Configuration of BOSCH Recording Station Web Server in Win7

One of the key benefits of Bosch Recording Station, are the flexible network access options including WAN support and unlimited remote receiver stations. By installing BRS’s web server you can connect to any recording station, view live or recorded videos and control PTZ cameras. To install BRS Web Server in Win7 follow the next steps.

Turn on feature Internet Information Services (IIS)

• Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features > Turn Windows features on or off 
• In Windows Features select the following features: 
• IIS Management Console (under Internet Information Services > Web Management Tools) 
• ASP.NET (under Internet Information Services > World Wide Web Services > Application Development Features) 
• Static Content (under Internet Information Services > World Wide Web Services > Common HTTP Features) 

Configure Default Web Site in IIS

• Control Panel > System and Security > Administrative Tools > Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager > Computer name (local computer) > Sites > Default Web Site > under Edit Site, click Basic Settings... 
• Click Select…. 
• In the Application pool box, select Classic .NET AppPool > OK 
• Under Physical path:, click …. 
• Select C:\Program Files\Bosch\Recording Station\Web\aspx > OK 
• The path is displayed in the Physical path box. 
• Click OK and close IIS Manager.

For other operating systems you can follow the steps from the Installation Guide.

Analog Video Processing and Enhancement

While digital video is the way to go today, analog video still has a strong place in the market. The signals high vulnerability along with the limited life span of its storage media, renders it technologically obsolete. Nevertheless a CCTV technician should still be able to cope with analog installation issues and problems. This week we had a chance to play around with various analog video enhancement devices. They can easily be inserted in the video chain line providing a minimum to excessive image manipulation, depending on sources quality and desired result. Here is a brief description of the equipment we used.

MoniVis - Visibility Enhancer by Monitron International

Boots in a choise of 525 or 625 TVL. Removes shading and lens flare giving a flatter, more even image. Brightnes, contrast, equalization controls. Blue haze, lens vignetting, white overload removal. Marker insertion for brightness, contrast and monitor linearity. Bypass switch. Designed to enhance visibility in fog, dust, lowlight, snow, smoke, subsea, etc.

Sony - XV-3000GA Video Enhancer

Two individual audio video inputs and outputs on RCA. Phase correction, sharpness enhancement and noise clipping. Bypass switch. Designed to restore signals phase shifts over long cable runs and remove any noise insertion.

Creator SC-190 Video Scaler

Signal converter and scaler, compatible with NTSC 3.58, NTSC 4.43, PAL and SECAM video. One S-Video input and one composite on RCA connector. One channel of VGA/SVGA/XGA output on RGBHV female BNCs and a parallel VGA output for simultaneous monitor viewing. Effectively transfers input video signals to output VGA signals without any interferences from the transferring signals. Various scaling options for better results.