SiDev Software User Manual
1. Software Introduction
This Software can support AI functions such as visible and infrared camera target recognition, target automatic tracking, target manual tracking, moving target counting, moving target tracking, etc., and also support device management, PTZ control, video storage, image capture, false color switching, etc.
chart 1-1 Installation package and program icon
2. Software Function Description
2.1 Software interface
Double click the installation Software icon ,then you can see the starting background images.
Figure 2- 1 Startup interface
The Software interface after startup is as follows:
Figure 2- 2 Program interface
The software supports custom the loading picture. The picture directory is under the res file in the installation directory. Among them, bk.png is the main interface picture, bk1.png and bk2.png are used in the starting background, and bk3.png is the login interface picture.
2.2 Device Login
Click , enter the device, enter the user name: admin, password: admin, then click "Login". This software supports dual waveband camera using both single or dual IP address.
The user name admin is the administrator account, which can fully control the device. User name: user1, password: 12345 is an video reader user account.
Figure 2- 3 Device Login
The current device IP is generally clearly identified on the device shell. If the identification is ambiguous or the IP address has been changed, Onvif Management software can be used to search for devices or MultiDev software can be used to search for devices.
The current video can be observed after logging in to the device.
2.3 Function description
Figure 2- 4 Function description
As shown in the above figure, the upper left of the interface is the algorithm and configuration area, which contains algorithm functions, and the lower right area is the PTZ control and video operation area.
Algorithm and configuration area: including object detection, manual tracking, moving object detection, point to tracking, auto tracking, gate tracking and settings functions.
PTZ control and video operation area: including image and video recording, lens zoom in/out, move to center and move to down, Iris control, PTZ up, down, left and right control, display mode, button hiding functions.
In addition, there are user login and logout button in the upper right corner.
2.4 Algorithm and configuration
2.4.1 Object Detection
Object detection button , click it to turn blue, and this function will be activated. Tofu series products support the recognition of people, vehicles, ships, drones and other targets respectively. Different models support different target types. Conventional models only support the recognition of people and vehicles.
When the target recognition button is activated, the button will be turned blue.
Figure 2- 5 Identification type selection menu
Blue is active, gray is inactive.
2.4.2 Manual Tracking
Click the button , and the function will be activated after it turns blue. After activation, you can draw any square area in the screen, as shown in the following figure. After the area is drawn, the tracking will start automatically.
Figure 2- 6 Manual tracking start
2.4.3 Moving Object detection
Click button to draw a square detection area in the screen after activation. It can automatically lock and track when moving objects are detected.
Figure 2- 7 Moving target detection area drawing
2.4.4 Point to tracking
Click button to activate. This function is to select an interested target from multiple identified targets for tracking. After this button is activated, the target recognition function will be activated automatically and synchronously. The target recognition type is the same as the parameters configured in the target recognition function. After target recognition, click the identified target to start automatic tracking.
2.4.5 Automatic tracking
Click the button to activate. Using this function, target recognition and tracking will running automatically. When multiple targets are identified, the object nearest to the view center will be selected to tracking. If the tracking object is lost, new object which is detected will be selected to track.
2.4.6 Gate tracking
Click button to activate. The gate tracking is a function of tracking with a fixed size of the initial tracking box. There are 32×32,64×64 and 128×128 initial sizes are available. The gate size is not always constant, and will be automatically adjusted according to the scale transformation of the target. In this mode, click any region in the screen to start the gate tracking function.
Figure 2- 8 Gate size selection
2.4.7 Settings
Click the button to pop up the system configuration setting interface.
Figure 2- 9 System configuration interface
The interface includes PTZ control, tracking settings, object tracking, alarmlinkage, image configuration, photoelectric pod, fusion, multiplication table update, version and language.
PTZ control: The Pelco-D protocol ID number of PTZ and camera is configured here. The default PTZ ID is 1.
Tracking Settings: this part of parameters is closely related to identification and tracking, pan tilt control and lens control. See Table 2-1 for the detailed corresponding parameter meanings and default configurations.
Object tracking: parameters in this part include continuous frame difference, zoom effective area, target minimum zoom magnification, target maximum zoom magnification, target recapture interval, automatic zoom (manual zoom or automatic zoom), lost follow up (PTZ stop or follow up option after target loss).
Alarm linkage: including regional intrusion alarm and equipment linkage switch configuration.
Image configuration: configure the image output resolution, encoding method and code rate.
Photoelectric pod: including working mode, display mode, pseudo color mode, digital zoom, local video, AI-OSD, pitch angle setting, heading angle setting, automatic focusing, and algorithm model. See Table 2-3 for detailed corresponding parameters.
Fusion: applicable to image fusion of multispectral camera.
Multiplication table update: select visible light, infrared and laser lens table types, and select the corresponding update file to update the magnification table.
Version and language: This part displays the system version, i.e. the Software software version number, and the device version, i.e. the software version in the board, Chinese and English switch, device restart, factory recovery, and firmware upgrade.
1） PTZ control
Figure 2- 10 PTZ control
Configure the ID numbers of the PTZ and camera. The default is "1".
2） Tracking Settings
Figure 2- 11 Motion control
The configuration value directly determines the velocity change and accuracy of the PTZ in the tracking process. The specific meaning is shown in the table below.
Table 2- 1 Motion control parameters
Parameter name
Default Parameters
explain
Start frames
20
The PTZ operates at a relatively low acceleration within the set frame number,
25 frames/second video frame rate as reference, 20 corresponds to 800ms time
Max speed
20
The maximum speed level of control
Speed gradient
30
During the tracking process, the higher the acceleration of the pan tilt, the greater the acceleration
Difference
5
Control differential adjustment coefficient, 5 by default
Integral
0
Control integral adjustment coefficient, default 0
Manual speed
3
Manual control speed level
3） Object tracking
Figure 2- 12 target tracking
Table 2- 2 Target tracking parameters
Parameter name
Default Parameters
explain
Buffer frame
80
Set value If there is no target recognition within the frame number, it is forced to judge that the target is lost
Auto-zoom Area
50
The picture center is the reference, and the auto zoom operation is performed within the setting value * 10 pixels. The auto zoom function plays a role when it is turned on.
Min Obj focusing
10
If the target size is less than the set value percentage of full frame, zoom lens will zoom in
Max Obj focusing
20
If the target size is greater than the set value percentage of full frame, the zoom lens will be reduced
Retracking delay
0
Time interval for re identification and tracking after target loss, in seconds
Auto-zoom
off
Whether the auto zoom function is enabled
Lost follow-up
off
Whether the PTZ continues to rotate in the original direction after the target is lost.
4） Alarmlinkage
Figure 2- 13 Alarm and linkage
Alarm prompt and linkage switch.
5） Image Configuration
Figure 2- 14 Image Configuration
The resolution, encoding method, and code rate of configurable graphics will be updated and restarted according to the above configuration after clicking “Update”. Updating will take 10 seconds for refreshing.
Table 2- 3 Image Configuration
Parameter name
Default Parameters
explain
Resolution
1080P
Resolution of device video, support to be changed to 1080P, 720P, PAL_D1
Codec
H264
Video encoding type, including H264 and H265
Bit rate
4M
Video bit rate, including 4M, 2M, 1.5M, 1M, 0.5M
Update
After clicking, the device will be updated and restarted according to the above three configurations. After about ten seconds, the device will automatically reconnect.
6） OSD
Figure 2- 155 Software OSD
Controls whether to display lens magnification, pan tilt angle on the top left of the view.
7） Photoelectric pod
Figure 2- 16 Photoelectric pod
Table 2- 4 Photoelectric pod configuration
Parameter name
Default Parameters
explain
Working mode
Follow mode
It is divided into follow mode and lock mode. The default is follow mode, which is only used in UAV pod mode configuration
Display mode
White infrared
The screen display mode includes five display modes: white light infrared, infrared white, single white light, single infrared, and fusion
Color mode
White hot
It supports four pseudo color modes: white hot, black hot, blue hot and red hot, which are only used for thermal infrared devices
Digital zoom
1
Support 1,2,4,6,8x digital zoom configuration, only for thermal infrared devices
Local recording
ON
OFF means recording in the pod, and ON means recording on the PC
OSD
OFF
OSD display switch of photoelectric equipment
laser spot
100
The percentage of laser spot in the vertical range of the picture, which can be adjusted by the adaptive zoom lens, is only used for laser fill type equipment
Pitch angle setting
0
Manually input the specified pitch angle of the pod, which is only applicable to the Litso pod
Heading angle setting
0
Manually input the specified angle of the pod heading, which is only applicable to the Litso pod
Auto focus
open
Automatic focusing switch, manual focusing operation can be carried out when it is off
Algorithmic model
VIS model
It supports the switching between visible light model and thermal infrared model, and only supports the use of multi band cameras
8） Fusion
This part of the function is only applicable to the Littro dual spectrum camera.
9） Multiplication table update
Figure 2- 17 Multiplication table update
The magnification table types include visible light, infrared and laser. Click the file upload button to pop up the file selection interface. Select the corresponding update file to update the magnification table. Note: The suffix of magnification table file is txt. Do not close the system configuration interface during file upload, or the upload will stop.
10) Version and Language
Figure 2-18 Version and Language
It contains system version information.
The language supports simplified Chinese and English.
AI Restart: restart the device. After the restart, the software will automatically reconnect, which takes about 20 seconds.
Restore factory: reset the parameters in this interface to factory default parameters.
Firmware upgrade: The suffix of the firmware file is dev. The firmware upgrade process takes a long time. Do not close the system configuration interface during the upgrade process, or the upgrade will be interrupted.
2.5 PTZcontrol and video operation
2.5.1 Photography and video storage
Click button to activate photographing. If "local video recording" is selected, the photos are stored in the "image_normal" directory under the software installation directory.
Click to start video storage, and click again to end video storage. When the button is blue, it means that you are taking pictures.If you select "Local video recording", the video is stored in the "video_normal" directory under the software installation directory.If you want to play video with the player provided by the system, you need to install H264 decoder.
2.5.2 PTZ and lens control
This part of the menu includes lens zoom, PTZ zeroing, PTZ moving up, down, left, right and other controls, as shown in the following figure.
Figure 2- 18 PTZ and lens control button
The specific functions are described in the following table:
Table 2- 5 PTZ and lens control button
Button
Function description
Zoom lens out
Zoom lens in
Focus near
Focus far
The PTZ reset to zero position
PTZ move to vertical down, PTZ needs support this function
Upward movement
Downward movement
Moves to the left
moves to the right
Iris Control
2.5.3 Display control
This part of the menu includes PIP(picture in picture) switching and display control of interface buttons, as shown in the following figure.
Figure 2 - 20 Display Control Buttons
The specific functions are described in the following table:
Table 2-6 Display Control Buttons
Button
Function description
The display mode is divided into five types: visual in thermal, thermal in visual, full visual, full thermal and fusion mode. After selecting the display mode, the corresponding algorithm model will be automatically switched according to the display mode. It takes about 15 seconds to switch the algorithm model.
The device needs support this function.
After activation, hide all buttons.
2.6 Default Settings
The default parameters are shown in the following table.
Parameter name
Default Parameters
PTZ control
PTZ ID
1
Camera ID
1
Tracking control
Start frames
20
Max speed
20
Speed gradient
30
Difference
5
Integral
0
Manual speed
3
Object tracking
Buffer frame
80
Auto-zoom area
50
Min Obj focusing
10
Max Obj focusing
20
Target recapture interval
0
Auto-zoom
Off
Loss of follow-up
Off
Alarm and linkage
Intrusion alarm
Off
Equipment linkage
Off
Image Configuration
Resolution
1080P (This function is not configured after factory restoration)
Codec
H264 (This function is not configured after factory restoration)
Bit rate
4M (This function is not configured after factory restoration)
OSD
show
On
Photoelectric pod
Operating mode
Follow mode
display mode
White infrared
Pseudo color mode
White hot mode
Digital doubling
1
Local video recording
ON
AI-OSD
OFF
laser spot
100
Pitch angle setting
0
Heading angle setting
0
Auto focus
On
Algorithmic model
VIS model
Fusion
Restore to factory and do not configure this function
Version and language)
Version information
Restore to factory without operation
System language
Simplified Chinese (no operation after factory restoration)
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