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1. After backup settings have been configured you can activate the backup operation by clicking on Configuration Menu Backup as shown in Figure 3 29 Once the backup process is started and while in progress you are prohibited to configure the remote Visual Server Network Camera series product or change any local settings You can cancel the backup process by simply clicking on the Configuration Menu Cancel Backup option and choose the status of the progress A message box pops up to indicate backup is complete 3 41 3 6 5 About Clicking on the menu Configuration Menu About as shown in Figure 3 30 pops up a dialog box with information including product name version user information and serial number Camera Configuration Global Sethe ec hed ler Backup 4 DES Re Figure 3 30 About 3 6 6 Miscellaneous Functions E Jaa Configuration Menu lm m k hike m jah pi SE E u K 1 f i a al 3 Pic i Dg gt TEF a a A Ke Stop Alert Sound Figure 3 31 Miscellaneous functions This section describes other miscellaneous functions represented by small icons in this application software as shown in Figure 3 31 These functions can be applied regardless of which is the currently focused channel These functions are each described below O Quit Clicking on this button closes this application software with the latest saved settings 3 42 Minimization
2. selected channel m Stop record This allows you to manually stop the video recording on the selected channel whether the recording was event driven or by scheduled triggering or manually activated Printer You can print all views currently shown in the view window 3 44 Snapshot This function is to take a snapshot of the selected channels in the current layout and save the pictures as bitmap files to the hard disk You can pre set the directory in which these bitmap files are stored in Configuration menu Global Settings Please refer to Section 3 5 for details il You can drap and drop the channel to the Trashcan This does not close the video Trashcan connection with the remote Video Server Network Camera series product But the display for the channel in current layout will be removed You can apply Volume Record Stop record Printer and Snapshot to several cameras simultaneously See Section 3 6 8 3 6 8 Multiple Focus Some functions can be applied to more than one camera simultaneously These functions include PTZ controls Volume control Record Stop Record Printer and Snapshot First set multiple focuses to the cameras you want to control and then do operations such as PTZ controls Record etc The way to focus more than one camera at a time is to press CTRL and click on display frames in the view window You can only set multiple focuses to the cameras on the same layout page
3. Clicking on this button minimizes the Monitor application Lal Full Screen Clicking on this button enlarges the selected channel to a full screen display To switch back to the original layout press on the ESC key at the top left corner of the keyboard or double click on the mouse cursor on screen a Lock Click on this button to lock this program When in lock mode the main window will be hidden and the lock dialog will appear To return to the main window you need to re enter the root s password Me Stop Alert Sound Whenever an alert is triggered an alarm will sound if it was set up You can click this button to stop the alarm It will also switch the I O Control Tool to the Alert Message Tool as depicted in Section 3 6 3 3 and automatically shows the alert messages I Configuration Menu This menu includes Camera Configuration Global Settings Scheduler Backup and About options 3 43 3 6 7 Common Control Functions EED Record Sete L Figure 3 32 Common Control Functions This section describes other Common control functions respresented by small icons as shown in Figure 3 32 These functions can only be applied to the focused channels These functions are each described below Clicking on this button to adjust the audio volume when monitoring provided the Volume camera supports audio a Record By clicking on this button you can manually activate video recording on the
4. and only select them from the view window not from the channel panel 3 45 VIVOTEK 3 6 9 Status Bar Status message bar Software name User root Logged in when 2004 08 18 15 13 36 Yivotek ST3402 Version 1 1 Software version Current login user Login time Figure 3 33 Status Bar Local time shows the current time of the local site Current login user shows the current login user s name Login time shows the time when user logged in S Status message bar shows messages on some background operations such as repairing database or locations S Software name shows the software name of this application Software version shows the software version of this application 3 46 Chapter 4 Scheduling The Scheduling tool helps the user to schedule the time to record the media stream of the selected channels from the remote Video Server Network Camera series product With both the graphic user interface and time period selection options you can easily schedule each channel The main features of the Scheduling tool are depicted as follows User friendly graphic interface for schedule editing Flexible schedule scheme suitable for most applications need Individual schedule for each channel Automatic period recording 4 47 4 1 Invoke Scheduling Tool This section describes how to invoke the Scheduling tool 4 1 1 Starting the Scheduling tool eare
5. time for the recording interval The second and third units are the Hour Picker and the Minute Picker You can change the hour and minute settings for the beginning and ending time with them NOTE Normally the time set in Begin time must be earlier than that in End time But if this is not the case it means the time is over two days 4 3 2 2 Add and Erase Buttons After you have selected the time period with the Begin time and End time pickers you can apply the period picker shown in Figure 4 9 and set the type of time interval that associates with the beginning and end time After having the settings in Begin Time End Time and Period Picker done click on the Apply button to confirm the settings Click on the Erase button to clear all scheduling information just entered All newly entered scheduling time interval information will take effect only after the Apply button has been clicked 4 53 Figure 4 9 Period Picker Apply button and Erase button 4 3 3 Schedule in event mode You can select to record in Event mode or Continuous mode by the Schedule mode selector as shown in Figure 4 10 There are two types of event recording please refer to Section 4 3 3 1 and Section 4 3 3 2 for more information Figure 4 10 Schedule Mode Selector 4 3 3 1 Motion detection Figure 4 11 Motion Detection Selector Figure 4 11 shows the window selection you want to rec
6. Camera series products as shown in Figure 3 9 This is helpful when you want to rearrange the cameras order Step 1 Step 2 a oestion ifoation Information Greek 192 168 0 217 80 p 1192 168 0 217 80 dowing channel 1 92 168 0 213 90 2 Movie 192 168 0 213 80 MONE MONE MONE Press left mouse button at the gray 6 NONE index field MONE aE E NONE 9 NONE g NONE NONE 10 NONE NONE Nq hoving channel 1 to 10 NONE VEROR ya Lh bil Lf Move mouse to where you want to move and then release the mouse button Then Video 1 will be moved to the 10th row TE Wone T6 J NUNC Figure 3 9 Change the Sequence of the Connected Camera 3 4 5 Saving the Changes Once you have clicked on the Save button in the bottom left corner of this window the changes for all camera configurations will be saved and validated immediately in this IP surveillance system NOTE If you try to change the remote settings of any Video Server Network Camera series product in the right web page of this window you will need to apply the SAVE button in each corresponding page in order to save the settings to the remote servers There are different SAVE buttons for changing the settings of the local IP surveillance system and that of the remote Video Server Network Camera series product 3 22 3 9 Global Settings After completing the connection for each remote Video Server Network Camera
7. If you have the root privilege you can do the following V Running the configuration tool v Changing the recording schedule v Change the local settings Again if you need to change the settings of remote Video Server Network Camera series products you must have the root user password for each of the products 3 3 2 The General User Privilege This is not implemented in the current version Only the root user can log in to this application software 3 4 Camera Configurations When you log in for the first time you need to configure this application software to connect to the remote Video Server Network Camera series products in Configuration Menu Camera Configuration as shown in Figure 3 2 You must have the root administrator privilege in order to run the configuration Global Settings sched wer Backup A About Figure 3 2 Camera Configuration ATTENTION Once you click on Configuration Menu Camera Configuration for setting each camera a warning window will pop up to warn you that all recording processes will be stopped 3 4 1 The Layout of the Configuration In this section we discuss the local settings of the connection and the functional configurations of each camera If you are interested in the remote settings for each camera you can refer to each Video Server Network Camera series product s user s manual that was shipped with the hardware NOTE As for the l
8. L e a om you must first use the Playback Method Selector to change to the mode you want to use Otherwise the Period Selector will revert back to the previous period when you last changed the playback method 5 7 1 4 Alert Area Selector In the Preview mode the Playback program only shows one type of the alert events each time If you want to see the other type of events you must use the Alert Area Selector to change to other event type In the Normal display mode the alert type that the Alert Area Selector indicates will be highlighted with a red rectangle The Alert Area Selector will be changed to alert window 0 by default settings when you change the location selector 5 7 2 Play Control For Play Control we used a jog dial as shown in Figure 5 13 to make it easier to control video sequence display Except for the Play button all other buttons can control the displaying frame in the Normal display mode and the selected displaying frame in the event Preview mode Speed Indicator Play from beginning dk Figure 5 13 Jog Dial Play from Beginning The Play button we support here is an intelligent user interface The functionality of this button can vary to fit different circumstances In the Normal display mode click on the Play button restarts the displaying video sequence In the Preview mode if you do not change the data of the period selector clicking on this button restarts the selected d
9. PTZ control v Recording 3 1 2 Special Features In our digital surveillance system we support not only the features listed above but also the following features making the system more powerful and convenient to use Simultaneous real time monitoring and audio and video recording v High quality video up to full screen display v High compression ratio v Maximum support of 16 cameras with different monitor layouts vV Smart playback v Triggered event browsing with 9 preview video windows v Fast database searching v Auto alarm in different ways v _ Account password protection v Different recording modes Event driven Scheduled and Manual recording for each camera v Intelligent database index modes indexing by sharp time tag time interval motion detected events and digital input events v Just in time snapshot v AVI export Y Motion detection with 3 alert windows for each camera VIVOTEK 3 2 Application Layout and Functionalities This section demonstrates a global view of the Monitor tool as shown in Figure 3 1 Components of the Monitor tool in details are shown in the following sections Video area 2007703707 04 30 42 ye 6 g Layout area Display frame out _ __ _ _ _ Space 8625380 KE Hard disk status Onw Em2 ooo Alert Msg Common controls ie T ME eS i 7 PTZ DI DO and Alert message 7 o Vivotek ST3402 Version 1 1 Figure 3 1 Overview of th
10. and end time And the Display Area will restart to display the new period from the newly defined start time 5 7 4 3 Full Range Clicking on the Full Range button would yield the same effect as you would in the Playback Method 5 7 5 Toolbox In our playback program you can check the database and you can export the database to other media Using the toolbox you can export the database into other more portable formats such as AVI file bitmap file or paper hard copy You can also use Windows media player or other programs to browse the exporting data Under Normal display mode you can use all the exporting tools Under Preview mode only snapshot and print can be used Figure 5 16 shows the elements of the toolbox Tools So BQ Figure 5 16 Toolbox 5 7 5 1 Transducer gt Using the Transducer tool you can transpose the displaying video sequence i to AVI file Click on the Transducer button and the conversion procedure will start The speed of exporting data depends on the speed of the computer s processor During any time of the exporting interval you can click on the Transducer button again to stop the procedure in process You will get an AVI file from the start time to the time you click on the Transducer button The exported AVI filename will be generated automatically and listed in the fourth column of the status area If you want to change the AVI file output directory you can
11. continue Install hield Wizard Customer Information Please enter your information User Hame abe Company Mame vivo TER Install this application for f Anyone who uses this computer all users C Only for me Jason InstallShield Cancel Figure 1 4 User information for Smart VS IP Recorder STEP 5 Set up the administrator s password by entering a password and confirm the password as shown in Figure 1 5 Click on Next to continue InstallShield Wizard Root Password Setup fou must set root password before you could use this program Please type the password in the following Se Password Confirm fees Back Next gt Cancel Figure 1 5 Confirm Password 1 6 STEP 6 Select the installation directory for this application software and click on Next as shown in Figure 1 6 You can also change the installation directory from the Default directory by clicking on Browse InstallShield Wizard Choose Destination Location Select folder where Setup will install files Setup wall install YVivotek ST 3402 in the following folder To install to this folder click Hest To install to a different folder click Browse and select another folder Destination Folder Appa a taraen Files Wivotek 5 T3402 Browse Installs held Figure 1 6 Destination Location for Installation STEP 7 Select a program folder to install the application so
12. ko Pull Bar Histogram Area Status Area Figure 5 1 Playback Main Window Once you have successfully logged in to the Playback system the main window appears at the top of the screen and the display resolution will be changed to 1024x768 automatically 1f the current resolution is less Figure 5 1 There are four main areas in this window Display area Histogram area Control area and Status area There are also three visual indicators of the controls Area Selection Indictor Frame Selection Indictor and Pull Bar These features provide for powerful search for specific video recorded in the surveillance database 5 3 1 Main Areas 5 3 1 1 Display Area This Display Area can show the surveillance database of each camera in three ways by events triggered by alert or by time You can change video size by using the Display Adjustment Tool and choose playback method by using the Play Control Tool EF 04 40 49 a EF 05 11 58 a 2007 03 07 04 41 04 Figure 5 2 Display By Time Normal Display Mode 5 59 2007 03 07 05 10 17 2007 03 0 EF 04 40 49 2007 03 07 05 11 33 2007 03 07 05 11 36 2007737 z EF 05 11 58 m Event Preview 2007 03 07 05 11 30 Figure 5 3 Display By Events Event Display Mode 5 60 5 3 1 2 Histogram Area The Histogram is an interactive control In the control you can display events time domain location and the percentage of motion You can also select a group of events o
13. reached its storage limitation In other words it will record video data circularly If this setting is not selected i e unchecked a warning message will pop up when it is approaching the limitation After that it stops recording when the limitation of the hard disk usage is reached v Reserved space This indicates the size of the hard disk to be reserved on the recording disk If the recording data exceeds this limitation the new in coming video data will replace the oldest data if Cycle Recording was selected Pre buffer mechanism will take some space if some channel is already configured but not recording Alert Sound You can load custom wav file for the sound of alert triggering You can also hear the sample of the chosen sound file by clicking on the Play button the button with black right arrow Modulation Mode You must select the input signal format NTSC or PAL to display the original resolution of video stream from the remote Video Server Network Camera series product NOTE You must select the input signal format according to the camera type or CCD module type that is connected to the remote Video Server Network Camera series product For remote Video Server Network Camera series product with CMOS sensor the input signal format needs to be set as PAL regardless of the power line connected is 50 or 60 Hz Internet Settings You can set the proxy server and the IP filter by clicking on t
14. to the Histogram Area the Searching Range Adjustment Toolbox will appear in the same position as that of the Display Adjustment Toolbox The Searching Range Adjustment Toolbox provides you a faster way to change the range of the displayed time period By using this toolbox you can browse the database of one location from any 10 second interval of the entire range Figure 5 15 shows the searching range adjustment toolbox composed of its own three elements 1 e Zoom In Zoom Out and Full Range Range Adjustment QQ Figure 5 15 Searching Range Adjustment Toolbox 5 7 4 1 Zoom In Q Each time you click on the Zoom In button in the Searching Range i Adjustment Toolbox the displayed time period will be half of the original time period until the period 1s equal to 10 seconds the minimum You can see the new interval in more details The scale of Pull Bar and Histogram Area will change as well as that of the period start and end time The Period Selector will show the new start and end time The Display Area will restart to display the new period from the newly defined start time 5 7 4 2 Zoom Out Each time you click on the Zoom Out button in the Searching Range Adjustment Toolbox the displayed time period will be doubled unless the start time or end time exceeds the location time boundary The scale of the Pull Bars and Histogram Area will also be changed The Period Selector will show the new start
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16. 6 2 Histogram Legend Histogram Legend CELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLI Figure 5 10 Legend of the Histogram Figure 5 10 shows the legends corresponding to the colors represented in the histogram You can call up this diagram by clicking on the Legend button 5 68 5 7 Using Tools This section discusses the method of how to use the tools in the control area as shown in Figure 5 1 5 7 1 Selector Tools Figure 5 11 shows the Selector tools These are Location Selector Period Start Time Selector for the selection of the beginning time Period End Time Selector for the selection of the ending time Playback Method Selector and Alert Area Selector Location DvD Player Period Start Time 2001709719 T ee 11 00 08 E Feriod End Time 200170920 a EE 19 55 08 EE Playback Method Full Range Alet Area Selection 0 Figure 5 11 Selector Tools 5 7 1 1 Location Selector The Location Selector lets you select the camera you want to view from refer to Figure 5 11 The location information is the same as the location name associated with the dedicated channel in the Monitor program If there are more than one time segments in the same location another dialog will appear as shown in Figure 5 12 You must select an interval in that dialog If your selection is correct the Playback program will automatically switch to that location and start to display 5 69 Figure 5 12 Time Interval Sel
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18. Camera Configuration Global Settings scheduler Backup Schedule Tool About Figure 4 1 Open Scheduler Tool Before starting the Scheduling tool click on the Configuration Menu Scheduler as shown in Figure 4 1 there must be at least one camera on the camera list Otherwise the Scheduling tool cannot be invoked You will need to specify the database directory of the schedule schemes and the video stream in the path Configuration Menu Global Settings Directory Settings Refer to Section 3 5 for more detailed information After all of the above are set you can click on Configuration Menu Scheduler to invoke the Scheduling tool 4 48 VIVOTEK 4 2 The Layout and Functionalities In this section the layout and the functionalities of the Scheduling tool are depicted in detail 4 2 1 Introduction Figure 4 2 shows the layout of the Scheduling tool s components Recording Scheduler Address 192 168 0 215 80 8 8 Figure 4 2 Overview of the Scheduling Tool The layout is roughly divided into 4 parts The first part of the Scheduling tool 1s the channel selection area It provides the IP addresses and location information of the connected channel You can select one channel in this area and start to edit a dedicated schedule scheme for it The second part is the Primary schedule settings It consists of day time line week time line begin time selector en
19. DI Digital Input of the channel You can click on the Switch button to change the HI LOW state of the DO Digital Output These features allow you to monitor the remote sensor input from DI and also trigger the remote by the DO switch oe a Digital input is high i Ff a Digital input is low Set digital output to LOW TE No Connection Set digital output to HIGH The color of the DI status is depicted as follows v OFF When the color of the channel number is gray that means this channel is not connected to any remote Video Server Network Camera series product v Red The channel number turns red indicating the DI of the remote Video Server Network Camera series product associated with the selected channel is in high level Y Blue The channel number turns blue if the DI of the remote Video Server Network Camera series product associated with the selected channel is in low level 3 6 3 3 Alert Message 11 54 00 2M0 6 1 0 0 11 54 00 gt Mo 6 1 0 0 11 54 03 gt M0 6 1 0 0 11 54 035 2M0 6 1 0 0 11 54 04 gt M0 6 1 0 0 11 54 06 gt M0 6 1 0 0 11 54 08 gt M0 6 1 0 0 11 54 12 gt M0 61 0 0 11 54 13 gt M0 6 1 0 0 11 54 14 2M0 601 0 0 11 54 168 2M0 6 1 0 0 11 54 20 gt M0 6 1 0 05 11 54 25 gt M0 6 1 0 0 11 54 25 2M0 6 1 0 0 11 54 26 gt M0 4 1 0 0 Figure 3 28 Alert Message If you select the check box for Enable Motion Detect or Enable Digital Inpu
20. First Start up After installation one of the IE settings needs to be changed before you can start running the Monitor program Enable the mechanism for submitting non encrypted data in the path Start gt Settings gt control Panel gt Internet Options gt Security gt Custom Level Setting You can also find the path from the IE browser as it is depicted in the following You can follow the instructions to complete this setting as shown in Figure 1 10 O Explorer Ted a _ m eT F ay el ie e m erg ic Framework reliant components Run components not signed with 4ubthenticode Internet Localintranet Trusted sites Restricted Te O ii a sites Enable Internet C Prompt D This zone contains all web sites you Cites pr Run components signed with Authenticode haven t placed in other zones m ae 6 T Security level for this zone 1 Move the slider to set the security level for this zone Actives controls and plug ins Medium Ey Download signed Actives contrals Safe browsing and still functional Disable Prompts before downloading potentially unsafe conte Enable Unsigned Actives controls will not be downloaded Pe Appropriate for most Internet sites lL i Reset custom settings co Custom Level D Default Leva Reset to Medium al Figure 1 10 Enable Submitting Non encrypted Form Data Upon completion of the settings you can start to invoke the Monitor pr
21. Vivotek ST3402 User s Manual Contents Chapter 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 Chapter 2 2 1 a2 Chapter 3 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 3 5 3 6 ea 621 118 0 a AEEA E cr TA ea eer et eee OA 1 3 System Hardware Requirement ccccccsssssssseeeeccceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeees 1 3 1 1 1 Recommended minimum system hardware requirements 1 3 Bs Oy ai TG e 1 ancese ssc ereuesoueesueseasen E teenies 1 4 Tes ees 21 oe nein E E eee ere eee reer E a ere E ee eee ere 1 9 Le en E EE E ET 2 10 SEN Or Laa a E E E 2 10 WEE E e e A A E A E AE A E E 2 11 MONOT ois E E E E E AE E 3 13 Features of Monitor Tool sesiersrsessissirseirsrroncncnsiene iii niiae ranei n r 3 13 3 1 1 Traditional Surveillance Features ccccccceesesessssseseeeeseeeeeeens 3 13 Dalal DPE a E a E E 3 13 Application Layout and Funnctionallities cccccccccccccccceeeeeeeeeeeees 3 14 PS eno e a OE oat T E sues ansnoss E E T 3 16 oA Me RO PEE a e E E ER E 3 16 32 Lhe General Usor Privila ecssssossrenieenn enne E 3 16 anrr CO O S pg vrata sea nrsngysaroaec yo aden saved eae toaenegoosaauatoases oso eee 3 17 3 4 1 The Layout of the Configuration ccccccsseseessssssssseseseseeeees 3 17 Dee AOA SPOS e E E E 3 18 3 4 3 Alert Settings and Recording Settings 000000000oooeeennennnssssssss 3 20 3 4 4 Changing the Camera Order in the List ceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 3 22 34 3 Save UNC CAINS C8 sisese iori rn reinir ya RERE 3
22. You can also check the mute checkbox to a silent the system Volume Figure 5 17 Volume Control Dialog 5 6 System Control Toolbox The System Control Toolbox provides you some basic operations for the Playback program Figure 5 18 shows the elements of the System Control Toolbox 1 e Lock Program Settings Minimize and Exit System Control ah Y Figure 5 18 System Control Toolbox 5 7 6 1 Lock Program If you are to be away from your computer for security concerns we suggest you lock the Playback program You can simply click on the Lock Window button to lock the main window Once this 1s invoked the main window will be hidden and the login dialog will appear as shown in Figure 2 2 To return to the main window you need to re enter the root s password 5 7 6 2 Settings A The Settings dialog pops up when you click on the Settings button For more information about setting this program please refer to Section 5 4 Settings 5 7 6 3 Minimize E The Playback program will be minimized as you click on the Minimize button You can invoke Playback again by clicking on the playback window 5 76 on the task bar or choose Playback from the Launcher 5 7 6 4 Exit The Playback program will close as you click on the Exit button If the a i LT i AVI exporting procedure is running this procedure will be stopped first 5
23. associated with the remote Video Server Network Camera series product You can then click drag and drop the camera to the video area to monitor the remote video and apply other features if your privileges allow There is a unique light signal associated with each channel number It indicates the status of the dedicated channel as listed below v Off Black The channel is not connected with any remote Video Server Network Camera series product v Green The green light means the Video Server Network Camera series product associated with this channel number is connected and the video is being monitored in the video area v Orange The orange light indicates the video from this channel is recording into the media database In this mode you do not need to click drag and drop the channel to the video area This means the application software supports real time recording with and without real time monitoring for the dedicated channel VIVOTEK Y Red The red light indicates the connection to server has been unexpectedly disconnected such as power outage and Monitor is trying to reconnect to the Server Y Blink If the motion detection mechanism is set in the remote Video Server Network Camera series product the light corresponding to the channel will blink if a motion event is detected Selected channel Not configured channel Figure 3 16 Channel Area If you do not want to monitor one v
24. ble digital input This function is similar with that of Enable Motion Detect Selecting this option will activate the alert sound when the digital input of the remote Video Server Network Camera series product is triggered Digital input alert This option allows for defining the triggering criterion of the digital input of the remote Video Server Network Camera series product It can either be high level triggered or low level triggered Recording Settings v Name If you want to specify your own location name specify it in this field Otherwise leave this field with the default value lt Default gt You will get a default location name which concatenates the string in the server s Text on video field an underline and the channel index Record secs before event Once the event recording 1s activated using Scheduling for channels you can use this setting to regulate the time for the recording of the triggered event The recording will start at the set time before the alert event starts Record secs after event This set how long the recording will last after the alert event has started Media Type You can use this to specify which media type you want to record Video Audio or both 3 21 3 4 4 Changing the Camera Order in the List You can use drag and drop in the grid area of the camera list to change the sequence of the connected Video Server Network
25. cluding Quick Guide User s Manual Release Note and Install Software DVR Click on Install Software DVR to launch the intallation shield The InstallShield Wizard will come on and Figure 1 2 will appear InstallShield Wizard Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for ivotek ST3402 The Installs hieldA Wizard will install Vivotek ST 3402 on your computer To continue click Hest Cancel Figure 1 2 Welcome page for the Vivotek ST3402 STEP 3 _ If you click on Next and Figure 1 3 appears it means you have installed a previous version of the recording software the previous version is the video only version which means it would not get the audio stream from servers If you want to keep the previous version choose the second option If you are new to the Smart VS IP recorder software this window will not appear skip on over to Step 4 InstallShield Wizard ideo Only Yersion Detected Choose the setup type that best suits your needs InstallShield detected that the old version ST 3201 ts installed in your system Please specify the way to cope with this old version in Following i Uninstall the old version Continue without remove old version InstallShield Cancel Figure 1 3 Video only version detected 1 5 STEP 4 Click on Next and the User information window will appear as in Figure 1 4 This window prompts you to enter a username company name Click on Next to
26. d time selector and event mode settings 4 49 The third part is the Secondary schedule which consists of event mode settings The fourth part contains operation buttons for the user to fine tune the edited schedule scheme of the selected channel and close the Scheduling tool window These four parts will later be described in detail 4 2 2 The Functionalities of Configuration Components IP address y _ Location Camera 1 192 168 0 215 80 Camera 2 192 168 0 215 80 Location Camer 192 168 0 215 20 m a Figure 4 3 Channel Selector The channel selector shown in Figure 4 3 is typical for a dedicated channel When you click on the row to select the channel the scheduling tool will load the dedicated schedule scheme associated with the selected channel automatically If the remote Video Server Network Camera series product has been properly configured the IP address and location of the selected channel will be shown Please note that when you switch between channels in this selector any editing and changes in the schedule scheme will be saved temporarily in system memory To save the settings permanently please click on the Save button 4 50 4 2 3 The Schedule Scheme operations There are six related buttons Load Undo Clear Save Save as and Close for handling the scheduling schemes These are shown in Figure 4 4 Load Undo Clear Sav
27. e Monitor Tool There are several parts in the monitor tool v Miscellaneous functions These include application exit minimization full screen display lock stop alert and configuration menu for camera configurations global settings scheduler settings video audio database backup and the user information of this application software The operation tips are provided on line when you move the mouse cursor over each item v Channel area This area displays the status of each channel The information indicates the status of connection recording selection and alert event triggered Video area In this area you can see the video of the selected channel in the display frame The number of display frames in the video area depends on the layout chosen by the user You can also do some convenient controls for the video display in it Layout area You can change different monitoring layouts in this area There are six kinds of layouts the user can choose from 1 4 6 9 13 or 16 video display frames in the video area Hard disk status In this area you can get the status of the hard disk that the video database resides in This reminds you to arrange for available storage size of the recorded video database Common control area This area includes volume controller manual recording video printing and snapshot as well as a trash can to remove any video from display frames PTZ control In this area you can do PTZ con
28. e as Close Figure 4 4 Operations for the Schedule Scheme Manipulation Load This button is used for loading other pre edited schedule schemes from the specified directory Note that you will need to save the current edited settings before applying this function Otherwise any editing changes will be lost Undo This button is used for undoing all plotting markers for this schedule scheme from the last save Clear This button is used for clearing all plotting markers in the current editing schedule scheme of the selected channel Save This button is used for saving the editing changes for the current schedule scheme Save as This button is used for saving the current edited schedule scheme to another file name instead of the default name Close This button is used for closing the scheduling Any unsaved setting will be lost Sur 00 0l 02 03 O4 05 06 07 08 03 10 11 12 E Clik oa y 4 3 Primary Schedule T fom U j 4 3 1 Schedule with Time Lines There are two time lines of different scales hour unit time line and week unit time line You can make your own schedule scheme by plotting markers in all time lines These two time lines are associated with each other That is if you make changes in one time line the corresponding changes will be applied in scale to the other time lines in the same schedule scheme 4 3 1 1 Week Time Line Figure 4 5 shows the Week time line It include
29. e tools shown in Figure 3 25 in the bottom left corner for controlling the remote Video Server Network Camera series product of the associated channel You can click on the dedicated buttons to switch to different control tools that include PTZ Pan Tilt Zoom control DI DO Digital Input Digital Output control and Alert Message receiver 3 6 3 1 PTZ Control The PTZ Pan Tilt Zoom tool is shown in Fig3 26 in the bottom left corner If the remote Video Server Network Camera series product associated with the selected channel is connected with a PTZ enabled camera this PTZ control tool will be activated You can do PTZ operations as well as going to the preset location set by the previously user defined position Auto pan and auto patrol are enabled when the selected channel is associated with PT Network Camera series product You can also apply PTZ control to several cameras simultaneously See Section 3 6 8 Return to Home as os Go to the preset location s F Select One N Stop Auto pan or Auto patrol Figure 3 26 PTZ Control 3 6 3 2 DI DO Control After clicking on the DI DO button shown in Figure 3 27 the control page will be switched to the DI DO control tool Only user with root privilege can access the DI DO control of the remote Video Server Network Camera series product In this application software the color of the channel number indicates the status of the
30. e total page count as shown in Figure 5 8 5 66 VIVOTEK 2007 03 07 05 10 17 2007 03 07 05 10 16 2007 03 07 05 10 13 Period Start Time EF 04 40 49 2007 03 07 05 11 33 2007 03 07 05 11 33 4 05 11 58 m 2007 03 07 05 11 41 2007 03 07 05 11 38 Figure 5 8 Preview Mode 5 6 1 Histogram Area The Histogram Area in the event Preview mode shows the event occuring time and the percentage of the detected motion with red bars It also indicates the current displayed events with green bars and the selected event with blue bars If you want to access the Histogram Area you must change the area selection indicator to the Histogram Area You can then mark a color inverted region over it by holding down the left mouse button and drag the cursor to the desired area as shown in Figure 5 9 WI a Displaying events Dark Region _ Inverted Region Figure 5 9 Histogram Area in Preview Mode 5 67 VIVOTEK As you release the left mouse button the color inverted region will be enlarged to fill the entire histogram area This color inverted region will become the new period the program is going to display If you click on the left mouse button without holding down and dragging it the display area will show the event page closest to the point you have selected The dark regions means there is no video sequence existed in these intervals If you click on these regions a warning dialog will pop up 5
31. ection Dialog 5 7 1 2 Period Selector Period Selector provides you a precise way to choose the start time and the end time of a new period The end time should be larger than the start time After you have given the correct start and end times clicking on the Play button in the Jog Dial The system will display the new period in the display area and change the period start and the end time labels The Pull Bar and Histogram Area will be changed too If the selected period is not present in the database the data in the period selector will be changed back to the previously correct start and end times and a warning message will be shown 5 7 1 3 Playback Method Selector Full Range If you select this method the database will be displayed from the beginning to the end of this location Any change in the period selector will have no effect unless you change this selector to Time Period Time Period If you change the playback method to Time Period you can modify the start and end times in the period selector When you click on the Play button in the Jog Dial the period you have selected will be displayed Events Preview This method changes the display mode from the Normal display mode to the Event Preview mode or vice versa The program will save the previous start and end time settings in Time Period mode Therefore if you want to change the Period Selector to see in another period 5 70
32. el 2 0 GHz Pentium IV or above and AMD Athlon or above SDRAM 256 MB SDRAM Hard disk 40 GB Display Chip nVidia GeForce series with 32 MB Display memory ATI Radeon series with 32 MB Display memory Table 1 1 Recommended System Hardware Requirements The following notes should help you with the proper installation of the software on to the recommended hardware system This application software only supports Intel Pentium IV series or above and AMD Athlon or above CPUs It is also recommended to run this application software on Win2000 OS to avoid any functional limitation Make sure all Power Management and Screen Saver functions are turned off to avoid system hang ups VIVOTEK 1 2 Software Installation The following are steps for the software installation STEP 1 Put the Installation disk into the CD ROM drive and installation should start automatically If installation does not start click on Start on the lower left corner of your screen and open My Computer and double click on the CD ROM icon The IP surveillance Recorder Installation Window will appear as Figure 1 1 in below Vivotek IP Surveillance System e Sl Installation Wizard Users Manual Install Software DVR Quick Guide Users Manual Release Note Back to Main Page Figure 1 1 ST3402 Smart VS IP Recorder Installation Window VIVOTEK STEP 2 There are links on this page in
33. en you use the snapshot to export bitmap files These exported bitmap files will be stored in a sub directory under the directory you have chosen here ic WrmssDB_ NVavd oe Ci WrmssOE_Ni Snapshot CANT Cammressnr AVI Compressor r N T ieee bs Modulation Mode Tp ates abe Control Panel Positio Figure 5 5 Settings Dialog AVI Compression Mode We use only 24 bits color depth to export the AVI file in this mode In the AVI compression mode selection you can select one of the compression methods both video and audio that your computer supports to export the AVI file The compression methods may be different from computer to computer due to different compression methods in different computer installations 5 63 Modulation Mode The modulation mode decides the on screen video size It depends on how the video sequence was recorded in the monitor program If you have selected the wrong modulation mode the displayed video will be distorted To correct this open the Settings dialog and change into the correct mode Control Panel Position This provides a convenient way to change the position of the control area either to to the left or right side of the main window according to your preference 5 5 Normal Single Frame Mode There are several methods you can enter into the normal display mode with only one displaying frame 1 Change the database path from one to another in the settin
34. ftware into and then click on Next as shown in Figure 1 7 InstallShield Wizard Select Program Folder Please select a program folder Setup will add program icons to the Program Folder listed below ou may type a new folder name or select one from the existing folders list Click Next to continue Extract tringaP GenML Microsoft Web Publishing 5 _ Bit FS FE FA tz en Cancel Figure 1 7 Select Program Folder l 7 VIVOTEK STEP 8 After checking all the set up information shown in Figure 1 8 click on Next to start file movement and registries update InstallShield Wizard Start Copying Files Review settings before copying files Setup has enough information to start copying the program files IF you want to review or change any settings click Back IF you are satished with the settings click Next to begin copying files Current Settings Setup Type Complete Target Folder C Program FilessYivotek 5 T3402 User Information Name abc Company VIVOTER InstallShield Figure 1 8 Check Setup Information STEP 9 Click on Finish as shown in Figure 1 9 to finish installation This completes the program installation InstallShield Wizard InstallShield Wizard Complete Setup has finished installing Yivotek STS402 on your computer Back Cancel Figure 1 9 Finish the Installation 1 8 Y VIVOTEK 1 3
35. go to the Settings window as we have described in Section 5 4 To get a better quality of exporting AVI file it is suggested to set the video format to normal size please refer to Section 3 4 Camera Configurations 5 5 2 Snapshot Each time you click on the Snapshot button you can make the program export a bitmap file In the Normal display mode the exporting bitmap is the image shown in the display area In the Preview mode it is the image that you selected through the frame selection indicator The size of the bitmap will be the same as the source image you have selected The exported bitmap filename will be generated automatically and be listed in the fourth column of the status area If you want to change the bitmap file output directory you can go to the Settings window as we have described in Section 5 4 under Settings 5 7 5 3 Print When you click on the Print button a printing dialog will appear After you have made your selection and send it to the printer the images in the display area will be printed out The printing functionality is designed based on the idea what you see is what you get Therefore the output data will be the same as whatever you see in the display area 5 7 5 4 Volume When you click on the Volume button a volume control dialog Figure E 5 17 will appear After you have made your selection it will change the volume to the value you have selected
36. gs dialog of System Control tool 2 Change the location from one to another by using the selector location in the control area 3 Change the playback method selector to Full Range 4 Change the playback method selector to Time Period 5 64 Period Start Time 20077 37 7 E 2007 03 07 04 41 04 i EF 04 40 49 l Period End Time 2007 M EF 05 11 58 i 4 Period End Time Label Histogram Area Figure 5 6 Normal Display Mode Under the Normal display single frame mode you can use all the tools the Playback program provides except the Page control In this mode the two labels under the Pull Bar show the individual starting and ending time of the interval as shown in Figure 5 6 5 5 1 Histogram Area ii Figure 5 7 Histogram Area in Normal Display Mode The Histogram Area in the Normal display single frame mode only indicates the events occurred time and the percentage of motion detection as red bars If you want to access the histogram area you must change the Area Selection Indicator to the Histogram Area You can mark one time interval you want to see with a 5 65 color inverted region by dragging your mouse cursor as you hold down the left mouse button as shown in Figure 5 7 As you release the left button the color inverted region will replace the original time range as the new period the program displays If you click on the left button without holdi
37. he Internet Settings button This setting is helpful for connecting Video Server Network Camera series product in the Intranet while the proxy server is in use at the same time You can enable or disable the usage of the proxy server by the check box shown in Figure 3 12 If you enable both the proxy server and IP restriction the listed IP addresses will not be applied to the proxy server Often the listed IP address will be the one assigned to the Visual Server Network Camera series product in the Intranet VIVOTEK Internet Proxy Settings Dp a a me or Poe z mL SY ELL IJa miae y d J J Lising ntar server J Lisl ie a ar a P es Tip FAS ai 1 y Fort fo Check here to enable IP filter E Add an IP address to list n pe aE re a e a G r ef a Samy T Sse oro oe ie L A Lo Lit fu ae SY Won y D E B 192 166 I A l on Delete an IP Address from list Check here to enable proxy server 192 168 oC aia Enter IP address here to add IP address list Figure 3 12 Internet Proxy Settings Display Options In the video displaying frame of each channel there are two status bars associated with it On the upper side the status contains Camera location and the time of the remote site On the lower side the status includes Connection time and Recording time As shown in Figure 3 13 all can be enabled or d
38. ideo you can click drag and drop the video in the video area to the trashcan in the common control area of the Monitor tool The following shows the step by step procedure of drag and drop X VIVOTEK 3 6 1 1 Show the video of the specific channel This section depicts the method of showing the video of a specific channel in the dedicated displaying frame in the video area Step 1 Move the mouse cursor to the channel number as shown in Figure 3 17 Channel number Displaying frame Location hint Figure 3 17 Mouse Cursor on the Channel Number Step 2 Press and hold down the left mouse button and drag the mouse cursor to the displaying frame in the video area as shown in Figure 3 18 Note that the cursor will be changed according to the area indicating whether the selection can be dropped there Droppable area Figure 3 18 Drag the Channel to the Displaying Frame Step 3 Move the mouse cursor to the area in which the selection can be dropped in this case it should be the video area and then release the mouse button In each layout each channel is corresponding to one and only one displaying frame in the video area as shown in Figure 3 19 Therefore the drag and drop from the channel number to the displaying frame can be treated as exchange of channels in the displaying frames That means whatever video is on the newly selected channel will replace the one on the current display frame You can appl
39. ing the display adjustment toolbox you can change the displaying video sequence to the size you want to see in the Normal display mode Move the area selection indicator to the display area Figure 5 14 shows the display adjustment toolbox and its own three elements 1 e Zoom In Zoom Out and Full Screen Display Adjustment aaz Figure 5 14 Display Adjustment Toolbox 5 7 3 1 Zoom In Each time you click on the Zoom In button the image size in the display area will be magnified 12 5 percent of the original size Due to the limitation of the display area size the maximum zoom in ratio we support here is only 2 25 1 for NTSC modulation mode and 1 875 1 for PAL modulation mode If you want to see the image in more details you can use the Full Screen function we support in the same toolbox 5 7 3 2 Zoom Out q Each time you click on the Zoom Out button the image size in the display E area will be minified 12 5 percent to the original size In order to completely show the location and time the minimum zoom out ratio is limited to 0 5 1 5 7 3 3 Full Screen ss When you click on the Full Screen button the video sequence will be enlarged to fill up the entire screen instantly You can double click on the mouse button in any area on the screen or press the ESC key to return to the original state 5 7 4 Searching Range Adjustment Toolbox When you move the mouse cursor over
40. isabled individually The Apply to full screen mode can also be turned on Once it has been selected the status bar in each channel will show the date location connection and recording time in both displaying frame mode and full screen mode ZOOLFOS 20 16 16 14 Remote Time Recording Time Day Hour Min 3 26 VIVOTEK Figure 3 13 Status on the Displaying Frame Miscellaneous v Click on image to enable PTZ Enable this option can let you control PTZ by clicking on displaying frame If this option is enabled the cursor icon will be changed when cursor moving into a displaying frame which associates with a PTZ enabled Video Server Network Camera series product as shown in Figure 3 14 You can move camera to any point you want by clicking on displaying frame 2004 08 19 09 56 16 Figure 3 14 Cursor change to click on image mode Backup Settings In this setting you can select the directory maybe a remote hard disk for the video database backup as well as the backup size of your backup media Backup Location Select This window provides the settings for backup and the deletion of video database You can select the check box to direct which channels need to be backed up You can also click the Delete button on the right to delete the video database corresponding to the selected channel Several kinds of backup status information will be shown for each channel Normally the status shows the
41. isplaying frame If the data of the period selector has been changed clicking on the Play button restarts all frames to display the first nine events in the new period a Stop When you want to stop displaying the video sequence you can click on the Stop button Note that once you had pressed the Stop button the start point will be reset to the beginning of the present period Pause Resume The Pause button provides you a way to pause video sequence display When the displaying video is paused clicking on the Pause button again will resume video display Step Forward This button is valid only when the displaying video sequence is paused Each time the Step Forward button is clicked it will display the next frame in that period Fast Play and Slow Play We support up to a maximum of x16 fast forward play and a minimum of 1 16 slow forward play This function provides you with more flexibility in browsing through the surveillance database If you want to change the playing speed you only need to move the speed indicator To increase playing speed move the indicator in the clockwise direction To decrease playing speed move it in the counterclockwise direction Current speed you are set at will be shown in the second column of the status area 5 7 3 Display Adjustment Toolbox When you move the mouse cursor over to the displaying area the display adjustment toolbox will appear Us
42. ng down and dragging it the command will be the same as clicking on the Pull Bar in the same x axis position That means the Playback system will be shifted to the appointed time and shows the video in the displaying frame The dark regions in the histogram area means there is no video data existed in these intervals If you click on these regions a warning message will pop up 5 6 Preview Multiple Frame Mode You can enter the event Preview mode only if you have changed the playback method selector to Events Preview This can help you to identify the objects that triggered the events not only by the time information and the alert percentage in the histogram area but also by playing the real video preview This allows you to easily distinguish between different alert situations Under the Event Preview mode the Pull Bar Transducer button in the exporting toolbox and the Display Adjustment Toolbox are disabled The two labels under the Pull Bar show both the number of displayed events and the total event count There are nine frames in the display area that we call one page Each of the nine frames on each page displays a different video sequence event Each event displayed will be of at least 10 seconds in length You can use the Page Up and Page Down button in Page Control to browse the events in the selected period up to nine events per page There is also page status informing you the current page number and th
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44. ocation of the selected camera you need to make sure the location string does not include prohibited characters such as lt gt Otherwise the wrong location string will cause the application program to malfunction You can change the location string in Video gt Text on Video of the remote setting webpage VIVOTEK video Server gt System Security P Keep current date and time Network DDNS amp UPnP Video Sync with computer time PC date 2004 06 07 yyyy mm dd PC time 16 49 34 hh mm ss Motion detection n a C Manual Application Date 2007 03 07 yyyy mm dd Camera control ai Time 05 24 01 hh mm ss odem c i Setup page EEE Automatic p pag NTP server skip to invoke default server Camera selections Time zone GMT v 9 Factory default Update Interval One hour Save Version 0200d 3 Remote setting webpage Figure 3 3 Layouts of Camera Configurations 3 4 2 Local Settings In the local settings as shown in Figure 3 4 there are three main functionalities Delete camera Figure 3 4 Local Settings Insert This allows the user to insert a remote Video Server Network Camera series product to the camera list Click on the Insert button an Insert New Channel dialog will pop up as shown in Figure 3 5 Specify the IP address port and root password of the remote Video Server Network Camera serie
45. of the Monitor tool Whether you choose the one camera layout or the four camera layout the Page up and Page down buttons will be shown in the bottom left corner of the video area You can use these two buttons to switch the pages as shown in Figure 3 22 Use the Page Up and Page Down key in keyboard could also swith the page 2004 08 18 15 40 07 A O NO x E ee mn 2 tt GO etc r Das at Switch between cameras Figure 3 22 One camera Layout 3 35 VIVOTEK When you want to view one individual camera from the multi camera layout shown in Fig3 24 double click on the display frame associated with the dedicated channel in the video area You will see the size of the display frame is the same as the one camera layout Clicking on the Back button in the upper left corner of the video area will switch to the previous selected multi camera layout The position for each channel in any layout will be kept for the next time when the layout is selected again for monitoring Figure 3 23 Double clicking on the Displaying frame 2004 08 18 15 39 24 c Qq amp _ a ms De hte Select One vv Figure 3 24 Single View Mode When in Multi camera Layout 3 37 VIVOTEK 3 6 3 Input Output Control Tools Alert Message Digital Input Digital Output Figure 3 25 Input Output Control Tool This application software provides another thre
46. ogram Chapter 2 Launcher Launcher is a controller program that allows the user to invoke Monitor or Playback quickly It also allows starting the recording before the user logs in 2 1 Security for Launcher Starting Launcher does not require passing the username password check Once invoked Launcher can run automatically However if the user clicks on the Launcher icon in the system tray the program will pop up a username password dialog This happens if this is a first time menu pop up or when Launcher was locked If the user fails to pass the authentication check no menu will appear After passing identification and authentication the user is free to use all functions The user can lock the Launcher as a security measure When the Launcher is locked it reverts back to the Start up state The user needs to pass identification and authentication again to get to the popup menu Below 1s the login window Authentication Username Password Figure 2 1 Login Dialog 2 10 VIVOTEK When the Launcher is locked the unlock window is as follows Figure 2 2 Unlock Dialog The input area of the dialog will be grayed disabled for 60 seconds after three failure attempts 2 2 User Interface This is the user interface for Launcher Lock W Antonin at startup Tools d Monitor Playback Logout Exit Figure 2 3 Popup Menu The main user interface for Launcher is an icon on
47. ord when motion detection is triggered 4 3 3 2 Digital input Figure 4 12 Digital Input Selector Figure 4 12 shows the four digital input conditions Select the triggering condition that you would like to start recording 4 54 high Event will be triggered when the digital input is high low Event will be triggered when the digital input is low rising Event will be triggered if the digital input changes from low to high falling Event will be triggered if the digital input changes from high to low 4 3 4 Schedule in Continuous mode Figure 4 10 shows that if you have selected the Continuous mode then it will record continuously according to the schedule set up by the user 4 4 Secondary Schedule Secondary schedule is the time that is outside the Primary schedule 4 4 1 Schedule modes Secondary Schedule t Disable C Event mode C Continuous mode Figure 4 13 Secondary Schedule Mode Selector There are three selections in the Secondary schedule mode selector Disable Event mode and Continuous mode You can disable the Secondary schedule choose the Event mode or choose the Continuous mode The two modes are the same as those in the Primary schedule Please refer to Section 4 3 3 and Section 4 3 4 4 55 y Co S S Chapter 5 Playback 5 1 Features of Playback The Playback program of this application software is a very powerful yet convenient and user friendly tool the u
48. pears when you change the display mode to event preview mode as shown inFigure 5 3 It is a red rectangle surrounding to one 5 61 a of the nine event preview frames Once a frame has been selected you can control the playing status using the jog dial in the control area 5 3 3 Pull Bar The Pull Bar is a fast flexible control for seeking specific data in the selected time period In the total length of time in that period you can click or pull on the indicator on the Pull Bar to pin point a start time you wish to see The video display will start playing the video sequence from that point on If the replay is paused the display area will show the point you have selected Note that Pull Bar will only function under normal display mode 5 4 Settings Click on the Settings button shown in Figure 5 4 in the system control tool and the setting dialog will appear on the screen as shown in Figure 5 5 Figure 5 4 System Control Tool Database location The most important item in the settings dialog is the database path setting You must set it to the directory that contains the surveillance database to make the program to work properly AVI files location This sets the storing directory when you export AVI files The exported AVI files will be stored in a sub directory under the directory you have chosen here 5 62 i gt i p i i z A j Snapshot files location It sets the directory wh
49. r a specific period from the Histogram Area 5 3 1 3 Control Area The Control Area contains most of the control selections and toolboxes you need to browse the database except Page Control The Page Control Tool is located on the bottom right corner of the Display Area when the program is operating in the event preview mode as shown in Figure 5 3 The control tools include Location Selector Period Selector Playback Method Selector Jog Dial Display adjustment Searching Range Adjustment Exporting and System Control Details are discussed in Section 5 7 Using Tools 5 3 1 4 Status Area The Status Area is located at the bottom of the main window It shows all program status information including display mode display size display speed exporting file format and exporting file name 5 3 2 Indicators 5 3 2 1 Area Selection Indicator As shown in Figure 5 1 the Display Area is surrounded by a blue rectangle This is the Area Selection Indicator This can be set to indicate either the Display Area or the Histogram Area Move your mouse cursor to the area you want to select When you have selected the Display Area the Display Adjustment Tool will appear in the control area If you have selected the Histogram Area the Display Adjustment Tool will disappear and the Searching Range Adjustment Tool will be shown in the same place of the control area 5 3 2 2 Frame Selection Indicator The Frame Selection Indicator only ap
50. rag it to the trashcan in the common control panel of the Monitor tool Step 4 The cursor shape will change to an arrow shape icon over the trashcan Release the left mouse button The video in the corresponding display frame will disappear These operations are shown in Figure 3 20 s ab Drees and hold mouse button here biose mone cursor here ard HE then Te Ease the mouse button fy me THE Figure 3 20 Close the Channel Note Even the channel is closed for current layout The network connection is still connected The reason to keep the connection is that if the connection 1s closed it is not possible for Monitor to judge if any event is triggered 3 6 2 The Layout There are six kinds of layouts shown in Figure 3 21 for displaying frames in the Monitor tool You can select one of them by clicking on the left mouse button over the layout icon you want In each layout you can select drag and drop the channel number to any display frame in the video area The video from the remote site will be shown Following the procedures described in Section 3 6 1 1 you can add the video of the channel to the display frame of the selected layout in the video area one by one After that you can also exchange video between different display frames by the same select drag and drop method 4 cameras layout 1 camera layout Ee 6 cameras layout 9 cameras layout 13 cameras layout Figure 3 21 Layout
51. s product and 3 18 click on the Ok button to close the dialog The system will try to connect to the selected camera If the connection is successful the camera will be inserted to the list Insert New Channel 192 168 0 215 ey IP address and port Figure 3 5 Insert New Channel Dialog Delete This removes the selected Video Server Network Camera series product from the camera list de ae The selected camera will be deleted Ty O 192 168 0 737 50 E NONE NONE NONE 5 NONE VIVOTEK History Clicking on the History button pops up a camera history list that shows the latest cameras that has been inserted into the camera list The list could contain up to 16 entries When you click on one of the cameras in the history list the camera will be inserted into the camera list The history list is shown in Figure 3 7 oem Historical camera list xX Ls t 192 168 0 217 7 90 192 168 0 713 890 Figure 3 7 Popup historical camera list 3 4 3 Alert Settings and Recording Settings Figure 3 8 Alert Settings and Recording Settings Alert Settings These settings guide this program how to handle motion detection and digital input alerts V Enable motion detect With this checkbox checked the program will trigger the alert sound specified in 3 5 Global Settings Alert Sound if motion is detected for the specified channel Ena
52. s the time line scheduling information and the selected day of the week Selected day Figure 4 5 Week Time line 4 3 1 2 Marking Unmarking the Recoding Time Result in hour time line 13 A ees een ata Menara fe peer ge Figure 4 6 One click on Week Time line The corresponding changes for the markers on the week time line will be automatically added to the hour time line as shown in Figure 4 6 You can also mark and unmark the plotted bar by using the left and right mouse buttons 4 3 1 3 Hour Time Line Figure 4 7 shows Hour time line It includes the time line scheduling information GE SAE ADR atest ete S EE ASS I Firs SES STAG hb sree hang Stee eaa e A E ate ce Figure 4 7 Hour time line 4 3 1 4 Marking Unmarking the Recording Time You only need one click on the left mouse button to mark the time on this time line The operating method for the hour time line is the same as that of the week time lines Please refer to Section 4 3 1 1 for details 4 3 2 Schedule with Time Picker 4 3 2 1 Begin and End Time Begin Sunday E fo End Sunday 20 a jo a fi al Day picker Figure 4 8 Begin Time and End Time Selectors There are three controlling units in both Begin Time and End Time selectors as shown in Figure 4 8 The first part of each of these two selectors is the Day Picker You can select the day of the week with it and set the beginning time and the ending
53. ser can use in browsing the recorded video database It has two display modes normal display mode and event preview mode and three playback methods full range time period and events preview There are several main tools consisting of special features in this Playback tool These tools are depicted as follow Powerful play control tools Play Stop Pause Step forward Fast play from x1 to x16 Slow play from 1 to 16 Convenient display adjustment tools Zoom in from 1 1 to 2 25 1 Zoom out from 1 1 to 1 2 Full screen Flexible searching range adjustment tools User input from full range to 1 second Zoom in from full range to 10 seconds Zoom out up to full range Page searching Full range Various tools AVI file transducer BMP file snapshot 5 56 Output to printer directly Volume control System control tools Lock Program System settings Minimize Miscellaneous tools Location selector Alert window selector 9 2 Logging In The authentication mechanism is implemented in Launcher If the user has passed authentication in Launcher Playback can be invoked without further authentication Otherwise Authentication diglog of Launcher will pop up and the user must pass authentication in order to use Playback Y VIVOTEK 5 3 Layout gt a vsem Area Selection Indicator T ony 2007 03 07 04 41 04 EF 04 40 49 Display Area EF 05 11 58 rr ea o Control Area
54. series product you will need to configure the global settings for all the connected servers These include the video database directory the usage of the hard disk and options for video display Camera Configuration Global ettings scheduler Backup About Figure 3 10 Global Settings You can activate the global setting window from Configuration Menu Global Settings as shown in Figure 3 10 ATTENTION A warning window will pop up to alert you that all recording processes will be stopped when activating the global setting window x CiWrmssDB_ Vi Snapshot ae fi PAL GN SEAS ALSO yin remeron Location Remote Tir Mo Data Mo Data Mo Data Mo Data Mo Data No Data Backup status Ho Tata information Account to Access Network Drive Figure 3 11 Global Settings Window Directory Settings V Snapshot directory This is the directory for storing the snapshots in bmp format from channels as shown in Figure 3 11 v Recording directory This is the directory for storing the recorded video data from remote channels Y Scheduler directory This is the directory for storing the default and user customized plots for the recording schedule of each channel Record Diskspace Usage Settings Y Cycle Recording When this setting is turned on the video database system will overwrite the 3 24 oldest data if the usage of the current database has
55. t in the path Configuration Menu Camera Configurations Alert Settings the alert message will show in the window as shown in Figure 3 28 refer to Alert Settings in Section 3 4 3 An alert message appears in this window when an alert is triggered by user defined motion detection or a digital input level change You can also use the scroll bar of this box to check on the alert event s history The message format is described as follows 3 40 time gt alert type channel number winl win2 win3 The message 02 41 00 gt MO 1 0 1 1 means that this was a motion detection alert occurred at 02 41 00 AM in Motion Window 2 and Motion Window 3 The message 14 41 56 gt DI 1 means there was an alert triggered by the first DI at 02 41 56 PM 3 6 4 Backup OB NEON CBANBOA Camera Configuration Global Settings cheduler Scheduler 4 4 sh Cancel Backup 6 About Abot h Figure 3 29 the Process of Backup Operation Backup allow you to copy the recorded video data to another media according to the location and the size you have selected You can refer to Section 3 5 Configuration Menu Global Settings Backup Settings for more details on backup settings From the backed up video data in the media you can duplicate the backup data to any removable device such as CD ROM ZIP disk DVD RAM or tape manually
56. the system tray The popup menu is displayed by clicking on the right or left buttons on the mouse The menu items are listed below 1 Lock Launcher When this item is selected Launcher will enter Lock mode In Lock mode whenever the user wants to invoke the menu a dialog asking for username and password appears The interface for this dialog is covered in the previous section 2 11 VIVOTEK 2 Tools This contains many utilities currently only change password is implemented Below is the change password screen Figure 2 4 Change Password Dialog 3 Autorun at Startup This turns on or turns off Launcher s auto start up state Auto start up is to run Launcher right after Windows boot up The state could be either on or off 4 Monitor This starts up the Monitor If the Monitor is already running move the focus to it 5 Playback This starts up Playback If Playback is already running move the focus to it 6 Exit This ends Launcher If the user chooses this option a message box will pop up to confirm whether the user really wants to exit It warns the user that exiting Launcher will also close Monitor and Playback 2 12 Chapter 3 Monitor 3 1 Features of Monitor Tool In this section we will depict all features of the Monitor tool in this software 3 1 1 Traditional Surveillance Features The traditional surveillance features include the following v Real time monitor v
57. time of the last backup which indicates the time you last backed up to the dedicated media No Data means that there is no video data recorded for this channel All Backup means all the data in this location have been backed up First Backup means there are video data recorded for this location and there has not been any backup operation prior Please refer to Section 3 27 X VIVOTEK 3 6 4 for the activation of backup operations Account to Access Network Drive This button will pop up a dialog shown in Figure 3 15 If you want to set the record path to the network drives you should enable the option Account to Access Network Drive and give the local user s name password and network domain To backup data to network driver you also need to setup the account Account to Access Network Drive Ix Figure 3 15 Account to Access Network Drive settings 3 6 Using Monitor Tool This section depicts methods of manipulating the Monitor tool 3 6 1 Connection of the Video Server Network Camera Series Channel Once you have connected a Video Server Network Camera series product you can drag and drop the camera to the video area As for the channel area shown in Figure 3 16 if you have not set up the camera for the channel the color of the channel number will be gray Once you have set up the camera in the channel the color of the channel number will be blue This also means that this channel is
58. trol auto pan auto patrol and preset location control of the selected channel The camera must be a remote Visual Server Network Camera series product that supports PTZ functions DI DO control This tool receives digital input signal and sends digital output signal to the remote Video Server Network Camera series product associated with the dedicated channel Alert Message This tool allows the display of the latest alert messages received from the remote Video Server Network Camera series product associated with the selected channel Y viverK 3 3 Logging In The authentication mechanism is implemented in Launcher If user has already passed the authentication in Launcher Monitor can be invoked without further authentication If not the Authentication of Launcher will be popped up and user must pass it to get Monitor shows up There are two privileges in the user protection system the root administrator and the general user 3 3 1 The Root Privilege In the Monitor tool system root privilege includes the right to access Video Server Network Camera series products as well as changing local settings However this root privilege is not the same as that of the root privilege of the Video Server Network Camera series product You can change the settings of each selected Video Server Network Camera in the remote site only if you have the root privilege of the remote Video Server Network Camera series product
59. y this criterion to exchange the channels in different displaying frames Let us assume the video of Channel 1 is shown at display Frame X and the video of Channel 2 is shown at display Frame Y The channels associated with the dedicated display frames will be switched when you drag and drop the video from display Frame X to display Frame Y and vice versa Also you can move the channel from its original display frame to a vacant display frame All these functions can be performed by a single mouse operation drag and drop This makes it very convenient to customize the video display layout for monitoring Note Monitor will automatically associate newly added channel to empty frame of each layout So you will find that the channel is automaticaly shown in layout after closing Camera Configuration dialog But if you have manually changed the association in one layout the automation for that layout would be disabled There is 3 32 t TEK no way to re enable the automation AD a25 1056 31 Figure 3 19 Showing Video on the Displaying Frame 3 6 1 2 Close the channel in displaying frame This section discusses how to close the video change in the display frame Step 1 Move the mouse cursor to the display frame associated with the channel you want to close Step 2 The cursor will turn into a hand shaped icon when it is moved to the display frame Press and hold with the left mouse button Step 3 Move the cursor and d

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