Configure the Rapid Eye DVR

The Rapid Eye DVR can report events and alarms based on specific conditions. You should enable only those events and alarms that apply to your site.

The following topics identify specific DVR settings, which are not mandatory, but provide suggestions to take advantage of the unit’s features. Enabling these settings will ensure that information is available to the NiagaraAX platform.

For details about how to configure and use the Rapid Eye DVR, see:

Rapid Eye Hybrid – Common Operations Guide
Rapid Eye Hybrid – Installation Guide
Rapid Eye Hybrid – Quick Setup Guide
Rapid Eye Hybrid – Remote View Guide
Rapid Eye Hybrid – System Administrator Guide

These documents are available at https://www.honeywellvideo.com/products/recorders/pc/306064.html.

Configuration procedure

Log in to the Rapid Eye software and configure the Network Settings on the System tab.
Make a note of the IP address. You will need this information to configure the NiagaraAX Rapid Eye driver.
If your site requires Camera Sabotage Detection (CSD), configure Tamper detection on the Video tab as follows:
- For analog cameras and IP camera models HCD554IP and HD4DIP, enable Blind, Blur, Scene Changed, Log and Alarm.
- For IP camera models HCD3MDIP, HD4MDIP, HCD554MIH, HD3MIH, and HD4MIH, you access the camera through the Rapid Eye software and configure tamper detection in the camera itself. Enable Blur, Blinding and Scene Changed.
Configure motion detection on the Video tab as follows:
- For analog cameras, enable Log and Alarm.
- For IP camera models HCD3MDIP, HD4MDIP, HCD554MIH, HD3MIH, and HD4MIH, you access the camera through the Rapid Eye software and configure motion detection in the camera itself.
Motion detection is not available for camera models HCD554IP and HD4DIP.
Using the Events tab, enable only those session, system, maintenance, input, output, video and user boost events that apply to your site.

The following events are available as alarms to NiagaraAX.
- Camera alarms
  
  Motion Detected Video Signal Lock Video Signal Unlock Video CSD Moved On Video CSD Moved Off Camera Blind Detection Enabled Camera blind Detection Disabled Camera Blur Detection Enabled Camera Blur Detection Disabled Video Boost Record On.
- Recorder alarms
  
  Recorder Connected Recorder Disconnected Session Connected Session Disconnected System-No Video Recording Session Rejects System- Self Restart System- Reboot System- Storage Device Missing System- Time Server Unusable System- No Synchronization in 24 Hours System- S.M.A.R.T. Disk Failure Rule Engine Action Triggered System- Excessive System clock Drift Maintenance - Configuration Modification Maintenance - Security Modification Maintenance - System files Modification Maintenance Synchronize Time Maintenance Clear Storage Maintenance - Clear Stream System - Runtime Failure Input Enabled Input Disabled Output Enabled Output Disabled
These six events are modeled as event points in NiagaraAX and can be considered alarms based on how you configure the JACE:
- Motion Detected
- Video Signal Lock/Unlock
- CTD Blind on/off
- CTD Blur on/off
- CTD Changed on/off
- Video Recording Boost on/off
On the System tab two options control the fault relay:
- Enable Status Pulse
  
  Power outages and other events can cause a unit to fail to function or to record video. Enabling this option triggers the fault relay, if either event persists for more than 19 minutes.
- Monitor Alarm Reporting
  
  Enabling this option triggers the fault relay if a delay in the reporting of an alarm takes longer than 19 minutes.