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Question   How to do factory reset (recovery) of the DIVAR IP units?   Answer   The older generations of DIVAR IP units had the recovery image on a DOM (Disk-On-Module). The recovery procedure may differ depending on the unit model. Before taking any action, consult the installation manual for your specific unit and follow the steps outlined for recovering the unit. Older generation units Installation manual DIVAR IP 7000 R1 DIVAR IP 7000 R1 Installation_Manual.pdf DIVAR IP 6000 R1 DIVAR IP 6000 R1 Installation_Manual.pdf DIVAR IP 3000 DIVAR IP 3000 Installation_Manual.pdf DIVAR IP 2000 EZ DIVAR IP 2000 EZ Installation_Manual.pdf DIVAR IP 2000 DIVAR IP 2000 Installation_Manual.pdf   Also, for the newer generations of DIVAR IP units the recovery method differs. These units use either a DVD or an SSD partition as specified below: Newer generations units Image recovery Installation manual DIVAR IP 6000 R2 (Before 2019) DVD DIVAR IP 6000 2u Installation_Manual.pdf DIVAR IP 6000 R2 (After 2019) DVD DIVAR IP 6000 2u Installation_Manual.pdf DIVAR IP 7000 R2 (Before 2019) DVD DIVAR IP 7000 2u Installation_Manual.pdf DIVAR IP 7000 R2 (After 2019) DVD DIVAR IP 7000 2u Installation_Manual.pdf DIVAR IP 5000 EZ SSD Partition DIVAR IP 5000 EZ Installation_Manualpdf.pdf DIVAR IP 4000 all-in-one SSD Partition DIVAR IP AIO 4000 Installation_Manual.pdf DIVAR IP 5000 all-in-one SSD Partition DIVAR IP AIO 5000 Installation_Manual.pdf DIVAR IP 6000 all-in-one SSD Partition DIVAR IP AIO 6000 Installation_Manual.pdf DIVAR IP 7000 all-in-one (gen 2) SSD Partition DIVAR IP AIO 7000 (gen2) Installation_Manual.pdf DIVAR IP 7000 all-in-one (gen 3) SSD Partition  DIVAR IP AIO 7000 Installation_Manual DIVAR IP 7000 all-in-one (gen 4) SSD Partition DIVAR IP AIO 7000 (gen4) Installation_Manual.pdf   If you encounter any issues with unit recovery after following the steps in the installation manual, please contact the Central Technical Support team for assistance.    Nice to know: Where can you find the ISO image for recovery of DIVAR IP 7000R2 and DIVAR IP 6000R2? DIVAR IP 6000 or 7000 r2 OS Recovery Failure Error: 'The disk is not initialized' ... View more

Question   How does enabling electronic image stabilization (EIS) on CPP14 cameras affect privacy masks?   Answer   As soon as the "electronic image stabilization" (EIS) is set to on, the image section changes slightly, which changes the placement of the privacy mask.   Please note that this is part of the Restrictions/ Known Issues section as mentioned in the Release notes of CPP14_FW_9.40.0132 and CPP14_FW_9.11.0009: With EIS enabled, as privacy masks are applied to the sensor image, privacy masks may jump depending on the corrections induced by EIS and not exactly match with the drawn area. EIS performance can be suboptimal after enabling EIS in 25/30 fps HDR modes, or after switching sensor mode towards HDR 25/30 fps while EIS is on. EIS performance recovers fully after a reboot. It is advisable to either use EIS in 50/60 fps or reboot after activating EIS for 25/30 fps HDR. With EIS enabled on perfectly stable cameras, the image might appear artificially shaking due to gyro sensor values varying when at edge, creating unnecessarily high bitrate. It is recommended to use EIS only when camera is mounted unstable. Focus area can still be drawn but zoomed display of the selection is not functional since it required MPAX which is not supported anymore by browsers. With EIS enabled, privacy masks might not match the drawn area depending on the EIS state since the masks are applied before image stabilization. It might be advised to slightly enlarge the privacy mask areas to ensure privacy. With EIS enabled, the virtual movement of privacy masks and the resulting unveiling of background around the masks might cause false motion detection.   ... View more

Question   Is DINION 5100i IR (NBE-5702) supported by Milestone XProtect VMS?   Answer   The Milestone Supported Device List shows the DINION 5100i IR (NBE-5702) camera as being supported with tested Firmware version 9.10.0192*. *Firmware versions are subject to change as stated on the Supported devices in Milestone Systems software and hardware page: "new devices and firmware will be added continuously to the supported devices list"   Please see more details about device packs you need for entire solution here. If you have issues when integrating DINION 5100i IR (NBE-5702) in Milestone XProtect® VMS, please be careful to select and configure the transmission mode and related settings. This way you could optimize the performance, security, and integration of the camera within the Milestone XProtect® VMS environment.    Nice to know; Where can I find the compatibility matrix between Bosch cameras and Milestone? ... View more

IVA Pro Appearance with FW 9.40   Overview: 1 Introduction 2 Features 3 Limitations 4 Configuration 4.1 Activating IVA Pro Appearance 4.2 Appearance Search Task 4.3 Visual Feedback   1 Introduction   Do you need to find a specific person in your surveillance system? Intelligent Video Analytics (IVA) Pro Appearance, a software solution based on AI capabilities of our cameras, analyzes the appearance of people for later forensic search in video management systems like BVMS. Instead of manually searching through a multitude of cameras and times, IVA Pro Appearance allows you to automatically highlight persons based on gender, color, and length of clothes and hair, as well as wearing hats, glasses, bags, or backpacks. In addition, IVA Pro Appearance can fulfill basic surveillance and counting tasks as it comes with a robust detection and separation of upright people and vehicles.   2 Features   IVA Pro Appearance detects and separates upright persons and vehicles, and extracts the appearance of persons for use in later forensic search. The following person attributes are available: Gender: male, female Top color: black, grey, white, brown, beige, green, red, blue, yellow, orange, pink, purple Top length: short, long Bottom color: black, grey, white, brown, beige, green, red, blue, yellow, orange, pink, purple Bottom length: short, long Hair color: black, grey, brown, blond, red Hair length: short, long Hat / no hat Glasses / no glasses Bag / no bag Backpack / no backpack IVA Pro Appearance is based on IVA Pro Buildings and comes with its full functionality. In addition, a new task “Appearance search” is available, which checks for the person attributes. This can be used for forensic search, for example in the Bosch video management system (BVMS). View the appearance attributes of a selected person via metadata inspection. IVA Pro Appearance is a licensed option.   3 Limitations   Available on CPP14 cameras w/o 3000, multi or panoramic cameras. Object detection and tracking is running with 7.5 fps instead of the usual 15 fps. Appearance attribute extraction is running roughly once every three seconds for each person. In the used video analytics resolution of 1280x720 or 1024x576 (8MP cameras), the person must have a height of at least the following pixels to properly detect the respective attributes: o Gender: male, female: 64 pixel person height o Top color: 64 pixel person height o Top length: 64 pixel person height o Bottom color: 64 pixel person height o Bottom length: 64 pixel person height o Hair color: 96 pixel person height o Hair length: 96 pixel person height o Hat / no hat: 96 pixel person height o Glasses / no glasses: 256 pixel person height o Bag / no bag: 96 pixel person height o Backpack / no backpack: 96 pixel person height The persons should be upright and either standing or walking. The persons should be clearly visible and not occluded by other persons or items for more than 50%. Ensure that a minimal illumination of at least 200 lx is given in the scene. Attributes need to be visible to be detected correctly Glasses without a rim may not be detected properly. Hats includes helmets.   Step-by-step guide   4 Configuration   Configuration of IVA Pro Appearance requires the Bosch Configuration Manager 7.74 or higher.   4.1 Activating IVA Pro Appearance   In the Configuration Manager, select the target camera, then go to VCA -> Main Operation. Set the Analysis Type to IVA Pro Appearance. The Tracking parameters will change automatically to Appearance Search (2D).     4.2 Appearance Search Task   The goal of IVA Pro Appearance is to support forensic search of persons in addition to the normal surveillance and statistics tasks available in IVA Pro Buildings. Therefore, all the normal configuration and default task of IVA Pro Buildings is available. In addition, there is a new task Appearance Search dedicated towards analyzing person appearance attributes. The task can be viewed under VCA -> Tasks when selecting a new task via the + button. The Appearance Search can be restricted to a selected area in the image. To draw this area, simply click into the video image for each node of the field. Double click to end the drawing with the last node. You can move each node, each line and the show field by selecting it accordingly in the image. The corresponding element will be highlighted when hovering over it, then click with left mouse to select, move, and release the mouse button. Each field also has a debounce time denoting how long an object needs to be in the field before it is considered for Appearance Search, and an intersection trigger of object and field that selects which part of the object needs to be in the field. Next define which appearance attributes to look for. Fields can be left empty or set to none in order to not include them in the search. If more than one attributes is selected, then the object to be searched for needs to conform to all selected attributes. For colors, multi-selection is supported which allows to search for object that are e.g. red or orange. The first page has filter for cloth color and distinguishes between short and long sleves and leg. The second page has more general filter like gender, hair color and length, and whether the person has a hat, glasses, bag or backpack. The example below searches for a person that wears a top is red or orange and has short sleves, and wears bottom clothes that are green or blue and fully cover the legs. The person also needs to be male, have short, blond hair and a backpack.   4.3 Visual Feedback   In order to see which appearance attributes IVA Pro Appearance detects on a person, go to VCA -> Metadata Inspection and select a person. It may take up to 3 seconds to display the results.    Nice to know: Technical documentation for Video Analytics     ... View more

IVA Pro PPE with FW 9.40   Overview: 1 Introduction 2 Features 3 Limitations 4 Configuration 4.1 Activating IVA Pro PPE 4.2 Configuring the PPE monitoring task 4.3 Visual Feedback   1 Introduction   Many organizations in critical infrastructure, government, and airport environments have strict safety regulations that require employees and visitors to wear specific personal protective equipment (PPE). Companies failing to comply with health and safety protocols set by OSHA may face fines. Intelligent Video Analytics (IVA) Pro PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) is a new application-specific video analytics software designed to detect the proper use of personal protective equipment and promptly alert when missing. The software may enhance safety compliance and operational efficiency, potentially reducing accident risk and promoting health and safety.   2 Features   IVA Pro PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) can reliably detect people analyses them for wearing personal protective equipment. PPE items include safety vest hard hat These attributes are added in the metadata stream, integrating them into the rule engine and allowing users to set specific alarms and events using our proprietary Configuration Manager. IVA Pro PPE is based on IVA Pro Buildings and comes with its full functionality. In addition, a new task “PPE monitoring” is available, which checks for selected PPE items and alarms if they have not been seen at a person for a specified amount of time. View the PPE items of a selected person via metadata inspection. IVA Pro PPE is a licensed option.   3 Limitations   Available on CPP14 cameras w/o 3000, multi or panoramic cameras. Object detection and tracking is running with 7.5 fps instead of the usual 15 fps. PPE attribute extraction is running roughly once every three seconds for each person. In the used video analytics resolution of 1280x720 or 1024x576 (8MP cameras), the person must have a height of at least the following pixels to properly detect PPE. o Safety vest: 48 pixel person height o Hard hat: 96 pixel person height PPE items should be clearly visible and presented to the camera The persons should be upright and either standing or walking. The persons should be clearly visible and not occluded by other persons or items. Ensure that persons walk through the monitored area single file with enough separation for best performance. Ensure that a minimal illumination of at least 200 lx is given in the scene. Safety vests includes safety jackets. Safety vests and jackets are defined, amongst others, by their reflective strips. Detection will be delayed until a reflective strip becomes visible. In case of white hard hats, ensure that no spotlight causes oversaturation of the hard hat in the video, as detection performance will otherwise drop.   Step-by-step guide   4 Configuration   Configuration of IVA Pro PPE requires the Bosch Configuration Manager 7.74 or higher. 4.1 Activating IVA Pro PPE   In the Configuration Manager, select the target camera, then go to VCA -> Main Operation. Set the Analysis Type to IVA Pro PPE. The Tracking parameters will change automatically to PPE Monitoring (2D). The default task is PPE monitoring, which will alarm if either safety vest or hard hat are missing. Note that all tasks from IVA Pro Buildings are available as well and can be set by adding new tasks via the + Button. 4.2 Configuring the PPE monitoring task   To adjust the PPE monitoring task, select it and then click on the edit icon. The PPE monitoring can be restricted to a selected area in the image. To draw this area, simply click into the video image for each node of the field. Double click to end the drawing with the last node. You can move each node, each line and the show field by selecting it accordingly in the image. The corresponding element will be highlighted when hovering over it, then click with left mouse to select, move, and release the mouse button. Each field also has a debounce time denoting how long an object needs to be in the field before it is considered for PPE monitoring, and an intersection trigger of object and field that selects which part of the object needs to be in the field. On the next page, select whether to monitor for both hard hat and safety vest or only one of them.  You can also configure how long a person is allowed in the monitored area without wearing a safety vest or hard hat. Note that PPE attributes are only evaluated every 3 seconds.   4.3 Visual Feedback   In order to see whether IVA Pro PPE detects safety vest or hard hat on a person, go to VCA -> Metadata Inspection and select a person. It may take up to 3 seconds to display the results.   Nice to know: Technical documentation for Video Analytics ... View more