General settings
Video
Setting | Description |
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Time based video playback restriction applied at |
This setting determines how long (in minutes) after video is recorded that a user can view the video in the Senstar Symphony Client. After the time elapses, the Senstar Symphony Server marks the video as restricted and a user requires the View Restricted Historical Video permission to view the restricted historical video. |
Storage
Setting | Description |
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Limit the number of days video is stored |
This setting determines whether the Senstar Symphony Server deletes video older than the set number of days. |
Keep metadata longer |
This setting determines whether the Senstar Symphony Server retains metadata from video for the set number of days after it deletes the video. |
Include all data |
This setting determines whether the Senstar Symphony Server retains all data (e.g. search results, images, etc.) for the set number of days. |
Maximum log storage in MB |
This setting determines the maximum size of log files. |
Video decorations
Setting | Description |
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Frame rate stats |
This setting determines whether the frame rate (in frames per second) appears in video. |
Frame rate variance |
This setting determines whether the frame rate variance decoration appears in the video. The frame rate variance decorations show how much the frame rate changes over the last 50 frames. |
Overlay camera name on video |
This setting determines whether the camera name appears in video. |
Overlay camera ID on video |
This setting determines whether the camera ID appears in video. |
Overlay logo on video |
This setting determines whether a custom logo appears in video. |
Decoration Text Color |
This setting determines the color of the text for decorations. |
Background sensitive |
This setting determines whether the text color for decorations automatically adjusts to the colors in the video to provide more contrast. |
Decoration Text Background |
This setting determines the color of the background for decoration text. |
Transparency |
This setting determines the transparency of the background for decoration text. |
Alarms
Setting | Description |
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No Aggregation |
Select to turn off alarm aggregation. |
Aggregate |
Select to aggregate alarms. |
Aggregate and Re-Alarm |
Select to aggregate alarms but to process each subsequent alarm as a new alarm. |
Aggregation Maximum Alarms |
Select to set the maximum number of alarms that can be included in an alarm aggregate. |
Aggregate Timeout |
Select to set how much time can elapse between alarms before new alarms are added to a new alarm aggregate. |
Acknowledgement Timeout |
Select to set how much time can elapse without marking an acknowledged alarm before it returns to an unacknowledged state. |
Audit
Setting | Description |
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Enable Audit |
This setting determines whether the Senstar Symphony Server logs events. |
Never archive audit |
This setting prevents the Senstar Symphony Server from archiving audits. |
Archive audit weekly |
This setting causes the Senstar Symphony Server to archive audits every week. |
Audit archive retention |
This setting determines how long (in days) the Senstar Symphony Server retains archived audits. |
SNMP
Setting | Description |
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Enable SNMP |
The setting determines whether SNMP is enabled. |
Data polling rate |
This setting determines how often (in seconds) the SNMP agent polls the Senstar Symphony Server for data. |
Footage size polling rate |
This setting determines how often (in seconds) the SNMP agent polls the Senstar Symphony Server for the size of video footage. |
Web Client
Setting | Description |
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Randomly redirect master server logins to other available servers in the farm |
This setting determines if the master Senstar Symphony Server redirects users to other servers in the server farm. This provides load balancing for the Senstar Symphony Web Client. |
Refresh rate |
This setting determines how often the Senstar Symphony Web Client updates information from the Senstar Symphony Server. |
Use an ICE Server |
This setting determines if you are using an ICE server with the Senstar Symphony Web Client. |
Type |
This setting determines what type of an ICE Server you are using, STUN or TURN. |
URL |
This setting is the URL of the ICE Server. |
Username |
This setting is the user name for the ICE Server. |
Password |
This setting is the password for the ICE Server. |
SMTP
Setting | Description |
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SMTP server |
This setting is the URL of the SMTP server. |
Use Secure Sockets Layer |
This setting determines whether the Senstar Symphony Server uses SSL for communication with the SMTP server. |
Sender email account |
This setting defines the email account that the Senstar Symphony Server uses to send email. |
SMTP server requires authentication |
This setting determines whether the SMTP requires authentication. |
Username |
This setting is the user name that the Senstar Symphony Server uses to authenticate with the SMTP server. |
Password |
This setting is the password that the Senstar Symphony Server uses to authenticate with the SMTP server. |
Send a test email to address |
This setting allows you to test the SMTP settings. Type an email address and click Send Test to send a test email. |
User Connections
Setting | Description |
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Do not allow more than one concurrent connection per user |
This setting determines if users can log in to more than one Senstar Symphony Server configuration interface concurrently per server farm. |
Automatically log out inactive Server Configuration users |
This setting determines if the Senstar Symphony Server automatically logs users out of the Senstar Symphony Server configuration interface after a period of inactivity. |
Minutes of Inactivity |
This setting determines the timeout period for the Senstar Symphony Server configuration interface. |
Farm Location
Setting | Description |
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GPS Latitude |
This is the latitudinal coordinate of the Senstar Symphony Server farm. |
GPS Longitude |
This is the longitudinal coordinate of the Senstar Symphony Server farm. |
Mobile Connections
Setting | Description |
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SSL Certificate |
This setting displays the SSL certificate that the Senstar Symphony Server uses to communicate with mobile devices. |
Mobile Port |
This setting determines the port that the Senstar Symphony Server uses to communicate with mobile devices. |
Video Proxy Port |
This setting determines the port that the Senstar Symphony Server uses for sending video to and retrieving video from mobile devices. |
Enable iOS Notifications |
This setting determines whether push notifications are enabled for iOS devices. |
SSL Certificate
Setting | Description |
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Password |
Type the password for the SSL certificate. |
File window |
Browse to the certificate file or drag the certificate file into this field to add the certificate to the Senstar Symphony Server. |
Features
Setting | Description |
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Enable Two Stage Alarm Processing |
Select this option to enable two-stage alarms in the Senstar Symphony Client. Two-stage alarm processing allows a user to acknowledge an alarm to claim the alarm before processing the alarm. |
Enable Two Stage Enhanced Alarm processing |
Select this option to enable two-stage enhanced alarms in the Senstar Symphony Client. Two-stage enhanced alarm processing allows a user with higher priority to acknowledge an alarm and claim it from a user with lower priority. This option is available when you enable two-stage alarm processing. |
Optional Alarm Comments |
Select this option to be able to reset an alarm without adding a comment to the alarm. This option is available when you enable two-stage enhanced alarm processing. |
Reason text field is optional for masking hardware nodes |
This option is available when you enable two-stage enhanced alarm processing. |
Require Integration State Change |
Select this option to require that the hardware node state changes before you can reset the alarm. This option requires that you resolve the issue with the hardware node before you are able to reset the alarm. This option is available when you enable two-stage enhanced alarm processing. |