Script devices – VBrick Systems ETHERNETV V4.4.3 User Manual

Page 71

Advertising
background image

Global Settings

ETV Portal Server Admin Guide

59

can use an external time server. In order to run the

Net time

command on either server, the

server must be on the domain, and the user logged onto the server must have admin
privileges and be part of the domain.

T

To synchronize the Portal Server and the NVR use the following command:

Open a command prompt on the Portal Server and type:

Net time \\{NVR IP Address} /SET

Script Devices

Script devices work with scripts and can be used to control VBricks, or other devices
attached to a VBrick via the serial port. In order to use a script, the device (a VBrick, IP
Receiver, camera, VCR, etc.) must be defined in the Portal Server database as a script device.
Once defined, they can be subsequently controlled by a script (see Scripts on page 60)
launched from the Portal Server Scheduler. A script device must be physically connected to
the network and must be available at the runtime of a scheduled event. For example, PTZ
cameras respond to pan, tilt, and zoom commands. Once defined as a script device, pan,
zoom, and tilt commands can be scripted and executed from ETV Portal Server to control
the movement of the camera at a specific date, time, and recurrence.

T

To add a Script Device configuration:

1. Go to

Global Settings > Script Devices

.

2. Select

Add Script Devices

and click

Submit

.

Note You can also write a script (launched from the Portal Server) that uses TCP/IP to

communicate with any compatible device on the network. Contact VBrick Support
Services for
more information.

Advertising