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User's Guide Synology Transactions User's Guide Surveillance Station 8.0.0 and above 1 - Synology RS4021xs | Transactions in Surveillance Station 8.1.0 and above - Page 2
Guides and Developer Guides. Got a problem and unable to find the solution in our official documentation? Search hundreds of answers by users and support staff in Synology Community or reach Synology Support 26 Authentication API format API method list API error code Examples Troubleshoot 32 - Synology RS4021xs | Transactions in Surveillance Station 8.1.0 and above - Page 3
and effort matching recorded transaction text with relevant video footage. Synology offers a solution to this challenge by introducing the integration of Station provides a general raw data receiving interface. Aside from supporting common transaction devices such as POS (Point-of-Sales) devices - Synology RS4021xs | Transactions in Surveillance Station 8.1.0 and above - Page 4
. For more information on AXIS Barcode Reader, please refer to the FAQ in the Synology official website. License One transaction device will be counted as one device when calculating the maximum number of supported devices for each NAS model, however two device licenses will be required to set up - Synology RS4021xs | Transactions in Surveillance Station 8.1.0 and above - Page 5
devices in Surveillance Station, and contains complete instructions for hardware and software installation. Connect Transaction traditional transaction devices only provide COM ports for data transmission. Selected Synology NVR devices also provide you the option to transmit data to Surveillance - Synology RS4021xs | Transactions in Surveillance Station 8.1.0 and above - Page 6
Synology NVR models provide COM port interface (e.g. NVR1218). Add Transaction Devices in Surveillance Station The following steps demonstrate how to add transaction devices in Surveillance Station if your device is able to properly connect to Surveillance Station. Enable Transactions service - Synology RS4021xs | Transactions in Surveillance Station 8.1.0 and above - Page 7
Installation Set up the connection type of transaction devices Launch the Transactions application and choose to add a transaction device. In the Add Transaction Device Wizard window, you can determine the connection type of your transaction device. There are three options provided, TCP, Serial Port - Synology RS4021xs | Transactions in Surveillance Station 8.1.0 and above - Page 8
. These are only used to detect whether the device is still active or not. Surveillance Station receives raw data from the device via the WebAPI Synology provided. For more information, please refer to Chapter 6: Send Transactions Using WebAPI. 07 - Synology RS4021xs | Transactions in Surveillance Station 8.1.0 and above - Page 9
After completing the connection settings, you can click Next to set up parsing rules for the received raw data if you have selected TCP or Serial port for your device. Data Definition The following steps only apply to setting up filter rules for raw data over TCP and Serial Port connection. If - Synology RS4021xs | Transactions in Surveillance Station 8.1.0 and above - Page 10
in the Live View application. Video images of the paired camera during transactions will be automatically recorded and stored. If you enable the CMS service in Surveillance Station, the paired camera must be on the local server. If you choose not to pair a camera, the data receiving function will - Synology RS4021xs | Transactions in Surveillance Station 8.1.0 and above - Page 11
3. After all the settings are finished, click Finish to complete the setup process. After completing the setup, you can go to Transactions > Device, select a device and click on the play button to preview. Installation User-defined events After you have added a transaction - Synology RS4021xs | Transactions in Surveillance Station 8.1.0 and above - Page 12
Surveillance Station provides five sets of events for users to set up. Matching Type can be set as Plain text or Regular Expression. Plain text means normal strings and Regular Expression refers to the regular expression mentioned in Data definition. Note that the strings are matched based on the - Synology RS4021xs | Transactions in Surveillance Station 8.1.0 and above - Page 13
3. Start of transaction, End of transaction, and Canceling of transaction corresponds to the settings in the Data Definition page. You can choose which of these you would like to omit in Live View and Historical Record. Installation 4. If the strings you want to omit is defined in regular - Synology RS4021xs | Transactions in Surveillance Station 8.1.0 and above - Page 14
you select On receiving next transaction, the on-screen display text will be cleared upon the start of a new transaction If you select On receiving instruction, an additional text field will appear under Clear method, and in this field you can customize - Synology RS4021xs | Transactions in Surveillance Station 8.1.0 and above - Page 15
8. Once the instructions you have set up has been received, the transaction data on screen will be cleared immediately. Installation Delete Transaction Devices Please refer to the following - Synology RS4021xs | Transactions in Surveillance Station 8.1.0 and above - Page 16
2. If you choose to keep all transactions, the deleted transaction device will remain on the transaction device list, but the status will be marked as Deleted. Installation 15 - Synology RS4021xs | Transactions in Surveillance Station 8.1.0 and above - Page 17
Transactions historical records View Historical Records Please refer to the following to view historical records. 1. Go to Transactions > Historical Records to review the transaction records generated by your devices. You can do the following in the Historical Records tab: • Lock: Click the Lock - Synology RS4021xs | Transactions in Surveillance Station 8.1.0 and above - Page 18
Transactions historical records 5. For the devices that are not paired with cameras, a 5 second long video with a default image with text overlaid will be played. 17 - Synology RS4021xs | Transactions in Surveillance Station 8.1.0 and above - Page 19
6. For devices that are paired with cameras, the video clip during the transaction will be played. Transactions historical records 7. The length of the recorded video is determined by Pre-recording time and Post-recording time of the paired camera, you can adjust the settings in IP Camera > Edit > - Synology RS4021xs | Transactions in Surveillance Station 8.1.0 and above - Page 20
Transactions historical records Set up Archive Settings You can set up rotating rules, including the number of days to keep logs and video clips, the maximum transaction record size to be kept, and whether to delete transaction records automatically under the Rotation Rules section in the Archive - Synology RS4021xs | Transactions in Surveillance Station 8.1.0 and above - Page 21
Applications Transaction devices added in Surveillance Station can interact with other applications in Surveillance Station to provide more useful functions. This chapter introduces how to set up the transaction device settings in other applications. Live View Users can include transaction devices - Synology RS4021xs | Transactions in Surveillance Station 8.1.0 and above - Page 22
the Add button to add more events. You can see detailed information under the List tab in Action Rule after finishing the action rule setup. Notification You can set up transaction events in the Settings tab of the Notification application in order to send real-time notifications to managers or - Synology RS4021xs | Transactions in Surveillance Station 8.1.0 and above - Page 23
You can go to Notification > Settings, select an event and click the Edit Schedule button to specify the notification schedule for each transaction device. Applications 22 - Synology RS4021xs | Transactions in Surveillance Station 8.1.0 and above - Page 24
Transaction privilege Transaction privilege This chapter will introduce the privilege settings of Transactions. Please note that the each user privilege settings of Transactions are applied to all transaction devices, not individual devices. Manager Go to Users, select a Manager user and click the - Synology RS4021xs | Transactions in Surveillance Station 8.1.0 and above - Page 25
Spectator Go to Users, select a Spectator user and click the Privilege button. Then go to the Advanced tab to adjust the following privilege settings for Transactions: • View transactions: The privilege to view transactions. If users do not have this privilege, they will not be able to use the - Synology RS4021xs | Transactions in Surveillance Station 8.1.0 and above - Page 26
If you do not have privileges to play back recordings of the paired camera, the default image will be shown for the thumbnails in the list in Historical Records and Transaction Player. However, not having privileges to the paired camera will not affect receiving, displaying, and recording of - Synology RS4021xs | Transactions in Surveillance Station 8.1.0 and above - Page 27
by Surveillance Station. In this chapter, we will provide detailed instructions on how to use Surveillance Station WebAPI to transmit data. server. Authentication Authentication is required before using any WebAPI provided by Synology. For more information on the login process, please refer to - Synology RS4021xs | Transactions in Surveillance Station 8.1.0 and above - Page 28
Send Transactions Using WebAPI API method list Surveillance Station provides four methods to handle the transaction transmission. Insert This method is used to insert a complete transaction into Surveillance Station. • Request Parameter dsName deviceName content format timestamp account password - Synology RS4021xs | Transactions in Surveillance Station 8.1.0 and above - Page 29
Send Transactions Using WebAPI Cancel This method is used to cancel a session with the ID specified in sessionId. A session will end and a transaction labeled as Canceled will be generated after this request has been sent. Any data carried by the AppendData method with the same sessionId afterwards - Synology RS4021xs | Transactions in Surveillance Station 8.1.0 and above - Page 30
AppendData This method is used to carry data into the session with the ID specified in sessionId. • Request: Parameter dsName deviceName sessionId content timestamp account password Description Optional. The name of the CMS recording server which the transaction device is on. Value , i.e. - Synology RS4021xs | Transactions in Surveillance Station 8.1.0 and above - Page 31
Illegal parameters Operation failed means the system is in an abnormal status. Please confirm that the Transactions service is enabled in the Add-ons application. If the service has been enabled, please try to restart Surveillance Station. Several reasons can cause Illegal parameters, here are - Synology RS4021xs | Transactions in Surveillance Station 8.1.0 and above - Page 32
Note: • If your Synology NAS is a CMS Host server, you can specify dsName to designate a CMS recording server which the transaction device is on. If dsName is not specified, - Synology RS4021xs | Transactions in Surveillance Station 8.1.0 and above - Page 33
Troubleshoot Why is my device always disconnected? If your device was connected using TCP or WebAPI, please make sure your device is still camera and click Edit. Please make sure the Disable recording and rotation checkbox is not ticked in the Advanced tab in Recording Settings. Troubleshoot 32 - Synology RS4021xs | Transactions in Surveillance Station 8.1.0 and above - Page 34
correctly on selected applications, then the other applications might have some issues. Please contact Synology support to solve this problem. If the user-define event is not triggered on all the applications, please go must occur at the end of a word Skips match for the pattern abc 33 Troubleshoot - Synology RS4021xs | Transactions in Surveillance Station 8.1.0 and above - Page 35
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