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Step-by-step guide   Managing Command Scripts   Documentation from BVMS Help → Managing Command Scripts.pdf  You can create a Command Script using the following scripting languages: C# VB.Net You cannot change the scripting language of an existing Command Script. You can create a Client Script or a Server Script. You can add multiple scriptlets to every script. To get help on entering code, click     in the Command Script Editor dialog box. The Bosch Script API help is displayed. To add a server scriptlet: On the Tools menu, click the Command Script Editor... command. The Select Script Language dialog box is displayed if no Command Script was created yet. In the Script Language: list, select the required entry. The Command Script Editor dialog box is displayed. In the left pane of the Command Script Editor dialog box, right-click ServerScript and click New Scriptlet. A new scriptlet is added. Enter your code. Or if you got an example scriplet, copy paste the code.  To add a client scriptlet On the Tools menu, click the Command Script Editor... command. The Select Script Language dialog box is displayed if no Command Script was created yet. In the Script Language: list, select the required entry. The Command Script Editor dialog box is displayed. In the left pane of the Command Script Editor dialog box, right-click ClientScript and click New Scriptlet. A new scriptlet is added. Enter your code. Or if you got an example scriplet, copy paste the code.  Save the command script editor Save & Activate the configuration   Nice to know: How is the example script to set Operator Client in full screen mode & favorites loaded on startup? Configuring a startup Command Script (settings page) Is it possible to configure Operator Client to start with Windows startup of the Workstation? ... View more

Question   How is the example script to set Operator Client in full screen mode & favorites loaded on startup?   Answer   In order for BVMS Operator Client to start in full screen mode and load default favorites, follow the steps below: find attached an example scriplet that turns full screen mode and creates and displays a simple favorites of one camera paste the scriplet in the Command Script Editor dialog box. How to configure (copy-paste) an example scriplet in BVMS Configuration Client? configure the scriplet as a start up scriplet The startup Command Script guide can be found in the BVMS Configuration Client Help menu (F1) or see the steps explained below   Configuring a startup Command Script (settings page) Documentation from BVMS Help → Configuring a startup Command Script .pdf  Main window > Devices > Expand   > Settings page You configure a Command Script to be started when the Operator Client on the selected workstation is started. You must create a corresponding Command Script. For creating a Command Script, see Managing Command Scripts. To configure a startup script: In the Startup script: list, select the required Command Script. ... View more

Question   Is it possible to configure Operator Client to start with Windows startup of the Workstation?   Answer   Yes, it is possible to configure Operator Client to start with Windows startup. The steps of one of the possible ways are: 1. Configure BVMS Operator Client credentials, so the application starts without requesting username and password right click on the BVMS OC start icon, click on Properties click on Shortcut and add the username and the password in the following way under Target:  "C:\Program Files\Bosch\VMS\bin\OperatorClient.Supervisor.exe" /user="Operator" /password="operator" Note: This is example user and example password.   2. Add the shortcut path of the BVMS OC to the Windows start up directory click the Windows key + R run the command "shell:startup" this opens the Windows start up directory - C:\Users\Bosch\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup copy paste there the shortcut of the BVMS OC application   Note: this way of starting Operator Client is useful only if the requirement is for only one Operator Client user to load on Windows startup and user rights should be considered. ⚠️ Warning Be aware that the username and password are stored as cleartext in the target of the shortcut, which could be considered a security risk. ... View more

The MBV-MBase is the license that allows you to extend the SMA in Remote Portal. You receive this license when you place an order to Order Desk for SMA extension and it must be activated in the Remote Portal and on the server like any other license.   For more details related to the MBV-MBase, please refer to this White Paper.   Step-by-step guide   1. Login into your Remote Portal account and go to the Software Licensing menu     Nice to know: How to check the SMA End Date? In the Software Licensing menu: Select the license you want to add the MBV-Mbase license for (SMA extension)   You will see the SMA End Date in this section: 💡 Or you can check the software assurance status in Assurance Report from your Remote Portal Account (Software Licensing > 3 dots button > Assurance Report) → How to check the Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA) status of BVMS 11.x via Remote Portal?   2. In the Software Licensing menu, click on the Claim Software Order and fill in the required details, including the Software Order ID you received it from Order Desk and click Next   3. After checking the details of Software Order ID, click Claim    4. Save the system information file from BVMS Configuration Client Go to the License Manager from BVMS Configuration Client   Click Add and Save the system information file (.json)   5. Go Back in Remote Portal and click on the Activate license icon   6. Upload the .json file you have just downloaded from BVMS Configuration Client and click Next   7. After checking the System Fingerprint and all details displayed, click Next to select the expansion packages from Software Order   8. Tick the box next to the expansion product and click Activate   9. You will notice that the SMA End Date will be extended    Important Do not forget to Download the Activation File and upload it to the BVMS Configuration Client to avoid the behavior explained within this article: Why is the BVMS SMA validity expired in License Manager, but SMA is valid in Remote Portal?   10. Download the Activation File (lservrc file) from the MBV-MBase license    11. Go to the License Manager from BVMS Configuration Client and click Add > Open > select the lservrc file downloaded from Remote Portal > click Open >  License has been successfully activated message will be displayed And the Expiration date from BVMS Configuration Client will match the SMA End Date from Remote Portal: ... View more

📚 Table of contents Pre-Requisites Step-by-step guide Customization Customization Options Logo Custom Image Path Custom Image Ratio Scale Disclaimer Info Disclaimer Text Disclaimer Scale Disclaimer Color Custom Text File Menu Options Commands White List Primary Menu Options Primary Commands List Primary Commands Ratio Scale Secondary Menu Options Secondary Commands Ratio Scale Secondary Commands Disposition    BVMS Desktop screen (BVMS Kiosk screen) has several customization possibilities for introducing a company logo picture and a custom text, as well as selecting if an application icon will appear on the screen or not.  Follow this article to see the guidance on how to make these customizations.   Pre-Requisites   DIP on BVMS Operation Mode 12.1.0 or later     Step-by-step guide   1. Log-in to BVRAdmin account as described in the User manual 2. Go to C:\Program Files\Bosch\SysMgmService\apps\kiosk-mode\current\   You will find the following files: BvmsDesktop.exe BvmsDesktop.exe.config System.Management.Automation.dll install.json manifest.json   3. Backup the current Kiosk Mode Configuration file BvmsDesktop.exe.config Save this backup in some safe place (e.g. Documents) ⚠️  It is strongly recommended to do this backup to recover in case of failures   4. Start your customization 4.1. Copy the Logo and the Disclaimer Text in the path as described in the step 2  Ignore these steps in case you don't have this files to apply in the customization Please be aware of the supported types in the customization options   4.2. Edit file BvmsDesktop.exe.config using notepad Due to security settings of the device, start notepad as administrator   In the file filtering option, select "All files" option   4.3. Change to possible values to apply your customization on BvmsDesktop.exe.config Follow the customization options details to support   5. Test your customization 5.1. Right click on BvmsDesktop.exe, and run as Administrator Kiosk Mode will open and you can see the customization result If a black screen appears, it means that the BvmsDesktop.exe.config is broken. Please follow the instructions on point 6.3. (case of mess up) Notice that an introduced misconfiguration could open the doors of the system to be exploited; please change it carefully.   5.2. Close BvmsDesktop.exe 5.2.1. Open Task Manager   5.2.2. Search for BVMSDesktop Process   5.2.3. Right click over the BVMSDesktop Process to open context menu 5.2.4. Select the option End Task on the context menu   5.3. If you need to change again the customization, please repeat starting on point 5.2. If you mess up the Kiosk Mode App (black screen), restore by overwrite the BvmsDesktop.exe.config with the backup from step 4 and start again on point 5.2 Notice that a introduced misconfiguration could open the doors of the system to be exploited; please change it carefully.   6. Customization completed. 6.1. Sign out from BVRAdmin   6.2. To ensure the new configurations are reloaded in the limited user account, sign out from limited user The system will automatically sign-in to the Limited User again and will show the current customized Kiosk Mode   Customization   In short, in the BvmsDesktop.exe.config file we can customize the following components: Logo Disclaimer Info Primary Menu Options Secondary Menu Options   Customization Options    Logo   Custom Image Path   Key: CustomImagePath Default Value: - Possible Values: Full path to the image file Notes: Supported file types: .jpg, .bmp,.tif, .png, .gif Config:   Preview:   Custom Image Ratio Scale   Key: CustomImageRatioScale Default Value: Medium Possible Values: Small Medium Large Notes: Small > 110x110 Medium > 200x200 Large > 256x256 Config: Small:   Medium:   Large   Preview: Small: Medium:   Large:   Disclaimer Info   Disclaimer Text   Key: DisclaimerText Default Value: - Possible Values: Any Text Notes: In this key you should write the Disclaimer Title PS: The title only will appears if the CustomTextFile attribute value is filled Config:   Preview:   Disclaimer Scale   Key: DisclaimerScale Default Value: Medium Possible Values: Medium Large Notes: Here is possible to change the font-size of the Disclaimer Title Medium > 20 px Large > 25 px Config: Medium   Large   Preview: Medium Large   Disclaimer Color   Key: DisclaimerColor Default Value: FFFFFF Possible Values: Hexadecimal Color Code Notes: Here is possible to change the color of the Disclaimer Title Use this site to get the right color information: https://www.color-hex.com/ Config:   Preview:   Custom Text File   Key: CustomTextFile Default Value: - Possible Values: Full path to the text file Notes: Supported file types: .txt, .rtf Config: Preview:   Menu Options   Commands White List   Key: CommandsWhiteList Default Value: - Possible Values:  ConfigurationWizard OperatorClient ConfigurationClient Manager Notes: By default (value empty) all the four options appears. This field is used to filter the options that we want to show to the client. Example of test (only show the Operator Client): value="OperatorClient" PS: The order of display from the options cannot be changed! The order is the same showed in the possible values field Config:   Preview:   Primary Menu Options   Primary Commands List   Key: PrimaryCommandsList Default Value: - Possible Values:  ConfigurationWizard OperatorClient ConfigurationClient Manager Notes: By default (value empty) all the options available appears as primary. If we want to show some of the options on the secondary menu we need to define here which ones we want to show in primary. The options available not mentioned here will be display in secondary menu. Example (show Configurations options as primary and the operator and System Manager as secondary) value="ConfigurationWizard,ConfigurationClient" e.g: ConfigurationWizard,ConfigurationClient PS: The order of display from the options cannot be changed! The order is the same showed in the possible values field Config:   Preview:     Primary Commands Ratio Scale   Key: PrimaryCommandsRatioScale Default Value: Medium Possible Values:  Small Medium Large Notes: Small > 60x60 Medium > 80x80 Large > 100x100 Config: Small:   Medium:   Large:   Preview: Small   Medium   Large   Secondary Menu Options   Secondary Commands Ratio Scale   Key: SecondaryCommandsRatioScale Default Value: Small Possible Values: Small Medium Notes: Small > 60x60 Medium > 80x80 Config: Small   Medium   Preview: Small   Medium   Secondary Commands Disposition   Key: SecondaryCommandsDisposition Default Value: Horizontal Possible Values:  Horizontal Vertical Notes: The secondary options are display in the right bottom corner. With this option you can choose a display in horizontal (below of the disclaimer info) or a vertical display (side by side to disclaimer info) Config: Horizontal   Vertical   Preview: Horizontal   Vertical ... View more