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SOVA SEA&LAND
Video Surveillance

User Manual

Jul 2017
Document Version 1.3

Commercial in Confidence
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Table of Contents
1 What is Sova Sea&Land - Video Surveillance ................................................................................. 4
2 SOVA Login & login management ................................................................................................... 5
2.1 Login ........................................................................................................................................ 5
2.2 Login management .................................................................................................................. 5
3 User guide ....................................................................................................................................... 6
3.1 General control and system information ................................................................................ 6
Location .............................................................................................................................. 6
Main Control....................................................................................................................... 6
System Info ......................................................................................................................... 6
GUI Control ......................................................................................................................... 7
Settings ............................................................................................................................... 7
Panorama ........................................................................................................................... 7
Laser Range Finder ............................................................................................................. 8
Alarm Management ........................................................................................................... 8
3.2 MS Movement ......................................................................................................................... 9
PanTilt ................................................................................................................................. 9
3.3 Thermal camera..................................................................................................................... 10
Camera/Video .................................................................................................................. 10
Zoom/FOV ........................................................................................................................ 10
Focus................................................................................................................................. 10
Video Tracking .................................................................................................................. 11
Image Stabilization ........................................................................................................... 11
Extra functions.................................................................................................................. 11
Calibration ........................................................................................................................ 11
Digital Detail Enhancement (DDE).................................................................................... 12
Crisp (Sharpen) ................................................................................................................. 12
Image ................................................................................................................................ 13
Menu ................................................................................................................................ 13
3.4 Daylight camera..................................................................................................................... 14
Camera/Video .................................................................................................................. 14
Zoom/FOV ........................................................................................................................ 14
Zoom/FOV ........................................................................................................................ 14
Image (Advanced)............................................................................................................. 15
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Wide Dynamic Range ....................................................................................................... 15

Dynamic Noise Reduction ................................................................................................ 15
Extra functions.................................................................................................................. 16
3.5 Utils........................................................................................................................................ 17
Auto Patrol ....................................................................................................................... 17
Presets .............................................................................................................................. 17
3.6 IVA (Intelligent Video Analytics) ............................................................................................ 18
4 Joystick control ............................................................................................................................. 19
5 Glossary ........................................................................................................................................ 20
6 Support and Contact information................................................................................................. 21

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1 What is Sova Sea&Land - Video Surveillance

Sova Sea&Land - Video Surveillance is new Command and Control software application
mainly used for Border and Blue border protection, Coastal observation, Rescue service
and Global Security. It combines advantages of thermal and daylight cameras with support
of Laser Range Finder (LRF) equipment all mounted on 360° PanTilt (PT) units. All
equipment on a single location is referred to as a multisensor (MS).
Sova Sea&Land - Video Surveillance enables monitoring of multiple locations from a single
or multiple C&C.

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2 SOVA Login & login management

2.1 Login
When you start SOVA software you have login screen, for
logging of authorized users.

2.2 Login management

To access Login management menu, you have to
insert administrative credentials into login form
and press button “Edit Users”. New window will
open, where you can add/remove users, change
passwords and for each user set its permissions.

Permission levels are:

 Admin, which has full asses to system and it
can change configuration of the system.
 FullAccess, operator can control all
functionality of system, but is not allowed to
change configuration.
 ViewOnly, operator can only view image on
SOVA software.

For each user we can set which multi sensor

system they are not allowed to use, and with that
we can set each user different AOR (Area Of
Responsibility) or AOI (Area Of Interest).

NOTE: Some features in Sova Sea&Land - Video Surveillance are not supported on all
MS models.

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3 User guide
The application has a graphical user interface (GUI) which is split to four main areas.
- Video area
- General control and system information
- PanTilt control
- Thermal/daylight camera control with utilities

NOTE: Some features in Sova Sea&Land - Video Surveillance are not supported on all
MS models.

3.1 General control and system information

Location
Select the location for surveillance by choosing it from the locations dropdown list
control in the top-left corner.

Main Control
Main control buttons are located in the bottom-left corner.
Master/Slave: Sova Sea&Land - Video Surveillance needs to be
connected to the server (IPCom) to be able to control the
multisensor. If in master mode multisensor can be controlled and
If in slave mode only status data is being received.
Stop PT: Stops moving PT unit.
GIS: If control command is received from the GIS it must be
approved using the GIS button.
If button is yellow approval is pending.
If button is green GIS is allowed to control MS.

Joystick: Enables/disables the joystick to be used for control.

System Info
The system info panel is located in the bottom-right
corner. Information about angles (pan, tilt, camera
FOV and focus), CPE status (temperature and voltage)
and time is displayed.

NOTE: DL camera FOV is not represented as an angle on some MS models.

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GUI Control
The graphics user interface (GUI) can be controlled using the buttons on the Sova
Sea&Land - Video Surveillance panel in the bottom-right corner.

Exit Sova Sea&Land - Video Surveillance.

Minimize Sova Sea&Land - Video Surveillance to the taskbar.

Move Sova Sea&Land - Video Surveillance window to the next

monitor.

Open Settings.

Settings
In the Settings menu you can change basic
settings. With double clicking on the value
(blue text or green/red for True/False), you
can change it. If you messed up something,
you can still reset the settings to Factory
Defaults with the button
in the left bottom
corner of the Settings menu. When you
change the settings or reset them to
Factory Defaults, you need to restart the
program. You will be asked to do that when
you close the Settings menu with the
question:

Panorama

Panorama view with indicator of current MS orientation.

Before the panorama view creation is started MS must be oriented to the middle of
the desired panorama view. On start MS turns to the panorama’s most-left position
and continues to the most-right position while recording and concatenating the
images.

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Start the panorama view creation.

Using the track bar thumb MS can be turned to the desired position.

Laser Range Finder

Laser Range Finder measures the distance between the MS and the object we are
looking at.
Measure the distance.

Show last 10 measurements on map.

Hide measured distance.

Alarm Management

Turn On/Off alarms. If the function is turned on, the icon will
starts blinking when change is detected.

Mute alarms. If the function is turned on, every alarm will be

silent.

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3.2 MS Movement
PanTilt

Initialize PT unit. Some PT units needs to be initialized after the power cycle. If
this is the case the button is yellow.
If the button is red it means that MS is mounted on the mast which is not on
top. If this is the case MS is not operational.
Move the multisensor PT unit to its home position.

PT movement speed control.

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3.3 Thermal camera

Camera/Video
Live picture (green)/freeze picture

Create image from the current view. To open the

screenshots directory right-click the button and
select Open screenshots from the menu.

Thermal camera power on/off. For cameras with

cover it can be controlled by right-clicking the
button and selecting the up/down menu item.
Picture in Picture mode. With right mouse click you can enable Video Overlay.

Synchronized zoom: when zooming on one camera it is synchronized with the

zoom on the second camera. (Not supported on all models)

Zoom/FOV

Zoom to most-wide, middle or most narrow view.

Zoom out (wide), zoom in (narrow).

Electronic/digital zoom: out (wide) or in (narrow).

Focus

Focus near, focus far.

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Trigger auto-focus.

Video Tracking

Video Tracking functionality is used to track a moving object on the screen

with a PT unit support.
To initialize the Video Tracker click the Video Tracking button. The button becomes
green and the yellow rectangle appears on the screen.
If tracking is initialized with a mouse the rectangle follows the mouse cursor as long
as it is in the video stream area.
If tracking is initialized using the joystick the rectangle appears in the middle of the
video stream area. To start tracking using only the joystick object must be in the
middle of the video area (in the yellow square).
To start tracking the object click on it with a middle button of the mouse. The
tracking process starts and the yellow square becomes green. If the object is no
longer recognized the square becomes red.
To change the tracking object or to restart the tracking process click with a middle
mouse button on the video area. Rectangle becomes yellow and tracker is ready to
accept no tracking request.

NOTE: When object tracking is not needed turn the video tracker off. The tracking
process requires additional hardware resources and additional video stream from the
camera which leads to higher requirements for the network bandwidth.

NOTE: The same instructions apply to video tracking using DL camera.

Image Stabilization
Image Stabilization stabilizes the image and reduces blurring and shakes
associated with the motion of the Cameras and PanTilt unit.

Extra functions
Show crosshair in the center of the image.

Calibration

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NUC – when clicked, three options are available:

- Internal NUC: using the internal shutter (not supported

on all models)
- External NUC: using the external lens cover (not supported on all
models)
- Optical NUC: defocusing picture and trigger NUC. Before performing the
optical NUC direct the camera to the clear sky.

Working temperature range according the outdoor temperature (not

supported on all models):

- -20°C - +60°C
- -10°C - +30°C
- -40°C - 0°C

Adjustment mode (not all models support all modes):

- Automatic level (l-mode)

- Automatic level + span (ls-mode)
- Automatic level, span and histogram equalization (h-mode or histogram
mode)
- Automatic level and histogram equalization (lh-mode)
- Automatic histogram equalization (oh-mode or only histogram)
- DDE + automatic level and span (dde-mode)
- DDE + automatic level, span and histogram equalization (ddeh-mode)

Digital Detail Enhancement (DDE)

Digital picture sharpening (not supported on all models). Set

scale from 0 – 100% with Linear of Histogram filter. Default
value is 60%.

Crisp (Sharpen)

Crisp is an image enhancement function that sharpens edges in the scene (not
supported on all models).

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Image

Automatic image adjustment.

Manual image adjustment.

Invert picture (white/hot).

Turn on/off on-screen text.

Change the color palette.

HP: Turn on/off High Performance feature.

Test: Turn on/off test picture.

Menu

Control thermal camera menu

Enter button: Entering the menu of the thermal camera or accept selected
value.

Escape button: Exit the menu.

- Move up or increase value.

- Move left.
- Move down or decrease value.
- Move right.

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3.4 Daylight camera

Camera/Video
Live picture (green)/freeze picture

Create image from the current view. To open the

screenshots directory right-click the button and
select Open screenshots from the menu.

Daylight camera lens heating.

Picture in Picture mode. With right mouse click you can enable Video Overlay.

Synchronized zoom: when zooming on one camera it is synchronized with the

zoom on the second camera. (Not supported on all models)

Zoom/FOV

Zoom out (wide), zoom in (narrow).

Zoom Extender – digital zoom (x2) on/off.

Turn on/off slow or fast zoom.

Zoom/FOV

Focus near, focus far.

Trigger auto-focus.

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Image (Advanced)
Day/night mode: automatic

Day mode

Night mode

Iris: manual

Iris level

Iris: automatic with auto-iris level

BLC on/off

Wide Dynamic Range

Turn on/off Wide Dynamic Range

Display brightness level (Left is darker, right is

brighter)

Brightness compensation selection

Compensation level

Dynamic Noise Reduction

Turn on/off Dynamic Noise Reduction

Dynamic Noise Reduction level

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Extra functions

Night -> Day mode Threshold Level

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3.5 Utils

Auto Patrol
Using Auto Patrol user can record PT movement and create
path which can be later on played back.
Play selected Auto Patrol path.

Record Auto Patrol path.

Clear selected Auto Patrol path.

Presets
Using Presets user can record current position and some
camera settings into 20 presets which can be later quickly
accessed to move PT to desired position and set camera
settings or to play in a sequence.
Show/hide presets. User can store up to 20 presets per location. To store a
preset user must hold down the CTRL key on the keyboard and double-click

with the left mouse button on an area presenting an empty preset.

When a preset is stored the current picture is shown in a clicked preset area.
To recall a stored preset user must double-click with the left mouse button
on a stored preset.

NOTE: Some cameras doesn’t support presets for zoom and focus.

Start/stop auto patrol using presets. The pause in seconds between each
preset can be set using the numeric up-down control.

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3.6 IVA (Intelligent Video Analytics)

With IVA button, which can be found on day cam tab (DL) or thermal cam tab (TH). You
enable video analytics tab for day light or thermal camera.

On iVA tab you can setup 3 different detectors:

Object recognition detector

Background change detector

Movement detector

Click on the detector you want to activate, draw the area with your mouse and Confirm. If
you don’t select the area of detection, the whole image will be used for detection.
With trashcan button you can delete detector and with pencil button you can change
settings of detector, like sensitivity, classes or detection mode.

On top picture you can see Object detection in action. IVA detected vehicle on video screen
and draw blue square around it. If you define zones on screen system will automatically take
picture of screen and sound an alarm if detected object is in zone.
To use IVA to its full capabilities, understanding of the detectors is critical. Consult a separate
Intelligent video analytics manual for full understanding and configuration.

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4 Joystick control

Buttons assignments:
01 – Toggle cameras (TH/DL)
02 – Toggle life stream/pause
03 – Auto focus
04 – Toggle resets play/stop
05 – Optical NUC
11 – Zoom using Z-axis
12 – Focus using Z-axis

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5 Glossary
AIS – Automatic Identification System
C&C – Command and Control
DDE – Digital Detail Enhancement
DL – Daylight (camera)
FOV – Camera’s Field of View
GIS – Geographic Information System
GUI – Graphical User Interface
IVA - Intelligent Video Analytics
Level – In thermography level is the mid-point of the span.
LRF – Laser Range Finder
Map – a picture or chart that shows the different parts of an area
MOP – Mobile Observation Platform
MS – Multi Sensor (PT with payload – cameras, LRF …)
NUC – Non-Uniformity Correction
OBSP – Observation Platform
PiP – Picture in Picture
PT – PanTilt unit
Span – In thermography, Span refers to the difference between the high and low
temperature settings on an infrared image.
Surveillance platform – Platform used for observing and tracking targets and areas on the
map (includes MOPs and OBSPs)
TH – Thermal (camera)
UAV – Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
UI – User Interface

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6 Support and Contact information

For further information or technical support please contact:

Dat-Con d.o.o.
Cvetlična ulica 52
3313 Polzela
Slovenia

http://www.dat-con-defence.com/
http://www.dat-con.com/

info@dat-con.si

++386 3 7033 300

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