Stirlitz Media

Monitor application – NOC console

IPMV Monitor is a dedicated application for NOC and remote operators.

It connects to one or multiple IPMV systems and collect and present all active and recent alarms

Multiple instances of IPMV Monitor can run at the same time in different locations connected to different IPMV servers.

1. Configure Access key and Api output (type: monitor) as described here – section ‘Alarms WebAPI’

2. Add alarm conditions and connect them to API output

In the IP Multiviewer Configuration,

  • Select station(s)
  • Go to Alarms Conditions tab
  • Create new Alarm Condition or edit existing one, connect it to created Api output (at bottom of the condition configuration screen)
  • If required – repeat for other stations and Alarm Conditions
  • Click Save and Apply current configuration to the screens to save changes

IPMV Monitor installation and setup

  • Extract software package provided by Stirlitz Media
  • In the extracted folder, using text editor edit monitorServers.ini.example file. Provide URL of IPMultiviewer(s) you want to monitor with their API access keys.
  • Save the file as monitorServers.ini

Using IPMultiviewer Monitor

To start IPMultiviewer Monitor, run Multiviewer-Monitor.exe from “bin” subfolder.

Monitor interface is a simple list of active and recent alarms from connected IP Multiviewer(s).
Active alarms are blinking red and can give audible notifications (if enabled).

Click an item on the list to see 1 fps preview from the selected source. Click it again to hide.

Accept/Roger – confirms that operator have seen the alarm. Accepted alarms are not blinking and audible alarm is disabled – for the time specified in Monitor configuration. Alarms can be accepted one by one on the list, or all at once with Accept/Roger all button.
Prime/Fixed – confirms that the problem which triggered alarm was fixed, and no alarm is expected. When the same error will happen again, Monitor will show it as active error again – including visual and audible alarms. Alarms can be primed one by one, or all with Prime/Fixed all button.
History – opens a window with history of alarms (saved by the Monitor while it was running)
Minimize – hides Monitor application to system tray. When new alarm will occur, Monitor will pop up on the screen.
Options – opens configuration menu:

  • Repeat new active alarms after n minutes – when accepted, active alarm will start blinking and making noise after n minutes
  • Show inactive accepted alarms for n minutes – if the alarms is accepted and inactive it will disappear from the screen after n minutes
  • Automatically prime accepted alarms after n minutes – accepted alarms are considered as fixed after n minutes
  • Prime accepted alarms when the alarm ceases – when checked, if the accepted alarms becomes inactive, it will be automatically set as prime/fixed
  • Speech enabled – when checked, new alarms are announced with synthesized voice, same way as it is presented in IP Multiviewer
  • Continuous beep – when checked, new alarms are announced with continuous tone
  • Detailed status – when checked, more information about each alarm is showed
  • Big alarm font – when checked, larger font size is used