Camera SearchResult Events

MIP
, , ,
1

Using the demo project SmartSearch, it allows me to search for events on of a camera. It brings back very basic information, such as DateTime and Mask.

But are the details of the event available somewhere? (Motion, alert, alarm, etc)

2

Also, if I use RCSClient.SmartSearchStart, it requires many parameters that don’t seem to make sense for a search, such as Mask. What is the Mask for, along with Mask Height and Mask Width?

I have called:

EnvironmentManager.Instance.SendMessage(

           new VideoOS.Platform.Messaging.Message(MessageId.Control.StartRecordingCommand), \_currentItem.FQID); (then the StopRecordingCommand)

I am trying to search for the recorded video. Is using SmartSearchStart the appropriate method to search for such video?

3

Smart Search is a special functionality that allow you to search for motion detection in parts of the camera view thus it uses a mask.

I believe the strength of the functionality will be best understood if you look at the Smart Search sample.

http://doc.developer.milestonesys.com/html/index.html?base=samples/smartsearch.html&tree=tree_2.html

From your question you might be more interested in events in general. If so try to have a quick look at the Alarm and Event Viewer sample. Note that when you have event information it would be easy to navigate to the right camera and time, the sample does not show this.

http://doc.developer.milestonesys.com/html/index.html?base=samples/alarmviewer_sample.html&tree=tree_2.html

4

Ok, so I would be able to make a mask that covers the entire camera.

But for StartRecording/StopRecording, what can I use to fetch that recorded video, or all recorded videos during a timeframe?

5

The StartRecording/StopRecording are commands, and does not relate at a later point in time to the video. You simply ask for video at a given time.

6

Instead of SmartSearch, what can I use to search a camera for video recordings? If those recordings include both motion detection recordings and manual start/stop recordings, great. Included details of events as to why the recordings happened, would be even better.

7

Instead of this forum, is there a phone number or email address of somebody I can contact directly with development questions? The 24 hour minimum response time is really inefficient.

8

You can ask for list of recorded sequences for a camera, if you search the decumentation (or this forum), you will find several samples and descriptions of howto.