Lenovo Mindtree SecureMind Surveillance Manager Version 1.7.x Owner's manual

SecureMind Surveillance Manager

Version 1.7.x

User Guide

Contents

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Contents

Preface ...................................................................................................................................... 4

Chapter 1: Overview .............................................................................................................. 5

1.1 Features .......................................................................................................................................... 5

1.2 Types of Users ................................................................................................................................. 6

1.3 Camera Icons ................................................................................................................................... 6

Chapter 2: Installing the Application ..................................................................................... 7

2.1 System Requirements ....................................................................................................................... 7

2.2 Installing SecureMind Surveillance Manager Application ....................................................................... 8

2.3 Upgrading SecureMind Surveillance Manager Application .................................................................... 13

Chapter 3: Setting up the Application ................................................................................. 16

3.1 Application Licensing....................................................................................................................... 16

3.2 Enabling Security ............................................................................................................................ 20

3.3 Disabling the Security ..................................................................................................................... 23

3.4 Configuring the Storage Location ..................................................................................................... 24

Chapter 4: Configuring the Application ............................................................................... 26

4.1 Adding Cameras ............................................................................................................................. 26

4.2 Configuring Remote Viewing ............................................................................................................ 34

4.3 Configuring Alert Settings ................................................................................................................ 37

4.4 Choosing Languages ....................................................................................................................... 46

4.5 Modifying the Storage Settings ........................................................................................................ 48

4.6 Configuring Schedule Recording ....................................................................................................... 49

4.7 Configuring Local Device Display ...................................................................................................... 53

4.8 Editing Camera Settings .................................................................................................................. 56

Chapter 5: Working with Live View ..................................................................................... 66

5.1 Adding Camera to Live View ............................................................................................................ 66

5.2 Viewing Videos in Full Screen .......................................................................................................... 68

5.3 Deleting Camera from Live View ...................................................................................................... 69

5.4 Setting Output Status Manually ........................................................................................................ 70

5.5 Controlling a Camera ...................................................................................................................... 70

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Chapter 6: Working with Playback ...................................................................................... 77

6.1 Viewing Videos Using List View ........................................................................................................ 77

6.2 Exporting Video in List View ............................................................................................................ 81

6.3 Viewing Videos Using Timeline View ................................................................................................. 82

6.4 Exporting Video in Timeline View ..................................................................................................... 87

6.5 Playing Exported Videos .................................................................................................................. 88

Chapter 7: Viewing Status ................................................................................................... 89

7.1 Camera Status ............................................................................................................................... 89

7.2 Events ........................................................................................................................................... 90

7.3 Audit Log ....................................................................................................................................... 90

7.4 Output Status ................................................................................................................................. 92

Glossary ................................................................................................................................... 93

FAQ .......................................................................................................................................... 94

Preface

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Preface

The SecureMind Surveillance Manager is a video surveillance application for Lenovo® IX series and

Lenovo|EMC® PX series of Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices.

Intended Audience

This document is intended for system integrators, administrators, and operators who will install and use

the SecureMind Surveillance Manager on the NAS device.

Typographical Convention

The following table consists of typographical conventions used in this document.

Convention

Description

Bold

Indicates the buttons, menus, tabs, and the screen names.

 Warning:

Indicates the risk you will be taking while performing a particular task.



Note:

Indicates the presence of notes or annotations, related to the context.

Italics

Indicates the file names, database table names, and database column names.

! Important

Indicates the additional information that is provided to help the user.

Table 1. Typographical Conventions

Acronyms and Abbreviations

The following table consists of acronyms and abbreviations used in this document.

Acronym

Description

IGD

Internet Gateway Device

IP

Internet Protocol

LAN

Local Area Network

NAS

Network Attached Storage

SMTP

Short Mail Transfer Protocol

URL

Uniform Resource Locator

USB

Universal Serial Bus

WAN

Wide Area Network

Table 2. Acronyms and Abbreviations

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Chapter 1: Overview

Mindtree provides SecureMind Surveillance Manager for NAS device. The SecureMind Surveillance

Manager is installed on the NAS device and you can access the SecureMind Surveillance Manager

application from a Web browser.

Using this Web-based application, you can:

 Connect to the cameras, configure the cameras, and record videos

 Configure e-mail ID so that all the alerts can be sent through e-mail

 Search and play the videos that are recorded on any specific date and time

 Store videos on the local machine



Note: NAS device refers to Lenovo® IX series and Lenovo|EMC® PX series of NAS devices.

1.1 Features

The SecureMind Surveillance Manager has the following features:

 Simple installation and configuration process

 View live video from anywhere using a Web browser

 Supports remote client on Android based tablets in addition to PCs

 Supports large number of H.264, MPEG4, and MJPEG IP and USB Cameras

 ONVIF 2.0 Ready

 Supports automatic discovery of cameras using UPnP and ONVIF protocols

 Supports manual addition of IP cameras

 Configure basic camera settings such as brightness, contrast, and hue

 PTZ Controls

 Alerts in case of events such as video loss, network error, storage error, unexpected activity and so

on

 Reports event through an e-mail

 Searches and plays the recorded videos based on camera, date and time, and activity

 Provides audit log to record all the user actions

 Supports local viewing and remote viewing (on the internet) of the video

 Supports audio recording along with video

 Secure access to the application through User ID/Password control

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1.2 Types of Users

You can log on to the application as an admin user or a non admin user. Based on the user privileges,

you can use the application.

Admin Users

The admin user has all the privileges including installing the application, setting up the application,

configuring the application, and so on. You can perform all the activities, and use all the features in the

application without any restriction.

Non Admin Users

The non admin users have restricted access to the application.

You cannot click to access the application as the device allows only admin users to launch

the application using the icon.

So, to log on to the application, you must log on to the home page of the network storage device and

type

http(s)://<network storage device>/securemind/securemind-www/flex/Main.html

. This application

URL will launch the application.



Note: You cannot view the Setting and Status tabs. In the Live View tab, you cannot perform

manual recording, camera control operations like PTZ, brightness, contrast, and hue. In Playback

tab, you cannot export the video.

1.3 Camera Icons

The following table describes the icons used for depicting different types of cameras.

Camera

Icons

USB Camera

Fixed IP camera

Pan Tilt Zoom (PTZ) Camera

Camera Offline

Camera Online

Table 3. Camera Icons and Descriptions

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Chapter 2: Installing the Application

This section describes the system requirements, prerequisites, and the installation process of the

SecureMind Surveillance Manager application.

2.1 System Requirements

This section describes the hardware requirements, software requirements, and network storage device

models required for SecureMind Surveillance Manager.

2.1.1 Hardware Requirements

The following table contains the minimum hardware requirements to use the SecureMind Surveillance

Manager application.

Hardware Requirements

Details

Processor

Intel Dual core, 2 GHz

RAM Memory

2GB

Recommended Resolution

1024*768

Table 4. Hardware Requirements

2.1.2 Software Requirements

The following table contains the minimum software requirements to launch the SecureMind Surveillance

Manager application.

Software Requirements

Details

Operating System

Windows XP or Windows 7

Browser

Internet Explorer 7 and above, Mozilla Firefox 5.0, and Google

Chrome 13.0.782.220

Adobe Shockwave Flash Object for IE

v10.3.181.26

VLC Player

v1.0.3

Note: The installer can be downloaded from

http://www.securemind.mindtree.com/

RAM Memory

2GB

Table 5. Software Requirements

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2.1.3 NAS Device Models

The following are the NAS device models that are required for installing the SecureMind Surveillance

Manager application:

 ix2-200 NAS Device Cloud Edition

 ix4-200d NAS Device Cloud Edition

 px4-300d NAS Device

 px6-300d NAS Device

 px12-350r NAS Device

 px4-300r NAS Device

 ix2 NAS Device

 ix4-300d NAS Device

 px2-300d NAS Device



Note: Ensure that the NAS device firmware is updated to the latest version available before

installing SecureMind Surveillance Manager.

2.2 Installing SecureMind Surveillance Manager Application

This section describes the process to install the SecureMind Surveillance Manager application using the

Application Manager of the NAS device. The Application Manager can be launched using the Web

browser.

For NAS device firmware version 3.2.x, if the devices are shipped with hard disks then the application will

be pre-installed at the factory. If the devices are shipped without the hard disks (that have been factory

reset) then the application is not available. But, it will have SecureMind Surveillance Manager icon. You

must click on the icon to install the application.



Note: If the Internet connection is available, then the application will install automatically. If there is

no Internet connection, then you must download the application from the

www.securemind.mindtree.com Web site using a different system and install it.

Prerequisite:

 Ensure that the media plugin for Mozilla Firefox is enabled for the VLC installation. This enables you

to view the live and playback video on Firefox browser.

 To install the SecureMind Surveillance Manager application on the NAS device using the

installation file, perform the following:



Note: You must have administrator privileges for the NAS device to install the SecureMind

Surveillance Manager application.

1. On the Web browser (Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox), enter the URL of the NAS device. The NAS

device home page is displayed.

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2. Click the Manage your NAS Device icon to connect to the NAS device.

Figure 1. NAS Device Homepage

! Important: For information about Common, Cloud Services, Backup, Media, Storage,

Network, and All Features refer the

Lenovo|EMC NAS Device User Guide

.

3. On the left pane, click System. Various options related to system are displayed.

Figure 2. Application Manager

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4. Click Application Manager.

The Application Manager screen is displayed.

Figure 3. Application Manager Screen

5. Click Add Application.

The Add Application dialog box is displayed, which allows you to add a NAS device application to

the NAS device.

Figure 4. Add Application

6. On the Add Application dialog box, perform the following:

a. Click Browse to select the SecureMind Surveillance Manager installation file with the .tgz

extension.

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b. Click Upload to install the application on the NAS device.

Figure 5. Application Installed Successfully

The application is installed on the NAS device.

You can view the application details such as Name and Version. Click the Uninstall Application

icon to uninstall the application.

 To install the SecureMind Surveillance Manager application on the NAS device with internet

connection, perform the following:

1. On the left pane, click Media or All Features. Various options related to media or all features are

displayed.

2. Click the SecureMind Surveillance Manager icon.

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The SecureMind Surveillance Manager screen is displayed.

Figure 6. SecureMind Surveillance Manager Screen

3. Click Install SecureMind Surveillance Manager to start the installation process.

The Install SecureMind Surveillance Manager pop-up is displayed.

Figure 7. Install SecureMind Surveillance Manager Pop-up

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4. Click Yes to complete the installation process.

To access the application, go to Common and click .

Figure 8. SecureMind Surveillance Manager

2.3 Upgrading SecureMind Surveillance Manager Application

This section describes the process to upgrade the SecureMind Surveillance Manager application using the

Software Updates of the NAS device.

 To upgrade the SecureMind Surveillance Manager application on the NAS device using the

update file, perform the following:

1. Follow Step1 and Step2 that is described in the NAS device using the installation file.

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2. On the left pane, click System. Various options related to system are displayed.

Figure 9. System Screen

3. Click Software Updates.

The Software Updates screen is displayed.

Figure 10. Software Updates Screen

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4. Click Add Software.

The Add Software dialog box is displayed, which allows you to add a NAS device update file to the

NAS device.

Figure 11. Add Software

5. On the Add Software dialog box, click Browse to select the SecureMind Surveillance Manager

update file with the .tgz extension.

6. Click Upload to update the application on the NAS device.

Figure 12. Update Installed Successfully

The application is updated on the NAS device.

The update details such as, Name, Current Version, and Status is displayed in a tabular format.

You can click to check for the latest updates.

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Chapter 3: Setting up the Application

After installing the SecureMind Surveillance Manager application, you must enable security to the device

and application for preventing unrestricted access.

The application uses the same security and user settings used by the NAS device.



Note: You must have administrator privileges for the NAS device to set up the SecureMind

Surveillance Manager application.

3.1 Application Licensing

When you install the application, by default the permanent license that supports one camera is activated.



Note: If you want to add more cameras, then you must upgrade your license accordingly. For more

information, refer the Upgrading License section.

If you try to add more cameras without upgrading the license, a message with the existing camera

limit will be displayed with the Upgrade license button.

The following table describes the possible license upgrades, number of cameras supported, based on the

NAS device model.

Device Models

Number of Cameras

License Upgrades

ix2

1

Default

2

Upgrade

4

Upgrade

ix2-200

1

Default

2

Upgrade

4

Upgrade

ix4-200d

1

Default

2

Upgrade

4

Upgrade

8

Upgrade

px4-300d

px6-300d

1

Default

2

Upgrade

4

Upgrade

8

Upgrade

16

Upgrade

px4-300r

1

Default

2

Upgrade

4

Upgrade

8

Upgrade

16

Upgrade

32

Upgrade

px12-350r

1

Default

2

Upgrade

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Device Models

Number of Cameras

License Upgrades

4

Upgrade

8

Upgrade

16

Upgrade

32

Upgrade

48

Upgrade

Table 6. Possible license upgrades

3.1.1 Upgrading License

You can upgrade the license to add multiple cameras. You can add up to six licenses (maximum) for 48

cameras.

 To upgrade the license for adding multiple cameras, perform the following:

1. In the Common options, click .

The Live View of the SecureMind Surveillance Manager screen is displayed.

2. Click License Info.

A message with all the license details is displayed.



Note: You can also upgrade the license using a Menu option. To upgrade the license, click >

Upgrade from the list.

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3. Click Upgrade license.

The SecureMind Surveillance Manager screen is displayed.

Figure 13. Updating License to Add Multiple Cameras

4. The MAC Address and NAS model fields are read-only. This information is populated from the NAS

device.

 To upgrade the application, perform the following:

1. In Enter e-mail address, provide a valid e-mail ID. This e-mail ID will be registered for all future

communications.

! Important: If you have the activation code, then you can enter the activation key in the

Enter Activation Code field and activate the product directly.

2. In Enter Details to activate this product, perform the following:

a. Enter License Key(s): Select this option and enter the license key(s). The license key comprises

12 characters and is alphanumeric.

b. Click to add multiple licenses. You can add up to six licenses (maximum).

3. Click Submit.

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The application attempts to connect to the server and verifies the license keys. If it is successful, then

the application will obtain the activation key from the server and a message is displayed with the

activation key. Also, an e-mail is sent to your registered e-mail address with the MAC address, license

details, final activation code, activation date, and supported number of cameras.



Note: If the application is unable to connect to the server and obtain the activation code, then

send the license key(s) and the MAC address to

support_sm@mindtree.com

. You will receive

the activation code through an e-mail. Use this activation code to upgrade the application.

4. Click OK.

The application is upgraded as requested and returns to the screen from where you initiated the

upgrading process.

 To upgrade the application using the activation code, perform the following:

1. In Enter Details to activate this product, perform the following:

a. In Enter Activation Code, select and enter the activation code that you have received through

e-mail.

2. Click Submit.

The application verifies the activation code and displays a verification successful message along with

the activation code.

3. Click OK.

The Live View of the SecureMind Surveillance Manager screen is displayed.

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3.2 Enabling Security

With security turned on, only administrator users can view or change settings on the NAS device,

including creating or deleting users and shares. When you create users, you limit access to your NAS

device to specific people, and when you secure shares, you limit data access to specific users.

 To enable security for the application, perform the following:

1. On the left pane, click System and then click Security on the right pane.

Figure 14. Security Option

2. On the Security screen, click the On switch. The Enable Security dialog box is displayed.

Figure 15. Enable Security

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