Dallmeier

This section provides information on how to integrate QbProtect with Hemisphere SeMSy Compact. Please refer to the ONVIF section beforehand for general information on using ONVIF with QbProtect.

The following software and hardware components have been used in the examples below:

  • Dallmeier VideoNetBox - MK4

  • Dallmeier Hemisphere SeMSy Compact - Version 5.6.11.354

  • Dallmeier NetConfig3 - Version 11.11.2

Add Device

The delivery of ONVIF events over metadata stream is currently work in progress.

Please get access to events from QbProtect via gRPC API or Blickfeld Flow.

In this example the NetConfig3 tool is used to add QbProtect into Hemisphere SeMSy Compact VMS via the VideoNetBox (MK4) recorder.

The procedure includes the following steps:

  1. Launch the NetConfig3 tool and login to the configured VideoNetBox (MK4) recorder using the recorder credentials

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    Figure 1. Login into VideoNetBox (MK4) recorder using NetConfig3 tool

  2. Navigate to the Recording tab → Click Cameras / Tracks

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    Figure 2. Adding QbProtect into Hemisphere SeMSy Compact: cameras and tracks

  3. Select and click a free slot under Camera Name column. Give a distinguishable name to the QbProtect device, e.g. QbProtect

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    Figure 3. Adding QbProtect into Hemisphere SeMSy Compact: camera name

  4. Click on the corresponding slot under LP Track column → Select 3rd Party to be the camera category → Select ONVIF Camera as a camera type → Click OK

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    Figure 4. Adding QbProtect into Hemisphere SeMSy Compact: 3rd party ONVIF camera

  5. Make sure that both Recording active and NAT toggles are set to be active

  6. Make sure that Port is set to 80 and protocol is set to http

  7. Enter the FQDN or IP of QbProtect in the IP Adress field and Username/Password in the corresponding credential fields → Click Check Camera

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    Figure 5. Adding QbProtect into Hemisphere SeMSy Compact: add device

    Please refer to the User authentication subsection to find out how to obtain valid ONVIF credentials required for QbProtect VMS integrations.

  8. QbProtect should be succesfuly detected as a third party ONVIF camera → The firmware version of the device appear in the popup window → Click OK

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    Figure 6. Adding QbProtect into Hemisphere SeMSy Compact: general device information

  9. The available media profile should be detected in the corresponding Profile section → Click OK

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    Figure 7. Adding QbProtect into Hemisphere SeMSy Compact: media profile

  10. Launch the Hemisphere SeMSy Compact VMS → Make sure that Dallmeier VideoNetBox is added in the VMS (in this example the VideoNetBox was added to the VMS under the VNB name as shown in Figure below)

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    Figure 8. Adding QbProtect into Hemisphere SeMSy Compact: edit VideoNetworkBox device

  11. Right click on VNB → Click Update all devices → the QbProtect should appear in the list of the devices connected via VideoNetworkBox

  12. Select the device and drop it in the viewer → The live view of the point cloud should be available in the SeMSy Compact viewer

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    Figure 9. Adding QbProtect into Hemisphere SeMSy Compact: live video stream

The perspective of the RTSP video stream in VMS can be synchronized with the one configured in the WebGUI. For that, navigate to the Viewer page of the QbProtect WebGUI, configure the desired view perspective, and apply the keyboard shortcut Shift+V.

The live video stream of the QbProtect point cloud can be accessed and observed in Hemisphere SeMSy Compact after successfully completing the required steps above.