Security: Video

This article provides an overview of object classification, describes how to configure it and what the limitations are.

Never lose track of an object of interest! Intelligent Tracking automatically zooms in to and follows a selected Intelligent Video Analytics object as far as possible with the camera.

This article describes how to factory default a DIVAR IP 5000 Unit.

The Project Assistant offers two ways of importing existing project data Importing a .bpassist file or importing from a tab-separated text file

In this article you can find an overview of the tested and supported ONVIF cameras for BVMS.

This article contains information if the Common Product Platforms CPP-ENC, CPP3 and CPP4   are affected or not   by the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities.

This article describes how the GDPR impacts video surveillance systems and how BVMS can be configured to function in a GDPR compliant organization.

Using power devices that are not listed for this product in the datasheet might result in power failure.

Learn how to design a network on which BVMS can run comfortably.

The attached documents show the different design options that are available when designing a BVMS system. For BVMS 10.1, we have extended the blueprints with Person Identification, the Access Management System, and updated the Enterprise overview.

The attached documents from this article describe the exact functionality that BVMS system provides.

Answer It only depends on the version of BVMS you have. If you have BVMS 7.5, certain cameras with a certain FW have been tested and are supported. If you have BVMS 8.0, certain cameras with a certain FW have been tested and are supported. For BVMS versions of 9.0 or lower, only tested cameras must be added, otherwise we cannot support new setup. On DIP 3000 you can only upgrade to BVMS 8.0. The version of Windows installed on it does not support older versions of BVMS, it is not compatible. Recommended to use BVMS 8.0, the largest version supported on that unit. You need to make sure that those cameras are on the list of tested devices of the version you have.   Regarding the ONVIF Compatibility of the cameras, please see the following Bosch Knowledge Base article: https://community.boschsecurity.com/t5/Security-Video/BVMS-ONVIF-Device-compatibility/ta-p/4252

DIVAR IP 3000 and DIVAR IP 7000 video management appliances come pre-loaded with the latest available BVMS version from factory. In order to make use of new VMS features and to attach most current devices, it may be required to perform a software upgrade, when a new BVMS version is available.   In this article it is explained how to do the initial system setup and how you can upgrade the BVMS installation to a newer version on a DIVAR IP 3000 or DIVAR IP 7000 video management appliance.   Step-by-step guide   Initial system setup Second revision DIVAR IP 7000 systems (DIP-71xx-xxx) allow for Appliance BVMS Installer packages to be imported directly during initial system setup. The following steps have to be performed in order to import a custom Appliance BVMS Installer package on a second revision DIVAR IP 7000 video management appliance: - Download and unzip the Appliance BVMS Installer archive from http://www.boschsecurity.com - Copy the files Bosch_Appliance_BVMS_Installer_xx.xx.xxxx.exe and Setup-x.x.x.xxx.zip to a folder named “BoschAppliance” on a USB drive - Connect the USB drive to the DIVAR IP 7000 system during initial setup - Proceed with the system setup until the software selection screen is shown - Select the Appliance BVMS Installer version that shall be installed on the system Upgrade The following steps have to be performed in order to upgrade an existing BVMS installation on a DIVAR IP 3000 or DIVAR IP 7000 video management appliance: - Download and unzip the Appliance BVMS Installer archive from http://www.boschsecurity.com - Copy the content to a USB drive - When the BVMS default screen is shown, press CTRL + ALT + DEL - Hold down the SHIFT key while clicking Switch User (not Log off) - Log in as BVRAdmin - Transfer the folder that contains the files Bosch_Appliance_BVMS_Installer_xx.xx.xxxx.exe and Setup-x.x.x.xxx.zip from the USB drive to the BVRAdmin desktop - Double click Bosch_Appliance_BVMS_Installer_xx.xx.xxxx.exe inside the transferred folder. - Wait until the BVMS setup screen appears and select the upgrade option - Follow the installation procedure without changing any settings Notes: - The system may request a reboot and re-login during the installation or upgrade procedure. - The upgrade procedure can alternatively be performed via Remote Desktop connection. - The software upgrade requires a system reboot which results in a short (~ 5 min) recording gap.   Important: Please note that the latest information about the Appliance BVMS Installer for DIVAR IP 3000 and DIVAR IP 7000 can be found in the Release Notes on the product page, under Downloads menu > Literature > Release notes

Intelligent Insights makes use of Bosch cameras’ built-in Video Analytics to interpret video images and collect metadata from cameras. This metadata is collected, aggregated, and displayed using a series of pre-defined widgets within a user defined dashboard to visualize the data. Read on to learn how to add these widgets to the Bosch Video Management System (BVMS) for monitoring. The Intelligent Insights widgets can be visualized in BVMS Operator Client. In this article we are going to show you how to add a widget to Bosch Video Management System (BVMS). Step-by-step guide   1. Access the Use cases menu and select the use case to add to BVMS. In this example we’ll use the “Crowd detection graph”   2. Click the "Copy link" button   3. Next, access the BVMS Configuration Client and select Maps and Structure > Click Manage Resources   4. Click URL > Add a resource name and paste the URL copied from Intelligent Insights > Replace the text "localhost" with the IP address of the Intelligent Insights machine and click OK > OK   5. Click Add Document   6. Select the URL and click OK. The URL should appear under the Logical Tree   7. Click Save and Activate configuration   8. Next, access the BVMS Operator Client and select the tile where you want the widget to be displayed. Double click the widget to assign it 9. After signing in to Intelligent Insights, the widget will be visualized in the tile   Useful links:    YouTube video   Learn more about Intelligent Insights

Central Support Team may ask you to provide them with the log files and configuration file of Intelligent Insights.This article explains you how and where you can get them.

The following procedure describes how to restore DIVAR IP 5000 ALL-IN-ONE to the factory default image.   Step-by-step guide   1. Start the unit and press F7 during the BIOS power-on-selftest. The Recovery menu is displayed.   2. Select one of the following: – Initial factory setup: restores to factory default image and deletes all data on the HDDs. or – System Recovery (back to Factory Defaults): restores to factory default image; data on the HDDs will not be deleted.   Note: While the System Recovery option doesn't delete video footage stored on the data HDDs, it still replaces the complete OS ( operating system ) partition (including VMS settings) with a default configuration. In order to access existing video footage after recovery, the VMS configuration needs to be exported before System Recovery and re-imported afterwards.   Notice! Do not turn off the unit during the process. This will damage the Recovery media.   3. The unit starts from the Recovery media. If the setup is successful, press OK to restart the system.   4. Windows performs the initial setup of the operating system. The unit restarts after Windows has completed the setup. 5. After the restart of the unit, the factory settings are installed. 6. After the system has reboot, the next step is to change the BVRAdmin password. The default one is WSS4Bosch.

Follow the steps from this article when an error message appears on your DIVAR IP 5000 AIO during license activation process

  What does mean the clock symbol showed in the Operator Client Logical tree?

Causes   When camera is set to auto track (by web interface) to "auto"-> IVA is detecting an object but camera is not following. Auto tracking works and metadata is displayed only on a stored preposition.   Solution   There was a change introduced starting with FW v.7.70. The new feature is:   i-Track only starts on VCA-Alarm.   You can either program this on presets, e.g a detection field or if you want to have Itrack active regardless of its position, you need to activate "global VCA" and assign task detection area "whole screen" now only activate iTrack "AUXON78" so the eye is in the corner, and your iTrack will always be on sharp   Note: IVA must be active for at least one preset scene in the VCA page on the Settings tab. If IVA is configured for one scene, then all other scenes have Intelligent Tracking enabled by default. If a scene, however, has Motion+ or IVA 5.5 Flow activated, then Intelligent Tracker is disabled for these scenes. Please refer also to the attached document.

Find out from this article how to pass a special connection string to request a multicast stream via RTSP from a BOSCH IP camera or IP encoder.