Video DR-C user`s manual User`s manual
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1. GUARD IRONIC Digital Watchman CCTV DVR Systems 1 800 542 7866 cctv guardronic com Video DR C user s manual User s Manual version 1 6 2006 GUARD TRONIC INC VideoDR C user s manual 2 Table of contents 1 INTRODUCTION c sean ly ke ST NOSTSKINK KUTSN NN SHE SAK ua daN E osa dla ANA N NKASATN 3 lusk SYSTEM DESCRIP TIO Nites tery tiene O etd p BG Naa a 3 UZ AAFOUIREMENI ost zaaa seo d oa e aha data mdi maat ikke matsin 3 2 USING THE CLIENT SOFTWARE OF THE VIDEODR S SYSTEM 4 2 1 MAIN PROGRAM VIEW 22002000 r 4 2 2 ESTABLISHING A CONNEG TION eset ach serra V don iat Mana shia 6 2o ADDRESS BOOK Cane ene etn eee cee eS ts n Rat dock HAUTA SGE han anna t o dt abnd 7 ZA CAMERASETTINGS zosoars al si O la I O l os T 2 97 ARCHIVE SETTINGS gorannn i 8 2O EROGRAM SETTINGS irrar oii ia a 9 2 f BROWSING THE VIDEO IMAGE ARCHIVE 2 2 0 eee eee 000000 ee nan ena na nn 9 2 7 1 Control panel of the archive cc ccousousinusa nuunuu 11 2 7 2 Searching for motion in image ArCNiVBS lt lt lt lt lt lt sser0001 12 2 7 3 Exporting archive to AVI TI E 420220000000000000 v nr anna naan annan 13 2 7 4 Inserting the bookmark into the video ArChiVE lt lt lt lt lt ss lt xx 14 2 7 5 LOOMING into fragments of an Image cscccscccseeeeccsecseeeseessuecseesseeeeeees 14 2 7 6 Setting the a2. 100 for a connection in local networks Every change you make must be confirmed by pressing the Apply changes button You can choose if additional information should be displayed on the screen Camera name Current time and date Frames per second You can also change the Text color Sharpness button is used to sharpen the picture if the picture is too soft but remember that weaker computers could have problems with sharpening the picture the function reguires strong CPU unit The guality and the on screen information is set for all the cameras simultaneously 2 5 Archive settings In order to record the watched remote video on local disks you need to create a video database Specify the Path the folder Size MB and the File size MB in the Archive file localization frame on the left side Double click the number in the Size or File size column in order to edit this field The Add new localization button is used to add a new folder to the video database The Change path button is used to change localization The Rebuild archive files button allows rebuilding of the video database according to the specified settings 9 ALNET SYSTEMS INC Archive settings r Archie files location Path Size ME File size MB Add a new location Delete selected location Change path Rebuild archive files 2 6 Program settings The N icon opens the program settings window where you can select the interface language Pro
3. U axis move i Waele move Button stk Button Save poi si oni Button 3 Zoom noon out Direction 11 Record pattern Button 4 Soom moomi out Direction 1 0 End pattern recording Button 5 Aun pattern Button 6 Sel ayrilar output Button Browse position Button E End browee Button 9 Showa configuration menu Speed Turning direction ook Appl Cancel After the window is opened select the USB joystick at present only one joystick is supported and select the protocol according to the type of dome to be controlled Lilin Sensormatic Pelco Next select the serial port to which the RS 485 converter is connected COM1 or COM2 The icons in the middle of the window the keyboard the joystick and the mouse Those icons are used to define the program behavior depending on pressing a particular key or moving the joystick VideoDR C user s manual Settings Action Dome command Up Up Down Speed Turing direction 0 5 Con Right Left Shift F1 Position number Shift F10 Save position Postion number 22 0 Shift F3 Save position Position number 7 0 Shift FG Save position Position number Shift F7 Save Position number Shift FE Save position Position number gt 4 0 Shift FS Save position Position number 3 0 Chit Fa Save position Position number gt 2 0 Shift Fis Save position Poston number 1 0 Shift F2 Save position Position number 0 0 F11 Recall position Position numbe
4. another server select Connect and select Exit if you want to guit the program 2 3 Address book The Address book the Servers Address book DEMO FLORIDA USA demo Marts DEMO FLORIDA NS DEMO OLD TOWRA EUROPE demo DEMO STREET EUROPFE demo DEMO RESIDENCE EUROPE demo icon is used to store the addresses of the video Server address Horida alnetsystems com Part S000 Login demo Pa ssmnrd Delete selected position In order to configure settings for a new server press the Add Change button and enter the name Video Server by default Specify the Internet address of the computer or its IP number port number 9000 by default login and password and confirm 2 4 Camera settings The camera setting window is opened by clicking the a icon You can set the desired picture quality The lower image quality you set results in a higher VideoDR C user s manual 8 compression level and therefore a smaller file size There are specific settings for remote video frame rate You can separately set base frames Single image one single frame captured every 20 seconds and replaced image fragments deltas Camera settings Picture quality ken frames Dela trames 25 Current time T r T r a k a b A The default picture guality settings 25 for frames 25 for deltas are adapted to the modem connection You can set higher values for a better network connection and the maximum
5. camera images Use the mouse pointer to select a particular position in the log to display the image recorded at that moment The camera image currently selected with the mouse pointer is marked with a red border The bar of the currently selected camera is highlighted In the upper left corner below the time log there is an indicator of the time corresponding to the current position of the cursor in the time log fi ALNET SYSTEMS INC The yellow vertical bars indicate the moments when the system was switched on or off 2 7 1 Control panel of the archive On the left side of the screen there is a control panel of the archive Those buttons are used to control the image playback The NI icon switches on playing forward The 2x text by the icon means playing with twice the real time speed The MAX text by the icon means playing with the maximum speed possible for the processor throughput The icon stops playing The icon switches on playing in reverse direction The and IM icons allow playing one frame forward and backward respectively The MN icon allows selection of the motion searching areas on one or more cameras The i icon starts the motion detection process in the previously selected fragment of the image Detailed description is presented in Chapter 2 7 2 The icon allows setting up of the quality of received archive video The Ma icon allows you to zoom in on the image from the archive Selecting the ki ico
6. chart left click and hold the mouse button moving the pointer to the end of the desired fragment Release the mouse button just as you select text in a text editor This will result in zooming into the selected fragment so that the selected beginning will become the beginning of the chart and the selected end will become the end of the displayed chart 2 7 8 Browsing recordings from a given day using the calendar The VideoDR S system allows browsing the archives using a handy calendar It is called up by clicking the Calendar button in the archive control panel A calendar window will be displayed dates in bold indicate recordings made on that day To view the recording select the date and click OK VideoDR C user s manual 16 Calendar Tue Wed Thu Fn Sat 2 3 b 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 17 20 Zi Foday 27 25 2003 Select all 17 ALNET SYSTEMS INC 3 Domecontrol Note Dome control is only implemented in a Professional and Real Time version of the VideoDR S program It is not implemented in Home Edition version 3 1 Dome control settings The dome control settings window is called up by clicking the S Icon in the icon bar on the left side Dome settings Control Joystick n 1 Error initializing joystick Dead zone Fi Settings Action Dome command A aes move Left Right Ta are cinni 1 Yaris move 5 2 axle move jet zoom 1 Pos ion 10 at Down RA asis move oom nao out
7. a name CI Camera Time spam 1200 00 AM 2 22 02 2003 11 59 59 PM r 22 02 2005 Frames per second inal file File name z CA m L k i k s First select the camera to export video from time span fps rate and the file name After clicking OK button you have to select the codec to encode the file 2 7 4 Inserting the bookmark into the video archive Using the bookmarks you can guickly browse the archive to the previous set up positions Inserting the bookmark is possible while watching live picture as well as browsing the archive by clicking right mouse button on picture and selecting add bookmark from the context menu You can add the bookmark by clicking the icon in Archive view mode set up marking the video if motion detection happens or if alarm input is activated or if any other event support by schedule happens The bookmark Is presented as vertical red bar in the archive time log Browsing the bookmarks is easy by using the special bookmark buttons in the Archive view as described in Chapter 2 7 1 2 7 5 Zooming into fragments of an image The MIEN icon is used to enter the mode of selecting areas for zooming in on In this mode selecting a fragment of the image i e dragging the mouse cursor with the left mouse button depressed and releasing the button at the end of selection causes the selected fragment to be enlarged to the whole window of image display In order to exit the zooming mode enter the mode of selec
8. control The program permits setting of motion detection in arbitrary areas of the screen as well as motion searching in archives The differential image compression method while preserving excellent image guality allows image recording longer than in other systems of this type at the same file size The differential image recording algorithm used does not replace the entire new frame but only its part that has changed The replaced image fragments are called deltas in the system HomeEdition version is designed for households and is limited in comparison with Professional edition The limitations are as follows Alarm inputs and remote switches not supported Only one administrator account and one regular user account in the system allowed 3 fps per camera limited frame rate capture Remote access only to current day archives Noscheduling feature RealTime version supports video capture in real time Maximum 30fps per each camera for NTSC TV system and 25fps for PAL TV system The software used for operation of the VideoDR S comprises two independent programs The first of them is a server application operating the video capture card and related processes The second is a client application used for connecting to the server through local networks or the Internet he server includes all the client options and tools for the computer on which it is installed and running The installation version is comprised of two separate exe
9. cutable files for the client and the server The optional client application is free of charge and it allows remote management and browsing of data made available by the server The video archive of the server may also be browsed remotely by the client application 1 2 Reguirements VideoDR C application client of the VideoDR S server application works under the Microsoft Windows operating system version 98 and above There is also special version for Microsoft Windows NT VideoDR C user s manual 4 2 Using the client software of the VideoDR S system 2 1 Main program view Program Tools Settings About The upper part contains a drop down menu giving access to the following program options e Program o Minimize minimize the window to an icon in the taskbar of Windows system o Exit exits the program After selecting this option the application asks if you want to save any changes entered to the program configuration in a configuration file If you close the application for the first time you have to specify the file location e Tools o Connection opens the connection window o Archive opens the archive selection window o Domes opens the settings for pan tilt zoom e Settings o Address Book opens the address book window o Cameras opens the connection settings window o Archive opens the archive selection window o Domes opens the settings for pan tilt zoom e About ope
10. e camera movement after an arrow is pressed More precisely that means that when you press an arrow the dome will be moved by a specified interval If the turtle icon is selected 19 ALNET SYSTEMS INC the dome will move very slowly the human icon causes the dome to move at medium speed and pressing the hare icon results in very fast movement of the dome The icons with numbers moves the dome to preset position the icon at the bottom turns on the stepping mode the icon reverts the directions 4 Contactinfo Guard Tronic Inc 104 North 13th Street Fort Smith AR 72901 800 542 7866 voice 800 687 4502 fax cctv guardtronic com http www guardtronic com 4208 Johnson Road Springdale AR 72764 800 324 6150 voice 479 750 1483 fax 111 South 401 Street Muskogee OK 74401 918 682 1952 voice 918 682 2053 fax 5706 Patterson Little Rock AR 72209 501 568 0888 voice 501 568 0949 fax 3601 East 20 Street Joplin MO 64801 417 782 1480 voice 417 782 1483 fax 4804 North Washington Forrest City AR 72335 870 630 1690 voice 870 630 1205 fax
11. gram settings Language ENGLISH 2 7 Browsing the video Image archive In order to go to the archive view press the El icon in the icon bar on the left side of the main view of the VideoDR S system or select the Archive submenu from the upper menu Tools Every time you go to the archive first you have to select the kind of archive to be browsed VideoDR C user s manual 10 en archives select archive Remote e Default allows viewing the remote images recorded locally by the client This is only possible if you have configured the video archive database e From disk allows you to select an archive stored in any folder accessible to the computer After you press this button a folder selection window appears Specify the folder where the video recordings are located e Remote allows browsing remotely the archive on the VideoDR S server The called up archive view replaces the main view WII AN MUNKIN DV R a Al AN AA A ANT ME MENN ee asetan oi Sai l Ji ll N x y 7 Ti l LL RRA A TALAN A NA TL L L TTT V TN O A 1 v l l i TT R BL L T 02 2003 08 00 00 AM n 03 00 00 AM 09 30 00 AM 10 00 00 AM 10 30 00 4M n i 8 30 00 AM nary 2 20 dav si 3 hours i 07 30 00 AM 05 41 17 4M 25 0 4 Ek bb 2003 Archives 07 20 48 AM 05 02 2003 Summary ja bi The upper part of the archive window displays a time chart of the recordings the log The green bars represent recorded
12. hile the icon scales the chart by zooming out of it making it farther Th e Show a whole day icon scales the Image to the whole selected day from 00 00 hours to 00 00 hours on the next day NOTE Zooming into the time charts is also possible using the mouse point the mouse cursor on the time chart press the left mouse button and hold it moving the cursor to the end of the desired fragment then release the mouse button just as you select text in a text editor The Calendar button allows selection of the archive from a di particular day and displaying it in the form of a time chart Backup ji The Backup button displays a dialog window for creating a ill backup copy of the video archive from a selected time period i The Exit button closes the archive window Image divisions Those icons divide the screen in a way indicated on the icons just like in the main view of the VideoDR S system If you click a camera image with the right mouse button a window HH will appear allowing selection of the camera to be displayed You can freely change the sequence of camera images using the drag and drop method i e clicking an image with the left mouse sE button and moving it to another place in order to exchange the H images i 5 2 7 2 Searching for motion in image archives The VideoDR S system allows motion searching in the video archives This function is useful if you want to see what has caused motion i
13. n a particular area but you do not want to browse through the archive frame by frame For this purpose press the icon for selecting the motion searching areas The program will enter the mode of selecting areas for motion detection Then select an area on the image from one camera or several cameras using the mouse cursor Next press the E icon to begin the process of motion searching in the archive The VideoDR S system will rewind the archive to the point where a motion was detected in any of the selected areas The video playback will be stopped and you will hear sound signal where Calendar Exit m 13 ALNET SYSTEMS INC available Click the icon again in order to continue the motion searching Below you can see an example of motion searching in the selected areas a gon TT TM TT TT TT VLT O o TT Te JL m DN OL 00 A A O R LOU A 8 30 00 A 034117 AM 25 02 2003 chives 07 20 43 AM 05 02 2003 Summary 20 day s 3 hourls 3 4 gt gt gt Saarnat 17 NJ T o o You can specify the motion searching sensitivity in the archive for each of the cameras separately This option is available in the image parameters window called up by the Icon 2 7 3 Exporting archive to AVI file You can export any part of the recorded video as AVI file a computer movie like format Any of the installed codes may be used DIV X MPEG 2 MPEG 4 VideoDR C user s manual 14 Export video sequence to AVI file Camer
14. n allows saving a frame from the currently selected camera The currently selected camera is the one with a red border The icon displays a window with options for correction of the played image for individual windows Here you can also specify the sensitivity of motion searching in the archive The icon E allows recording selected camera specified period of record time as the AVI file You can select any code installed on your computer Those icons are used as following 1 to insert a bookmark where the cursor is set 2 to browse bookmarks backward 3 to browse bookmarks forward VideoDR C user s manual 12 The first field displays the time from the video archive corresponding to the position of the mouse cursor The second field displays the time at the beginning of the time chart displayed at the top and the third field displays the time at the end of the chart The buttons below are used to move zoom in and zoom out of the images of time charts of the recordings The icons move the time chart forwards the first one by several frames the second one by the whole range it sets the end of the chart at the beginning keeping the scale After you zoom the camera image to the whole screen the Ed and Icons move the image by one second The Icons move the time chart backwards similarly to the nn icons moving the chart forwards META The icon scales the time chart by zooming into it making it closer w
15. ns the information window about the manufacturer and program version ALNET SYSTEMS INC In the center of the window there are some of the most important elements of the system camera views Note The number of the visible cameras switches and alarm inputs depends on the rights the user remotely connected has On the left you can see icons providing direct access to configuration functions of the program and selecting the split screen view a ri Pegi i A ve j r eF aa EB 8 E EL EA E Turn on off local recording of the remotely observed video Open connection to the remote VideoDR S server Address book Settings of the cameras Browse the video archives Settings of access to the mass storage of the computer Specification of the folder in which the archives are to be recorded Program settings Dome control this is to set up joystick keyboard and mouse to control the domes Dome control panel virtual joystick if no joystick has been connected then you can control dome movements using this panel Options for switching the camera views Divide the screen in a way shown on the icon The right side of the screen contains icons depicting switches and sensor inputs of the video cards Depressing an icon representing a particular switch causes activation of this switch which is shown by a change in the icon appearance Switch icons Every video card has 3 built in switches thus the system can
16. operate maximum 12 switches Click a switch with the mouse cursor to change its state On the image to the left the switch no 1 is on and the other two switches are off Such a switch may for example turn on the light in a room Alarm input icons Every card has 4 built in alarm inputs which gives a maximum of 16 independent additional sensors operated by the system If there was an alarm on the alarm input the icon will change its color VideoDR C user s manual 6 2 2 Establishing a connection After the application starts the Connection window appears on the screen by default You can also open this window anytime while the program is running by clicking the icon This window includes the address list defined in the server Address book You can select the reguired address from this list and click the Connect button in the bottom of the window the connection process will start Connection Select from list Server address Server port demc Login F Sahih d DEMO FLORIDA USA Honda alnetsystems com Cancel Connect A new small window with messages concerning the connection process will appear on the screen After a while maximum 1 minute the cameras alarm inputs and output switches should appear but only the ones that the user has rights to set in the server configuration Demo server settings Server address Server port Login Password Server address Server port Login Password Server addre
17. r 3 0 Dome command list Hone Left Right Zoom nar out Focus Mear Far Open Close ins Recall position Save position Record pattern End pattern recording Rur pattern Set aulan output Browse position End browse Showa configuration meni 18 Add nev Delete Speed Tumina direction 05 ok amp Cancel When you select the keyboard different keys can be bound do different functions double click an item or press the Add new button if there are no items Press a key on the keyboard and select a function for this key on the right e g Set position Turn left Turn right You can assign unlimited number of commands Set the speed of rotation in range from 1 to 1 There are default keys defined for saving of the camera position SHIFT F2 SHIFT F11 and for setting of the dome to the saved position F2 F11 Settings for the mouse are not working in the current version of the program They will be defined and used in a similar way as the keyboard and the joystick 3 2 Dome control panel Select the icon from the icon bar on the left side in order to open the window of the screen joystick This is useful if you do not have a common analogue USB joystick a i ly i 3 Ln ho mi 5 ES gia El u r af a L J a The arrows indicate directions zoom in and zoom out options are located underneath The turtle man and rabbit icons determine the speed of th
18. rchive image parameters and motion detection sensitivity 14 Zd SCAN TNC TING CHAINS ammat U 15 2 7 8 Browsing recordings from a given day using the calendar 15 3 DOME CONTROL ummessa ts h s need shui aus oso ses o 17 Sel DOME CONTROESETTING Ssarsosmsssis2slia sels Soest n lad k ehdit ated 17 3 2 DOME GONTROLPANE Enea Sda kt plastic a e ona o ts i 18 4 CONTACT INGO seek bude sumua naa ear aen bass a TTA 20 3 ALNET SYSTEMS INC 1 Introduction The digital technology successfully conguers many fields of life where it has been used only marginally until now This is happening thanks to continuous technological progress and development of new algorithms Employment of new technologies and methods for digital image recording and compression decreasing prices of mass memory units and faster processors contributed to development of modern closed circuit television systems the best of which is currently the VideoDR S system 1 1 System description The VideoDR S is a digital video recorder designated for operation with closed circuit television cameras The system runs on IBM compatible computers with Microsoft Windows 2000 or Microsoft Windows XP operating system It can record the image from a maximum of 16 cameras supports up to 12 remote switches and 16 inputs for additional alarm inputs It allows inspection and control through a computer network e g the Internet Version Pro and above allows also domes
19. ss Server port Login Password Server address Server port Login Password demo alnetsystems com 9000 demo demo florida alnetsystems com 9000 demo demo sopot alnetsystems com 9000 demo demo gdansk alnetsystems com 9000 demo demo By right clicking and activating the visible camera option from the context menu you can select the desired camera or even save the frame as a JPG file This menu is typically used when the camera is not displayed in the current split screen mode E g in a four camera view the other cameras are not displayed so instead of increasing the number of cameras in the split screen mode you can select the required camera from the context menu 7 ALNET SYSTEMS INC Connect visible camera w Normal Layout koo Fullscreen Preview fad tbackmarkimn archives Go to k ow Stay on top sa Menu Snapshot Exit You can select Display mode from context menu and then following options are available Normal mode default setting program window covers all screen area menu and all icons are visible Full screen only the cameras views are visible no icons and menu Preview works as the standard window you can drag and drop or scale you can also turn on the option Stay on top that does not allow other windows to hide this program window In Full screen and Preview modes you can also select the Show menu option to enable the menu display at the top of the screen To connect to
20. ting areas for detection the lii l icon or press the zooming icon again You can play such a zoomed image and moreover you can set a different zooming area for each of the cameras 2 7 6 Setting the archive image parameters and motion detection sensitivity While you are playing the image you can adjust its parameters in real time Those parameters are adjusted for each of the cameras separately The window is called up 15 ALNET SYSTEMS INC by the Icon Sharpness fs Brightness C ntrias 54001 Satuation Defaults The Detection sensitivity parameter concerns the sensitivity of searching for motion in the archive for a given camera Move the indicator to the right in order to increase the sensitivity The slides Sharpness Brightness Contrast Saturation are used to adjust the played image depending on the position of the indicator Move the indicator to the right in order to increase the parameter value and to the left in order to decrease it 2 7 7 Scaling the time charts The icon scales the time chart by zooming into it making it appear closer while the icon scales the chart by zooming out of it making it appear farther Pressing the Show a whole day button scales the log in so that the beginning will be set to 00 00 hours on a given day and the end will be set to 00 00 hours on the following day Zooming into the time charts is also possible using the mouse place the mouse pointer on the time
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