle Activated → Select Validity and color of the alarm

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    Figure 5. HxGN dC3 alarm rule chain: general configuration

  4. Navigate to Start → Events that trigger the alarm → 'Edit' → Company → QbProtect → Toggle the previously configured TamperingMovedEvent

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    Figure 6. HxGN dC3 alarm rule chain: start hook configuration

  5. Navigate to End → Add termination condition (in this example is left empty) → Set Maximum server alarm duration (in this example is set to 2 seconds)

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    Figure 7. HxGN dC3 alarm rule chain: end hook configuration

  6. Navigate to Visualization → Toggle Alarm camera and Alarm view

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    Figure 8. HxGN dC3 alarm rule chain: visualization configuration

  7. Navigate to Persons involved → Toggle user Profiles to which alarm under configuration should be applicable (in this example is applied to administrator)

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    Figure 9. HxGN dC3 alarm rule chain: user profiles configuration

  8. Navigate to Server → Add Actions at start of alarm and Actions at end of alarm (in this example are set to AlarmWatchDog and empty correspondingly) → Set Pre-alarm duration for camera recordings (in this example is set to 0 seconds) → click Apply → Click Save

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    Figure 10. HxGN dC3 alarm rule chain: start/stop actions configuration

  9. Navigate to Surveillance Mode tab. The QbProtect Tampering movement ONVIF event and the configured alarm rule chain will be generating an alarm in HxGN dC3 Video Client as shown in the Figure below.

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    Figure 11. HxGN dC3 Video Client: the tampering movement of QbProtect triggers the alarm