Author: Bhargav Atturu

Analytic Metadata Best Practices

With Artificial Intelligence being used more often users may notice a spike in the analytic metadata being processed and stored.  Here are our recommendations to manage this increase. Update exacqVision Server/Client Software Adjust Camera Settings Reduce DB retention period Disable Analytics Related Articles AESW-5987

CD/DVD Recorders and Disc Types

Many users have moved to transporting files via portable USB devices or cloud services. CD/DVDs are still often desired by those working with legal evidence or those in insurance and law enforcement due to their low cost and ability to be mailed or stored in flat file folders. Users with systems that do not have… Continue reading CD/DVD Recorders and Disc Types

Moving Eventpi.DB file to New Drive

*** INTERNAL USE *** Description  We have found that event links based on triggers from AI Object Classification events flood the eventPI database resulting in the OS drive being filled in a short amount of time. Periodic unexpected crashes, system reboots and increased memory usage have resulted. This happens when the amount of AI metadata… Continue reading Moving Eventpi.DB file to New Drive

Artificial Intelligence Object Classification Event Triggers Filling OS Drive

Description  We have found that event links based on triggers from AI Object Classification events flood the eventPI database resulting in the OS drive being filled in a short amount of time. Periodic unexpected crashes, system reboots and increased memory usage have resulted. This happens when the amount of AI metadata captured in the eventPI… Continue reading Artificial Intelligence Object Classification Event Triggers Filling OS Drive

Time Triggers Activate On Wrong Day

Description Event Linking Time Triggers using custom days of the week are activating on the wrong day.  They are triggering 1 day earlier so events set for Saturday are triggering on Friday and so on. Tested Version Steps To Reproduce Expected Results  Actual Results  Solution NOTE: Fix will be available in exacqVision Server version 23.06… Continue reading Time Triggers Activate On Wrong Day

System Unexpectedly Reboots Into Recovery Mode Then Enters Factory Restore

Issue When system reboots and boots up to recovery mode it selects “Factory Capture” by default leading the system to commit a full factory restore upon pressing “enter”. Solution Windows <br> Linux System The file at ‘/boot/efi/EFI/BOOT/refind.conf’ will need to be edited in the same way it is for the Windows instructions. Instead we would… Continue reading System Unexpectedly Reboots Into Recovery Mode Then Enters Factory Restore

Explaining NTP

Time synchronization is an often overlooked concept in computer networking. The Network Time Protocol, also just shortened to NTP, is a network protocol and standard that allows distributed computers to synchronize their time. Why is this important? Keeping proper time on computers, particularly when dealing with several computers communicating with each other, is important for… Continue reading Explaining NTP

Support Portal Articles – Best Practices

Template See: Support Portal Knowledge Base Articles – Creation Template <br> Guidelines Special Tags In addition to standard tagging the following specific tags control the exposure level of the post to various user groups on the support portal. <br> Standardized Spellings for Articles <br>

How To Crop Exported Video for Privacy

Support for cropping exported video was added in ExacqVision Desktop Client 7.8. The following steps require Client 7.8 or higher. If video is exported that contains some relevant content but also contains content that should not be distributed due to privacy concerns, it is possible to crop the exported video to specific dimensions that will… Continue reading How To Crop Exported Video for Privacy