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Certificates play a crucial role in enhancing the security, authenticity, and integrity of the operations performed by Bosch Configuration Manager, making them a necessary component in modern networked environments.  Be aware that certificates ensure secure communication between the Bosch Configuration Manager and devices or servers. They use encryption to protect data from being intercepted or tampered with during transmission. This is particularly important when dealing with sensitive information or controlling critical infrastructure.   Step-by-step guide   If you want to set Configuration Manager to accept all certificates & allow all (non) encrypted connections, go to: Preferences > Security section > set "Optional" and certificate requirement as "None"   💡 Below, you will find more details regarding the Preferences tab > Security group and Certificate required level Security group Encrypt communication (defines the TLS connection preferences) To define the TLS connection preferences, select the required levels. – Optional Encrypted connections (HTTPS) and non-encrypted connections (HTTP, RCP+) are allowed. No certificate validation is performed. The certificate requirement level is not relevant. The default protocol HTTP is used when adding devices to the system. The VSDK security properties are set as follows: Allow unencrypted connections, Allow unencrypted media exports, and Allow no forward secrecy. – Preferred Encrypted connections (HTTPS) and non-encrypted connections (HTTP, RCP+) are allowed. The certificate validation is performed. The certificate requirement level is relevant. If validation failed a warning is displayed but a connection still possible. The default protocol HTTPS is used when adding devices to the system. The VSDK security properties are set as follows: Allow unencrypted connections, Allow unencrypted media exports, and Allow no forward secrecy. – Required A communication with devices is only possible using HTTPS. The certificate validation is performed. The certificate requirement level is relevant. If validation failed an error message is displayed and no connection is established. The default protocol HTTPS is used when adding devices to the system. There are no changes in the VSDK program. Certificate required level To validate certificates, select the required levels. – None: All certificates are accepted. No validation is performed. – Valid: Only an end certificate validation is performed. The certificate must be valid (standard validation procedure, time signature). – Trusted: The entire chain validation is performed, The root CA certificate is used to sign the certificate and must be trusted on machines where the validation is performed. – Issued by the CA: The entire chain validation is performed, The root CA certificate is used to sign the certificate and the MicroCA program must be configured in Configuration Manager program.   ... View more

 Info For the current article, the following devices/firmware/software versions were used: TYNION IP 2000 PIR (CPP4) camera firmware v7.10.0096 MIC IP fusion 9000i (CPP7.3) camera firmware v7.90.0045 Video Security Client/ App v3.7.0   Question   Is it possible to transmit audio to device’s location through Video Security Client (App)?   Answer   Yes! There is a help banner in the app explaining about this function and how you can use it. For the camera part, users would need to check the respective HW and FW manuals. Depending on the camera model, the speakers may be included in the housing or could be connected through wires.   Before using this option, please make sure that you have configured the camera in a proper way.   First, you have to enable the Audio (set it to "On")   Adjust level   Adjust the audio level with the slider(s).  Move the slider of Input volume/ Microphone volume and Line Out/ Loudspeaker to the volume value you want. This action is required for the sound to be transmitted from the device where the microphone is placed to the camera's speaker.  Note Depending on the camera model and the way it has the speaker (integrated or separately attached), you can find in the camera's webpage a different naming of the speaker and the microphone volume option. Such as: Line Out or Loudspeaker for speaker Input volume or Microphone volume for microphone   Recording format   Select a format for audio recording. The default value is AAC 48 kbps. You can select AAC 80 kbps, G.711 or L16 depending on the required audio quality or sampling rate. AAC audio technology is licensed by Fraunhofer IIS. (http://www.iis.fraunhofer.de/amm/) Note: Currently, the Audio-Playback is not available in Video Security Client/ App according to the Release Letter v3.7.0.   Hit the "Set" button to save the changes.   Once this configuration is done, you can add the camera into Video Security Client/ App and start transmitting audio to device’s location. ... View more

Possible causes and solution(s)   Symptoms   The error message "Couldn't find a compatible Webview2 Runtime installation to host WebViews" might occur after installing the AI Alarm Verification Plug-in on a Milestone Husky system and attempting to log into Remote Portal in the Plug-in. The Milestone XProtect server or one of its components attempted to load a part of its interface or functionality that relies on the WebView2 runtime. However, the WebView2 runtime was either not installed or not properly configured, leading to the file not being found and the application failing to load the necessary components.   Solution    Note       WebView2 must be installed on the host machine.   Please note that Milestone Husky systems may not include WebView2 by default. We recommend referring to Microsoft for downloading the latest WebView2 package.    Nice to know: User Manual: Bosch AI Alarm Verification Plug-in for Milestone XProtect ... View more

Question   How is the scriplet that sends an RCPP command on Input to another camera to close its Relay?   Answer   Find below the scriplet that on Input sends a RCPP command on Input to another camera to close its Relay 1. There are short comments in the beginning of the scriplet, that will help you to understand the logic and edit it. This should work on any camera that has input and the relay toggle is possible for any camera that has a relay.   // this is just an example IP - 192.168.10.127 //the Rcpp command to set the camera relay (output) to ON would be:  //http://192.168.10.127/rcp.xml?command=0x01c1&type=F_FLAG&direction=WRITE&num=1&payload=1 // Rcpp command to To set the relay output to OFF:  // http://192.168.10.127/rcp.xml?command=0x01c1&type=F_FLAG&direction=WRITE&num=1&payload=0      RcpCommand closeRelay1:={Command("rcp.xml?command=0x01c1&type=F_FLAG&direction=WRITE&num=1&payload=1") IP("192.168.10.127")};  if(Input(1)) then closeRelay1;    Nice to know: Where can I find the RCP documentation of Bosch camera? ⚠️ ATSL Documentation ... View more

When PullPointSubscription to topic "tns1:IVA" is setup with Bosch cameras,  ONVIF client only receives motion events and no Line Crossing information.   Possible causes and solution(s)   Symptoms   When doing a pull point subscription, at the Start of the events Rule Engine/LineDetector/Crossed is missing, even though the rule is configured, and is given in the GetEventProperties response. The topic name space for RuleEngine/ FieldDetector/ ObjectInside works as expected.   Causes   As of 7.84 for RTOS, 8.50 for CPP14 and 8.45 for Inteox that is working with 2 offerings in place: tns1:IVA for IVA Rules except LineCrossing, due to the definition in Onvif Interface Documentation. tns1:RuleEngine for IVA Rule LineCrossing, which is part of this topic.   Solution   1. ONVIF Client could either subscribe both to tns1:IVA and tns1:RuleEngine topics where they would not miss anything advertised. Basically, PullPointSubscription without waiting for GetEventProperties response. 2. ONVIF Client could request WS-Notify or SetSynchronizationPoint to trigger an event property. Then regardless of any subscription they can get those basic notifications via Basic Notification Interface of ONVIF. ... View more