From Doors.NET v5.0.0 onwards, Keri Systems offers a new Video Plug-and-Play option that replaces the previous Reflections™ video program. The feature allows you to add a multitude of camera models from several manufacturers. Once cameras are added to Doors.NET you can associate a camera with readers, inputs or outputs and trigger a live video stream from events generated from the linked hardware. For example, door forced events from a reader or input alarm events from a monitor point. Typically, the default camera settings can be used for streaming live video.

The older Reflections™ video program will be removed from the current Doors.NET installation should it be detected during a Doors.NET software upgrade process.

Notes: 
- If you wish to continue using the Reflections™ video client then Doors.NET v4.9.0 is the last available supported version.
- You must be running Doors.NET v5.1.0 (or later) before you can run the Video Plug and Play installer. The Video Plug and Play installer is NOT backwards compatible.

This document explains how to connect to a Digital Watchdog (DWD) server and to add an individual camera. Once an individual camera has been added you will then be able to select a different camera live stream (from the video display window) and also obtain the unique camera names of other cameras (which are connected to the server).

To setup the integration with a Digital Watchdog Server you will need:

1. The URL of the DWD server that the cameras are connected to.
   
2. The port number for connecting to the server (default is 7001).
   
3. Your username for connecting to the DWD server.
   
4. Your password for connecting to the DWD server.
   
5. The unique camera name for one of the cameras added to the server.

2.0 Notes About Video Recording

• There is no guarantee that recorded video exists at the camera for the Doors.NET event timestamp - some cameras are edge devices that may or not have an SD card for video storage or may not have recording enabled in the camera settings.
  
• The video recordings are NOT stored in the Doors.NET client - they are retrieved from the camera's recorded video storage location.
• Typically, video recordings are saved to the camera's SD card, to the NVR or a cloud source. Video recording is enabled and configured using the VMS or via a web browser.
  
• If the video source does have recorded video, the playback stream starts at the event time (controller time) - the pre event time (default is 10 seconds) and continues up to event time + post event (default 10 seconds). So a 20 second playback (+/- 10 seconds from event time) is the default configuration for the length of video clips.
  
• Doors.NET looks for the source of the video recordings - which may be either via an on-board SD card or the NVR or a cloud source.
  
• The video playback timestamp is provided by DNET either from Live Events, Reports, or History. The timestamp passed into the plugin is the controller time along with the pre and post event times setup for that camera. Each camera can have different values for pre and post.

3.0 Download the Video Plug and Play Installer

Note: to download the software from the www.kerisys.com you will need to create a free account on the site so you can log in with your user name and password.

1. Open a web browser, in the address field, enter www.kerisys.com.
2. At the top of the homepage you will see: "MEMBER LOGIN". Click this link.
3. Enter your username and password and log in.
4. You will be on the downloads screen.
5. Click the Software Downloads tile.
6. From the list of supporting software (in the download area), select the 'Doors.NET Video Plugin Installer' option.
   
   
   
   
7. Download the installation file to your PC.
   

4.0 Install Video Plug and Play

1. Locate the installation file (.exe) in your Downloads directory
   
2. Right click the installation file (and select Run as Administrator) to initialize the installer.
   
3. Click NEXT.
   
4. Read through and accept the license agreement.
   
5. Click NEXT.
   
6. Review the displayed information - this page displays which camera vendors are supported.
   
7. Click NEXT.
   
8. Review the folder where the plugin drivers will be installed. The default folder location is C:\Keri\DoorsNET
9. Click NEXT and NEXT again to begin the installation of the video plugin drivers.
   
10. All the video plugins will be installed within 60 seconds.
    
11. Click FINISH to complete the installation.

5.0 Add a Digital Watchdog Camera to Doors.NET

1. Log into the Doors.NET software.
   
2. Go to Setup >> Hardware Setup >> All.
   
3. Enable Advanced View if you do not see the Cameras node on the hardware tree.
   
4. Select Cameras on the hardware tree.
   
5. From the ribbon bar, click on ADD CAMERA.
   
6. From the Video Device drop-down menu, select Digital Watchdog.
   
7. Click ADD.
   
   
   
   
8. Select the 'New Camera' entry that will appear on the hardware tree.
   
9. The new camera properties will appear on the right.
   
10. For the server URL, enter the IP address for the Digital Watchdog server. For example: http://47.181.125.183
    
11. Enter your username for connecting to the server. For example: KeriDWD
    
12. Enter your password for connecting to the DWD server.
    
13. Enter the 'Camera Identifier' of one of the cameras connected to the server.
    
14. Enter the same name for the 'Camera Name'.
    
    
    

6.0 View Live Video

To view a live video stream from the camera you must associate the added camera with a hardware object (for example, a controller, reader, input or output).

The following steps explain how to associate a camera with a reader.

1. Navigate the hardware tree and select a reader.
2. The reader properties will be on the right.
3. Locate the Monitoring section at the bottom of the properties grid.
4. In the Video Camera setting select the camera from the drop-down list.
   
   
   
   
5. Save the reader settings.
6. Select a different hardware object on the hardware tree then click back on the configured reader.
7. You will now see a Live Video icon on the ribbon bar.
   
   
   
   
8. Click this icon.
9. The live video window will appear.
   
   
   
   
10. The live video stream will appear almost immediately. 
    

7.0 How to Retrieve Other Camera Names 

1. From the Select Camera drop-down menu, click the down arrow.
   
2. In the list you will see all the other cameras which are connected to this DWD server. 
   
   
   
   
3. Make a note of the name of any of the other cameras - as you can repeat the steps in section 5.0 to add more cameras to Doors.NET (and then associate these other cameras to hardware objects).
   

8.0 View a Different Camera Video Stream

1. From the Select Camera drop-down menu, select a different camera name.
   
2. Click the CHANGE CAMERA button.
   
3. The live video window will then display a video stream for the selected camera.
   
   
   

9.0 Display Live Video from an Alert

1. https://help.kerisys.com/portal/en/kb/articles/display-live-video-from-an-alert