IPVIDEO HALO Smart Sensor User Guide

IPVIDEO HALO Smart Sensor

Introduction

The HALO Smart Sensor is an intelligent device that monitors its environment. It can be used in various locations, including areas where privacy is a concern and security cameras aren’t appropriate.

Managing Your HALO Sensors with the HALO Device

Manager
The HALO Device Manager (HDM) helps you configure and manage your HALO Smart Sensors on your network. HDM enables you to:

• discover HALO sensors on your network
• install and update firmware
• apply configuration changes
• back up device settings
• view device status

If you need to manage multiple sites and generate detailed reports, explore the HALO Cloud Portal:
https://halodetect.com/product-info/halo-cloud

Setting up HDM

Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure:

1. HDM has been installed:
   1. Download HDM from the IPVideo website: https://halodetect.com/resources/halo-firmware/
   2. Run the installation file.
   3. Open HDM by double-clicking the HALO Device Manager icon.
   4. Accept the End User License Agreement (EULA).
2. One or more HALO Smart Sensors are connected to a standard office network.
3. You have followed the HALO Installation Procedure and verified each device is working and properly connected.

Network Requirements
Ideally, your network should have a DHCP server to automatically assign IP addresses to your HALO sensors.
If a DHCP server isn’t available, HDM can locate HALO sensors using APIPA (Automatic Private IP Addressing) on a local network.
If you’re using static IP addresses, you’ll need the:

1. subnet mask
2. gateway address
3. DNS address

Computer
A Windows 10 (or newer) PC connected to the same network, with the Chrome web browser installed.

Finding Your HALO Smart Sensors

1. Open HDM by double-clicking the HALO Device Manager icon. The window can be resized and moved as needed; your settings will be saved for future use.
2. Search for HALO sensors by:
   1. Device Scan, to search searches the same network your PC is connected to.
   2. IP Scan, to search a custom range of IP addresses on your local network. This is useful for searching specific parts of your network.
   3. IPv6 Scan, to search for devices using IPv6 addresses on your local network.

First-Time Setup

HDM is the easiest way to set up multiple HALO sensors at once. You can set up individual HALO sensors by entering their IP address in a Chrome web browser, as explained in the Administrator Manual (available at: https://halodetect.com/resources/manuals-guides/).

To set up multiple devices using HDM:

1. Click Devices > Device Scan. Once the scan is complete, any HALO sensors that haven’t been set up yet appear in blue text. The First-Time Setup tab also appears.
2. Click First-Time Setup. The User setup dialog box appears.
3. Create a user account for the selected HALO sensors. The same username and password will be used for all the selected devices.
4. Enter the following for each selected HALO sensor:
   • Device Name, give your HALO sensor a descriptive name.
   • Timezone: select the timezone in which the HALO sensor is located from the menu.
   • Country, select the country where the HALO sensor is located from the menu.
5. Review and accept the legal agreements. The End User License Agreement is in the left pane of the dialog box and the Privacy Policy is in the right pane. Carefully review both documents and enter your Name, Organization, Email, and Phone number.
6. Click OK. The HDM restarts the selected HALO sensors. While the sensors are restarting, the status may display as “running, not ready.” This is normal. The status changes to “connected” once the sensors are back online and communicating with HDM using the new credentials.

Working with Device Lists

HDM lets you create, save and load lists of your HALO sensors, making them easier to manage.

To save a Device List:

1. Click File > Save Device List.
2. Choose where you want to save the file and give it a name, ensuring you keep the .hlo extension. By default, the file will be saved as list.hlo in C:\Users\<userid>\AppData\Local\HaloDevMan. HDM will remember where you saved it for next time.
3. Click Save. You can share this file with other computers, but for security reasons, usernames and passwords won’t be included.
   To load a Device List:
   1. Click File > Load Device List.
   2. Browse to find and select the .hlo file you want to load.
   3. Click Open.This loads an encrypted list of all the HALO sensors in that file, including their usernames and passwords (if the file was created on the same computer).

Customizing Your View
You can choose which information about your HALO sensors is displayed in HDM:

Saving a View:

1. Click View.
2. Select the columns you want to see.
3. Click File > Save View to save your current column selections. Files are saved with a .col extension.Loading a View:
   1. Click File > Load View.
   2. Browse to find and select a previously saved view.
   3. Click Open.

Accessing Downloaded Files
To view saved files downloaded from your HALO sensors, such as configuration backups:

1. Click File > View Downloads.
2. Browse to find and select the file you want to view.
3. Click Open.
   In the current version of HDM, the downloads folder is located in:
   C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\HaloDevMan\Downloads.

IMPORTANT
If you upgraded from an older version of HDM (2.6.7 or earlier), your saved profile data may be saved in C:\Users\<username>\Documents\HaloDevMan|Downloads You can copy any files in that folder to the new location to use with the latest version of HDM.)

Finding and Managing Your HALO Sensors

The Devices menu helps you find and manage the HALO Smart Sensors on your network.

To search for HALO sensors on your network, use:

• Device Scan. This is the quickest way to find HALOs on your local network. It doesn’t search across different subnets and returns IPv4 addresses.
• IP Scan. This enables you to search a specific range of IP addresses. You need to provide the starting IP address and the number of addresses to scan. This method can search across different parts of your network, so it’s best to specify only the range you need.
• IPv6 Scan. This scan is similar to the Device Scan, but it searches for HALOs using IPv6 addresses.

To search for a single device:

1. Click Devices > Add Device.
2. In the dialog box, enter the IP address, port number, and user credentials (if the HALO isn’t using the default settings).

IMPORTANT
You can use multiple search methods to find all your HALO Devices. Each search adds devices to the list; it doesn’t remove any. To remove devices from the search list, use the Clear All Devices, Remove Selected Devices, or Keep Selected Devices options.

To remove devices from the list, click:

1. Clear All Devices to remove all HALO sensors from the device list.
2. Remove Selected Devices, to remove only the HALO sensors you select.
3. Keep Selected Devices, to remove all HALO sensors except the ones you select.

Managing User Credentials for Sensors
You can store multiple sets of user credentials for your HALO sensors, making it easier to connect to them and support different devices with different login information. These credentials are saved in your device list (.hlo file).

To add a new username and password:

1. Click Devices > Add User/Pwd.
2. Enter a User and Password. To view the password you have entered, click

NOTE
HDM knows the default password for HALO sensors (“changeme”) and automatically uses it to connect to newly added HALO sensors.

Taking Action on Your HALO Sensors

Updating Firmware

IMPORTANT
You can download the latest firmware from: https://halodetect.com/resources/halofirmware.
If you’re updating a HALO device running firmware older than version 2.0, you need to upgrade to version 2.5.1 first before upgrading to the latest version. Presets aren’t supported for firmware versions older than 2.2.

To update the firmware:

1. Select the HALO sensors you want to update.
2. Click Actions > Upload Firmware and browse to find and select the firmware file (.upk format).
3. Accept the license agreement and privacy policy.
4. Choose:
   1. Apply new event preset, to replace existing events and actions with the defaults from the new firmware, remove custom events and actions and add new events and actions.
   2. Merge existing events with new event preset, to replace existing events and actions with defaults from the new firmware, and keep custom events and actions while adding new ones from the firmware.
   3. Keep existing events, to keep all existing events and actions, whether or not they’ve been customized.
5. Click OK.

The “Status” column shows the progress of the update (e.g., “Waiting turn…”, “Accepted”, “connected”).
The “UPKVers” column shows the new firmware version once the update is complete.

Managing Configurations

To download the settings from each selected HALO sensor:
Click Actions > Config Upload/Download > Get Config.
This downloads the settings (except User, Time Zone, IP and Amplify information) from each selected HALO sensor to a separate file for each sensor. This file can be used as a backup or a template to apply the same settings to other HALOs. The file is saved with a name similar to serverConfig_MACADDRESS.json in C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\HaloDevMan\Downloads.
Saved files can be viewed with the File Downloads menu option.

To upload settings from a previously downloaded configuration file to the selected HALO sensors:

1. Click Actions > Config Upload/Download. A new menu appears.
2. Select the configuration settings you want to load into the HALO device.
3. Browse to find and select the saved .json file
4. Click Open.

TIP
Upload Config except IP, TZ, Users is useful for restoring backups, as it includes the HALO device name.

Renaming a HALO device

1. Right-click on a HALO in the device list and select Change Device Name.
2. Enter a new name.
3. Click OK.

Presets
Presets are pre-configured sets of events, thresholds, actions, and dashboard settings. You can modify, create, or remove presets.Click Actions > Load Preset, then:\

• Preset Events, replaces all existing events with the selected preset. Select a preset and click OK.
• Preset Events Merge, merges the selected preset with any existing events. You can choose to keep your custom events and actions or replace them with the defaults from the preset. Select a preset and click OK.The Merge Mode dialog box appears. Select options to manage your merge conditions and click OK.
• Set events to defaults, resets the current preset events to their default settings.
• Merge without changing actions or removing events, merges using the factory default events closeset to what the HALO device has, but without overwriting changed actions or removing events.
• Before v2.9.0.8 opens a secondary menu.Select:
  • Security, replaces the set of events in the devices with the factory default set for security
    applications
  • Security And AQI, adds health and air quality events
  • All Sensors, includes both of the above, plus additional sensor avialable in the HALO devices

The Status column displays “Waiting turn…”, “Accepted”, “timeout #” while rebooting, then “running, not ready”, “connected” and the “UPKVers” column shows the new firmware version.

IMPORTANT
If the selected HALO device firmware version is below 2.0, it must be upgraded. You must upgrade to version 2.5.1 before upgrading to the latest version. There is no preset support for HALO firmware versions below 2.2.

For more information on presets, see the HALO Administration Manual:
https://halodetect.com/resources/manuals-guides/

Configuring IP Addresses

Click Actions > IP Address Settings, then:

• Ethernet Use DHCP, sets the selected HALOs to use DHCP to obtain their IP addresses automatically. This is the default setting.
• Ethernet Static IP Range, enables you to assign static IP addresses to the selected HALOs. You’ll need to provide the starting IP address, netmask, router (gateway), and DNS settings
• WIFI On+SSID/Password & Reboot, connects the selected HALOs to a Wi-Fi network. You’ll need to provide the SSID (network name) and password
• WIFI Off & Reboot, disables Wi-Fi on the selected HALOs and restarts them
• WIFI DHCP & Reboot, sets the selected HALOs to use DHCP for Wi-Fi and restarts them
• WIFI Static IP Range & Reboot, similar to Ethernet Static IP Range, but for Wi-Fi

Managing Users

1. Actions > User Management > Add New User, creates a new user account on the selected HALO sensors. Choose between “admin” and “viewer” access levels.
2. Actions > User Management > Change Password and Type, changes the password or access level for an existing user on the selected HALOs.
3. Actions > User Management > Delete Existing User, removes a user account from the selected HALOs.

IMPORTANT
Deleting all Admin users from a HALO requires a factory reset to regain access.

Other options in the Actions menu are:

• Reboot, restarts the selected HALO sensors.
• Led/Sound Test, select:
  • a color to change the multicolor LED on your sensors for 10 seconds. You can use a different color on mulitple sensors to help identify them
  • Siren, to play the siren sound on the selected sensors
• Get Logs, downloads log files from the selected HALO sensors. Each file includes the MAC address of the HALO it came from.
• Time & Country, configures the clock settings for the selected HALO sensors, including NTP (Network Time Protocol) and Time Zone.
• RTSP, enables or disables RTSP (a protocol for streaming video) on the selected HALOs. See the RTSP section of the HALO Administration Manual for details on RTSP settings.
• BACnet, enables or disables BACnet (a communication protocol for building automation) on the selected HALOs.
• Cloud Settings, enables or disables cloud connectivity for the selected HALOs.This connection is for use with the IPVideo Cloud product offering only. Cloud Connection can be established with the Cloud String. See the HALO Administration Manual for more details on connecting HALOs to the CLOUD.
• Open Web Page, opens the web interface for the selected HALOs in your default web browser.

Right-click Menu

Right-clicking on a HALO sensor in the device list gives you quick access to some of the actions you can perform on that specific device.

View Menu
You can customize the information displayed for your Amplify Sensors using the View menu in the subinterface.

Some of the details you can view for each Amplify Sensor:

• HALO, the name of the HALO the sensor is connected to.
• HALO MAC, the MAC address of the HALO.
• Amplify Name, the name of the Amplify Sensor.
• Amplify MAC, the MAC address of the Amplify Sensor.
• Type, the type of Amplify Sensor.
• Sig, the current signal strength.
• Rssi, the Received Signal Strength Indicator.
• LowBat, the current Battery status (OK or Low).
• Conn, the current Connection status.
• Ready, shows whether the sensor is providing valid data.
• C/F, shows the temperature in Celsius or Fahrenheit.
• RH, shows the Relative humidity.
• Rope/Flood, shows the status of the sensor (triggered or OK).
• Open/Close, shows the duration of open or closed state for door/window sensors.
• RecvT, the timestamp of the last data received from the sensor.

Amplify Sensor Support

HDM can manage Amplify Sensors, which are additional sensors that can be connected to your HALO devices.

Showing Amplify Sensors

To show Amplify Sensors:

1. Under the Actions menu, click Amplify >
2. Show Amplify Devices. A new window opens, showing the Amplify Sensors connected to your selected HALO devices. This is a real-time display, reflecting the current values of connected Amplify devices. Selecting or deselecting HALO devices on the main window will update the Amplify display in real time.

Managing Amplify devices

1. Under the Actions menu, click Amplify >, a new menu appears.
2. Select:
   1. Enable/Disable Amplify Devices, turns Amplify Sensor management on or off.
   2. Delete All Amplify Devices, removes all Amplify Sensors from the selected HALOs.
   3. Backup/Restore Amplify Devices, backs up or restores the settings for your Amplify Sensors.
   4. Register [Device Type], registers a new Amplify Sensor with the selected HALO. Supported device types include:
      1. TempHum (temperature and humidity)
      2. Rope (leak detection)
      3. OpenClose (door/window sensor)
      4. Flood

Under the View menu, click Amplify > :

1. Amplify On, shows whether Amplify Sensor management is enabled.
2. Amplify Devices, shows the number of connected Amplify Sensors.
3. Amplify Events, shows the number of configured events related to Amplify Sensors.

Amplify Right-click Menu
Right-clicking on an Amplify Sensor gives you options to rename or delete it.

HDM 2.8 Release Notes

Version 2.8

• Added support for HALO Amplify Sensors management.
• Created HALO Amplify Sensor sub-interface to display Amplify sensor status.
• Created right-click menu options on the Amplify sub-interface for HALO Amplify Sensors.
• Created View menu on Amplify sub interface to display status columns.
• Added Actions > Amplify sub menu options on the primary interface.
• Added View > Amplify sub menu options on the primary interface.

Version 2.7

• Support for HTTPS+HTTP Redirect mode.
• Added: View > Cloud > Cloud Domain
• Added: View > Network Info > Redirect, HSTS Hdrs, TLS 1.0/1.1
• Added: Actions > Network > Security > Enable HSTS Headers, Disable HSTS Headers, Enable TLS 1.0/1.1, Disable TLS 1.0/1.1, HTTP mode, HTTPS mode, HTTP+HTTPS mode and HTTPS+HTTP redirect mode added.

Version 2.6

• Audio Sensor enable/disable, and state display added.
• Revised Get Logs to Get All Logs and Get All CSVs files under Actions.
• (busy:#) is displayed on title bar during most actions to indicate progress.
• Active HALO row is underlined when performing selected action for it (most actions).
  The Privacy Statement is updated.
• Dialog for IP address ranges now allows DNS IPv4 space-separated lists.
• SMTP To Emails accepts a range of friendly formats (comma or space separated).
• Updated Presets menu including Preset Events Merge.

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Publication date: 2025-02-25

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About this Document

This manual is intended for administrators and users of IPVideo HALO Smart Sensor and is applicable to HALO v2.00, 2C, 3C and 3C-PC with firmware versions 1.53 and later. It includes instructions for using the HALO Device Manager software product on your network. Previous experience of networking will be of use when using this product. Later versions of this document will be posted at https://halodetect.com/resources/

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