Setting up IC Realtime Control4 Drivers

Background

• IC Realtime Control4 drivers are developed by Janus Technology. The Newest Drivers can be downloaded by contacting IC Realtime technical support or by clicking this download link. 
• IP Cameras should be set up on a switch on the local network with a static IP and not utilizing the built-in POE ports of NVRs. Streaming directly from the NVR IP is not supported
• NVR drivers provide local GUI control, not streaming.
• For streaming, an IPC/ PTZ driver must be added for each desired channel on the NVR.
• These instructions are intended for certified Control4 Installers. 
• IPC Driver -Provides streaming for IP cameras.
  • Documentation describing capabilities and limitations can be found here.
• PTZ Driver -Provides streaming and PTZ control for PTZ IP cameras.
  • Documentation describing capabilities and limitations can be found here.
• NVR Driver -Provides control for NVR local output (HDMI/ VGA) as well as toggle and navigate local Plyaback Menu. 
  • Documentation describing capabilities and limitations can be found here.

 

Adding Drivers to Composer (SDDP)

1) Open Composer and navigate to System Design. Under the Items section, click on the Discovered Tab.

2) SDDP-compatible devices will be found on the list. You can right-click on a device and select Info to view details such as the associated driver, version and driver creator. Make sure the driver creator is Janus Technology.

You can double-click or right-click on a device and select Add to Project 
to add the driver to your project. 

Adding Drivers to Composer (Manual Add)

1) Any downloaded IC Realtime drivers for Control 4 should be placed in This PC > Documents > Contro4 > Drivers folder.

2) Open Composer. In System Design, select the "Search" tab under Items. Check the "Local" box only, and the drivers in the PC (from the location shown in the previous step) will populate.

You can double-click or right-click on a device and select Add to Project 
to add the driver to your project. 

Setup (IPC/PTZ)

The IP and PTZ Drivers provide streaming and PTZ control support. 

1) Add an IPC/ PTZ driver to Composer. Add one instance of the IPC/ PTZ driver into your project per device.

2) For IPC and PTZ drivers, ensure the proper information is entered correctly under the Properties tab. This includes the login credentials for the device as well as any HTTP/ RTSP port information if it is not the default value. You may need to change the authentication type from Digest to Basic for older devices. Click on "Set" to save the parameters.

3) Go to Connections, then click on the Network tab. Double Click the IPC/ PTZ driver and fill in the correct IP address. Click on Next when finished, then Close.

• For any IPC/ PTZ drivers added that is also a channel on an added NVR, set the proper channel property under configuration in the Properties tab. Multi-lens cameras are not supported.
• If being used as a standalone camera without an NVR, ensure that the channel property is set to 1. Also, check that the Inter-Driver Management connection is NOT bound to anything. In this case, alarms will be received directly from the physical camera device (rather than an NVR).

3) Once the proper information is entered and saved, double-click on the driver under System Design to preview the camera. 

Note: For PTZ movement, pressing a directional or zoom button will continuously perform the function until the is pressed to stop the action.

Setup (NVR)

The NVR drivers provide local interface control and utilize the camera events for programming. It is recommended first to add the camera drivers before the NVR driver.

Note: For NVR OSD control, you will need to enable “Anonymous GUI Playback” under Main Menu>
Advanced Settings> Network > Security> System Service. This option is only available on the local interface.
This feature is only available on some recorders with 4.0 GUI firmware. Only the Elite family
firmware NVRs support the file-based playback features (build date of 2021-10-28 or newer).

For NVRs without this feature, it is recommended to set "Autologout/ Logout Time" to "0" under Settings > Advanced Settings > System Operation > General. 

1) Double-click on an NVR driver to add it to Composer.

2) Fill in the proper information  (username and password) under the Properties tab.

3) Go to Connections, then click on the Network tab. Double Click the NVR driver and fill in the correct IP address. Click on Next when finished, then Close.

4) Any added camera drivers that are also added channels to the NVR should be set up with Inter-Driver Management.  If an NVR is already added to the project or an NVR driver is added later, the cameras will automatically bind to the NVR Inter-Driver Communication. Keep this in mind for any standalone cameras, as you may need to unbind it from the NVR.

Note that if an NVR driver is added to the project, all cameras currently in the project and any new ones added will automatically connect to the NVR Inter-Driver Communication.

Note: This step assumes the necessary IPC/ PTZs drivers are already added to Composer. 

A) Go to System Design. Select the Camera(s) you want to connect to the NVR's Inter-Driver Management. Under Advanced Properties > Properties, Set the Channel to the appropriate channel on the NVR that the camera is connected to.

B) Go to the Connections section, then click the Control/AV tab. Select the NVR.

C) Click on Inter-Driver Management under the Control & Audio Video Connections section. All available camera drivers will be shown in the bottom section.

D) Drag and Drop Inter-Driver Management (under Control Outputs) to each of the appropriate cameras in the bottom to bind the cameras to the NVR driver.  This will allow the NVR to receive the IPC/ PTZ events.