iDomain

iDomain is iCatcher's system for grouping Console systems together and providing a unified monitoring system from any single point. On large systems where management of CCTV cameras must be split across 2 or more servers, iDomain serves to allow viewing of feeds on another Console system.

To use iDomain, each participating Console system must have its Web Server enabled and configured to allow access. If required, a separate user can be set up on the source Console for iDomain use that has viewing and playback permissions for all feeds.

On the main Console you can add a secondary Console by right-clicking on iDomain, and selecting Add new Remote Console. You will be asked for a name such as a server name or location. This field is arbitrary and can be anything you like.

For the URL field, you will need to enter the address of the remote Console as you would to access the Console via a web browser. If the remote Console will be accessed from multiple locations using different addresses, you can specify a fall back URL for when the first is not available. The URLs should not contain any authentication details itself, as these can be set via the following fields.

If authentication is required, you can choose to use the credentials of the user currently logged in to the Main Console, or you can use separate specific credentials if necessary.

The Video Streaming Protocol can be set to Motion JPEG (for quality), iPEG (for low bandwidth), or H.264 (for fast live video where appropriate). When selecting H.264 you can also specify the protocol to use for non H.264 remote feeds. The update rate defaults to 150ms which gives a rough frame rate of 5 frames per second. Note that this is independent of any rate the feed may be processed or recorded at the secondary Console.

Remote Consoles can also be monitored to show their status in the feed tree and send an admin alert when the state changes. This requires the other Console to be 4.2 or newer.

Monitored remote consoles can also be configured to send and receive events between themselves for easier monitoring of motion and can have actions performed when specific events are received.

iDomain Server Options

Once the iDomain server is added, you can right-click on it in the main window to access several options, including renaming and deleting of the server. If you need to change the server address, authentication details, video compression or update rate you can do so via Properties.

• Show web view Loads the iDomain server into a web browser at the live view page
• Playback Loads the iDomain server into a web browser at the playback page
• Close All Closes any windows open to a feed on the iDomain server

When feeds are shown under the iDomain server, you can right-click on the feed and select Show Feed to open a window containing a live view, Playback to open a window containing a playback browser, or Close to close any open windows associated with that feed.

Remote I/O devices also allow you to view and control their state by right clicking, or double clicking to toggle.