AVE VSI-Pro Max Appendix O POS & Cctv Applications, PTZ Control, Access Control Panels

APPENDIX O POS & CCTV APPLICATIONS

PTZ Control

Trigger Text not only sends out printable data for the user to be notified visually or markers for the DVR Text Search function but also can send out special Control Characters or Escape Sequences. PTZ commands for homing to preset positions are very common. When using a PTZ dome to monitor more than one POS / Cash Register the VSI- Pro Max can be programmed to send out a homing preset string via RS-485 to the PTZ controller upon an exception. Therefore the dome will then home to that particular register and view the exception in progress. Multiple VSI-Pro Max can be paralleled on the RS-485 since in the recieve mode until the exception occurs.

In gasoline or petrol stations the same function is very useful. One PTZ can cover several pumps. When a customer slides his credit card or activates the pump the VSI-Pro Max can send out the homing preset string for the PTZ and capture images of the user and vehicle for every transaction. This will allow close up images of each transaction from one camera rather than many fixed cameras.

Cash Drawers, Safes and Security Doors

The RTS Alarm Input can be programmed to be a generic Hard Alarm input. This can be connected to a Cash Drawer and alarmed when the drawer is open. With the RTS Alarm Delay feature a time can be programmed to wait for this alarm to be true longer than that time and then trigger the alarm. This is very powerful to detect when cash drawers or safes are open for an excessive amount of time which is indicative of theft practices.

The RTS Alarm input can also be connected to entry and exit doors and generate alarm conditions when the door open too long. This in conjunction with the Trigger Text can send specific text data to the DVR upon this condition so later the DVR database can be searched for such events. Therefore hard alarms in conjunction with user pro- grammed data strings provide powerful search criteria for exceptional events.

Access Control Panels

The VSI-Pro Max can be connected to read the data coming directly from an access control panel or to the server. The VSI-Pro Max has RS-485 or RS-422 compatibility along with RS-232 in passive mode which can be connected in parallel with most access panels with no effect on transmission to the server. The VSI-Pro Max can then pro- grammed for a specific user ID and generate alarm or exception conditions and alerts when they enter. It also can deliver an e-journal of all entries directly to the database of the AVE DVRs and then later search directly to a user name or specific Time & Date.

VMD and Cash Registers

In a normal check out lane if motion is detected in the customer area but no motion in the clerk area this is a potential problem. If this exists and the cash drawer is opened or a transaction is detected by the VSI-Pro Max then this is indicative of a theft. Many VMDs like the DigiSpec DS1-PL has logic on the alarm input to the VMD so it can be connected in series with the VSI-Pro Max alarm output functions detecting cash drawer open or transactions being entered. Therefore a single camera with this type of VMD can detect motion in several areas independently with one camera view and combined with the VSI-Pro Max to detect these types of situations.

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VSI-Pro Max POS / Cash Register Interface

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