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Netcam Watcher Professional User Manual

1. COMM MM MMM MMMM MM OOMMMM MMM MM MoM MM OOMMMM MMM MM MoM MM 9 o Tuesday M M MMMM MM MM MM MoM MM MO 0 o o OOMMMM MMM MM MM MM Friday MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM OOOO 000000000000 00MMMMMMM MM MM MM Select cells and use buttons to change Blank 0ff O Monitor M Motion Detect R Record f Save schedule Delete schedule Close You can assign each camera a schedule on the Edit Camera dialog 29 Netcam Watcher Professional includes a printing utility You can print up to 6 rows and 6 columns of pictures per page allowing a maximum of 36 pictures per page You select the page layout using the Page Setup dialog on the Print menu Page Setup X Number of images on each page Print images using 3 rows and 3 columns Cancel When printing the page is filled left to right top to bottom When a page is full it is printed You can see the current status of a page by using the Print Status dialog on the Print menu Print Status x Orientation Landscape Columns ve Rows 53 Total per page 9 Current images 0 Cancel Printing Send to Printer You can print pictures either from the current camera by using Print Current Image from the Print menu or you can print frames from within the player The Print menu also has options to print or cancel an incomplete page 30 Tripwires You can set up Tripwires on cameras using the sub di
2. The right view shows the multi cam screen with larger thumbnails You can also turn off the thumbnails completely You can also create additional display windows that can be positioned on other monitors of you have them Main Features Here is a summary of the Main Features of Netcam Watcher Professional e Easily reconfigurable displays lets you see as many cameras as you like Includes a new multi camera multi monitor display that be configured any way you like e Masked motion detection allows precise control over frame recording and alarms e Cameras can operate according to easily defined schedules e g Office Hours e Alarm facility that lets you for example e mail image when alarm occurs or camera goes offline e Patrol function lets you automatically pan the camera to preset points at certain intervals This can also be scheduled e Multi cam display can rotate cameras automatically to show first set second set and so on e Remote access supported via Netcam Watcher Remote Control program e Disk space management optionally removes or archives old recordings to allow for continuous operation e Archive facility to save images before they are overwritten e Backup facility to save all your configuration and recordings at fixed times e g daily or weekly e CamBar lets you keep a subset of cameras on screen at all times e Print utility allows multiple images per page to be printed e Pan ilt Zoo
3. 0 msecs When you click Start All cameras the camera is started in the mode specified here e Monitor The camera is running in other words Netcam Watcher Professional is fetching pictures but no pictures are saved e Record on Motion The camera is running and saving frames where motion is detected e Record on NO Motion The camera is running and saving frames where no motion is detected Useful for situations where you expect continuous motion and need to detect when it stops e Record Every Frame The camera is running and every frame is recorded Data Folder Path specifies where you want to store the recordings If you leave this blank the recordings are stored in a sub folder in your main camera folder NOTE All cameras must have different Data Folder Path settings Cameras must not share recording folders Motion Detection Settings This lets you configure settings relating to motion detection e Use Mask f checked then the motion detection mask for this camera is used Edit Mask Click to edit the mask e Record for XX seconds after motion stops or before motion starts You can specify how long recording continues after motion has stopped being detected or before motion has started TIP Record for XX seconds after motion stops is a very useful setting as it will ensure that stop start motion will capture in a single clip On the other hand Record for XX seconds before motion starts is only useful in certain situa
4. Current Camera Shows the current image for the selected camera If the camera is not currently running it shows the last saved picture 5 Camera Status and Control Toolbar Controls to start and stop recording the current camera 6 Camera Thumbnails Shows the last picture for every camera Use this panel to select a camera 7 Motion Detection Bar Shows the amount of motion detected Click here to alter the motion settings 8 Camera Access Buttons Allows one click access to the current camera s homepage and admin page 9 Image Enhancer Dynamically enhances images Special enhancement for low light conditions Right click to adjust 10 User Defined Controls On Off 11 Patrolling On Off 12 Pan Tilt Zoom Shows or Hides the Pan Tilt Zoom control panel Clicking the Multi Cam tab shows the Multi Cam View Initially this shows the first four cameras but you can select any cameras you like by dragging from the thumbnails panel to the location you want You can change the number of rows and columns on the File gt Preferences dialog You can check the Rotate Pictures Every XX seconds checkbox to rotate through all your cameras This is the MultiCam display showing 2 rows and 2 columns By changing the number of rows and columns by moving the separator bar that is between the multicam display and the thumbnails and by altering the size of the thumbnails you can produce a wide range of displays You can also turn th
5. Email From Address Used to identify outgoing email alarm messages e Minimum Darkness Level for Motion Detect You can specify a value here for the lowest pixel value 1 255 that is considered for motion detection Often cameras make excessive noise when there is little or no light and this can falsely trigger motion detection Use a value here to prevent false alarms Typical values to start with are 30 50 e Start All Cameras Force Alarms Timer On f checked starts all the cameras or forces these buttons to be down on program start up 34 AVI frame rate When converting recordings to AVI this specifies the frame rate Automatically check for new version An automatic new version check is performed and you are notified on program shutdown if one is available Use Joystick for Pan Tilt Zoom lf checked you can use a standard USB joystick for Pan Tilt Zoom functions Use buttons 1 and 2 to zoom in and out Use HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE key If checked this registry key will be used instead of HKEY_CURRENT_USER This is useful if you want to run Netcam Watcher as a service as the run as service program and the normally run program will both use the same registry data If you select this key it will prompt you to copy the current registry setup from the old to the new keys Normally click Yes MultiCam Display Rows and Columns you can specify the number of rows and columns on the Multi Cam display Maximum is 10 rows and 10 columns 35 S
6. Webcam Watcher Mailing List What would you like todo Join the mailing list C Leave the mailing list Just send a comment Your E Mail address wowuser somewhere com Comment optional am having problems setting up an external alarm activator model ALAMREX BZ 232 using the Extra Functions Please can you help You can also use this dialog to join our mailing list This list is never shared with anyone It is only used to give news about Netcam Watcher Professional 45
7. must support pan tilt presets Most cameras that can pan also have presets You specify here the Interval and the Number of presets that you want to patrol To start Patrolling click the Patrol button on the lower toolbar the right most button amp Patrol Button You can also specify a Patrol Schedule to use for this camera See the section on Schedules to see how this works Basically the patrol schedule specifies when patrolling is on or off Note that Patrol Schedules like regular schedules only operate when the Timer button is down You can also specify a preset location to go to for a particular half hour slot so for example you can have the camera on preset 2 from 9am to 5pm then preset 3 from 5pm to midnight Note that whenever patrolling is finished either by schedule or by clicking the Patrol button the camera returns to preset 1 lf Random Patrolling is checked the camera does not move from preset 1 to 2 to 3 in a regular manner but instead selects a random preset after the patrol interval expires lf Pause Patrolling until Motion Ceases is checked the camera will remain on a patrol station if it detects motion It will move on when motion ceases This is also known as Intelligent Patrolling as it effectively searches for motion and then records Advanced Tab This lets you set up TCP Port Activated Motion Detection This is used by some Axis devices such as the 241Q Video Server In this scheme motion d
8. select the channel number here Monitoring lype This section lets you specify how the image is fetched from the camera and the image size and quality Full Motion means that the camera is sending a stream of images Snapshot means that Netcam Watcher Professional fetches a snapshot at regular intervals The interval can be less than a second or even zero Flip if checked displays the image upside down Note that some on cameras only Full Motion or Snapshot will be available This depends on how the camera operates and communicates On cameras that only support Snapshot mode setting an Interval of zero will produce results similar to Full Motion i e several frames per second Security If the camera needs a Username and Password to view the image you need to enter them here and check the Use Authentication box Recording and Saving Camera Details Recording and Saving Schedules and Patrolling Advanced Preset Names Default Saving Mode and Location Monitor only Record on motion Record on NO motion C Record every frame Data Folder Path l Browse Motion Detection Settings I Use Mask Record for E seconds after motion stops Edt Mask Record for fo seconds before motion starts IV Motion Detected when Tripwires Crossed IV Count number of Tripwire Crossings Disk Usage No Limit Delete old files when MBytes used Delete old files when Days old m CPU Throttle CPU Throttle
9. B Webcams supported plug in a low cost USB webcam and use it as a camera in Netcam Watcher New in version 3 1 e Tripwire Support You can define tripwires on cameras so that when something crosses a tripwire it can be counted or it can generate motion thus starting recording or generating an alarm You can then analyze the trips at a later date viewing the data graphically or textaully or importing the data into programs such as MS Excel e Multi Camera Playback Now you can play back up to six cameras simultaneously Playback on each of the cameras is synchronized with the others even when the frame rates are different or different portions of time are recorded due to motion detection e Ability to send multiple frames by email when an alarm is generated Previously only one frame was sent and in this case often you missed the interesting action as you only received the very start of the action Main Screen Netcam Watcher Professional 05 x File Eqit Alarms Control Tools _View__Print__Help Q a a pi n O 2 Edit Cam Search Alarms Off Timer Off CamBar Start All Stop All Muti Cam Recordings Change Thumbnail Size E eJaJal r T Highlight Motion axis211 Current cam axis211 Status Stopped 1 Main Menu 2 Main Toolbar Common commands Timer and Alarm switches 3 Image Zoom Controls These allow you to magnify or reduce the current image 4 Image for
10. E for Vista and Windows 7 users AlwaysUp will start Netcam Watcher in a session that is different to the session that you use when you log in What this means is that it s running in the background and you can t see it This is fine in fact good if you just need to record in the background But if you want to use the user interface ie see the program you must do this through AlwaysUp You run AlwaysUP and do Application gt Restart NCW in this session DO NOT just run Netcam Watcher from the shortcut on the desktop or there will be two incarnations running and this will cause problems If you have any questions regarding AlwaysUp please contact us for help 44 Importing and Exporting Cameras You can save your current camera definitions ie the current cameras that you have configured by using Jools gt Export Camera Definitions This creates a coded file with the default name webcams def You can also load cameras from a deffile using Tools gt Import Camera Definitions n this case any cameras in the deffile that you open are added to the current set of cameras NOTE It is a good idea to export your camera definitions after any changes and keep a backup in a safe place Help and Support Netcam Watcher Professional can send an email message directly to the support center Use Send Us a Comment on the Help menu You can send technical support or other questions and we will get back to you as soon as possible Join
11. a message that Ping cannot find the remote host e Ping Port This is the port used to exchange heartbeat messages Unless you have a good reason to change leave at 8800 It must be the same on both systems e Send email to this address Optional An email address where failover switchover from STANDBY to ONLINE notifications are sent When operating in Online Standby mode the system will show the current mode on the program title bar for instance the Online will say Netcam Watcher Professional ONLINE 40 Performance Tab This tab lets you set up Netcam Watcher performance related settings Program Options Program Security Captions Automatic Backup and Archiving Remote Access Online Standby Mode Performance On Multi Camera displays skip 4 Frames for example if you put 2 here every third frame will be shown Skip frames on current camera Global CPU Throttle 0 lt 3 milliseconds between frames Autotune CPU i Target CPU Usage Less e On MultiCam screen skip X frames Number of frames to skip on the MultiCam and DisplayWindow displays When displaying large numbers of cameras on screen a significant amount of CPU is used and this can lead to reduced system performance By skipping some frames you can keep the recording speed up e Skip Frames on Current Camera If unchecked default value then the current camera is shown at full speed ie no frames skipped If checked it i
12. alog on the Edit Camera dialog If you select Count Number of Tripwire Crossings then each tripwire crossing is logged To see what has been happening select one of more cameras use the Thumbnails panel on the right hand side use the Shift and Control keys to select multiple cameras and do Jools gt Analyze Trips for Selected cameras You will see a result like this im us oe Re ne ee The graphs shown are the 2D Bar and 3D Line You can click the buttons to change the Interval X Axis from 1 Minute to 1 Day 3 Click the Text tab to show the data in Text format You can also click these buttons at the bottom e Copy Graph to Clipboard this copies the graphical part to the clipboard so you can paste into other programs e Print Text Report to print the text data e Save Text Report to save the text data in a text file e Save Report as CSV saves the data as a CSV comma seperates values file This can easily be read into other programs such as MS Excel Tripwire Files Tripwire data is stored in files of the form TW_ddmmyyyy DAT eg TW_23092010 dat These files are typically not large in up to about 300kbytes per day so they are not automatically deleted one year of tripwire data would typically amount to 100 megabytes per year per camera Not a significant amount 32 Proxy Setup Netcam Watcher Professional can communicate using a proxy server To set this up us
13. aneto PROFESSIONAL Version 3 3 USER MANUAL Contents Getting Started Overview Min FEAtULeS neensenennenenenneneee nstalling Netcam Watcher Professional System Requirement Cameras Supported ew in version 3 3 ew in version 3 2 ew in version 3 1 Main Screen Configuring Cameras Selecting a Camera Folder ew Camera Edit Camera Dialog Camera Details Monitoring Typ S CUTTY ee Recording and Saving Motion Detection Settings Disk and CPU Usage Limits Scheduling and Patrolling Patrolling Advanced Ta Preset Names Ta Extra Functions Button FTP Settings Button Defining Camera Types onitoring and Recording Recordings Player Playing Back from Multiple Cameras otion Detection otion Detection Mask Searching Display Window N te an an Sees See Sa eE EE DUONAAUNAHBBRWNHY H DOOONARDANNWN Printing Tripwires Tripwire Files Proxy Setup Preferences Program Options Tab Security Tab Captions on Pictures Ta Automatic Backups and Archiving Ta Remote Access TOD uus Online Standby Mode Tab Performance Tab Command Line Switche AlWwAaAYSU P se Importing and Exporting Cameras Help and SUpport mmm LICENCE AGREEMENT FOR NETCAM WATCHER PROFESSIONAL Installing the software indicates your acceptance of these terms and conditions If you do not agree to these terms and condition
14. control playback as normal The other windows will show synchronized recordings from the other cameras Note that because there may be different time periods recorded for each camera and also different cameras may have different frame rates the playback will jump from window to window Each time a frame is played back on a certain window the green light at the left side of the screen lights for a moment letting you see which frame s are actively playing back 20 Motion Detection When a camera is running Netcam Watcher Professional is constantly comparing frames looking for motion It displays the amount of motion on the Motion Detection Bar at the bottom of the screen You can adjust the motion detection settings by clicking on the bar graph Motion Detection Settings Change Motion Detection Settings for Curent Webcam Default Settings Cell Size Small Gi Large Percentage of cells changed Less D More DESSES Sad fuk ak Sot Jos Tae at oe E Et fa De Dt Sensitivity Less aE gt More Cen Baa a a Zee a ea A Restore Defaults Cancel There are three sliders that let you control three parameters e Cell Size The picture is divided into square cells and each cell is compared This slider controls how large the cells are This can range from 4x4 pixels to one large cell that covers the whole picture Smaller cell sizes mean more CPU required but better motion discrimination e P
15. download is complete Installation is straightforward 2 Welcome Welcome to Netcam Watcher Pro Setup program e2 This program will install Netcam Watcher Pro on your computer It is strongly recommended that you exit all Windows programs before running this Setup Program Click Cancel to quit Setup and close any programs you have running Click Next to continue with the Setup program WARNING This program is protected by copyright law and international treaties Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this program or any portion of it may result in severe civil and criminal penalties and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under law This is the initial screen of the Installer Click Next to start the installation and then follow the on screen instructions Registering Netcam Watcher Professional Netcam Watcher Professional is licensed according to the maximum number of cameras that can be used Each licence is for a single user unless you have purchased a site licence contact us for details When first installed Netcam Watcher Professional runs in demo mode This has full functionality but only allows a maximum of 4 cameras To unlock Netcam Watcher Professional you need to enter the Code and Password that was supplied to you To do this run Netcam Watcher Professional and select Help then Enter Registration Code from the main menu at the top of the screen Enter Registration I
16. e Proxy Setup on the File menu Proxy Settings xi Use a proxy Iv Address proxy somewhere com Port e080 Proxy Username Proxy Password Check with your system or network administrator to advise you on these settings a Note that currently Intellinet and VEO cameras do not operate via a Proxy 33 Preferences Set program preferences and options using the Preferences dialog on the File menu Preferences Program Options Program Security Captions Automatic Backup and Archiving Remote Access Online Standby Mode Performance Show Icon in System Tray Hi Outgoing SMTP Server mail myserver com SMTP usemame Email From address ncw myserver con SMTP password Minimum Darkness Level for Motion Detect 60 1 255 After Program Starts f Start All Cameras I Force Alarms On I Force Timer Operation On AMI Frame Rate 5 Frames per Second Automatically check for new version Iv 3 a Use Joystick for Pan Tit Zoom r Numer of frames of No Motion needed Use HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE key Vv Multi Cam Display Rows 2 z Columns f2 z Cancel Program Options Tab e Show Icon in System Tray The program minimizes to a small icon in the system tray e Outgoing Email Server You need to specify an email SMTP server to use if you want to send e mail alarms e SMTP Username SMTP Password Enter these here if your email server requires them Otherwise leave blank e
17. e Long Date Short Time Long Time Camname M Caption Appearance Position Top Bottom Left C Center Right Select Font Background Transparent Color Select Background Color M Sample Caption Friday 26 December 2003 4 28 PM OK Cancel If you want to write a caption onto your pictures select Custom Caption and enter the caption that you want into the edit box You can click the buttons provided to enter fields such as dates and times Click the Preview button to see how your caption will appear on the image 37 Automatic Backups and Archiving Tab Netcam Watcher Professional can be set up to perform automatic backups of camera configurations and recordings It can also archive recordings before deleting old recordings to make space for new ones To set this up select File gt Preferences and then click the Automatic Backup tab Preferences Program Options Program Security Captions Automatic Backup and Archiving Automatic Backup J Perform Automatic Backup Archive Recordings before deleting to make space Backup Folder E arctest Select Create subfolder IV Create logfile backuplog txt Backup Schedule G Daily Time 4 11 00PM 4 C Weekly Day Monday Ad C Monthly Date 1 This lets you specify whether you want Automatic Backups and or Archiving Also you can specify the location to back up or archive
18. e left and right hand parts of the display off completely using the View menu Clicking the Recordings tab shows the recorded files for the current camera You can view a recording by double clicking it Note that one recording file per hour is produced Webcam Watcher Professional File Edit Alarms Control Tools View Print Help Ta Edit Cam Search Alarms Off Timer Off CamBar Start All Stop All Picture here Goan ee 11 00 04 19 15 00 04 19 14 00 04 21 16 00 04 21 17 00 04721 10 00 04723 11 00 04723 12 00 04 23 13 00 04 23 14 00 04 23 15 00 04 23 16 00 04 23 17 00 04 23 18 00 04 23 16 00 04 24 17 00 04 24 18 00 04 24 You can change the size of the Camera Thumbnails by clicking the button at the top of the panel Size 320 x 240 You can also turn off the thumbnails entirely by selecting View gt Show Thumbnails from the main menu This can improve performance if you have lots of cameras Configuring Cameras Selecting a Camera Folder Netcam Watcher Professional uses a Camera Folder to store details of your cameras and to store recordings You can select the location of the camera folder by using File gt Select Camera Folder from the main menu Initially the camera folder is set to be the same as the program folder Unless you want to store your camera database here it is a good idea to change this before creating any cameras New Camera Edit Camera Dial
19. ecurity Tab Netcam Watcher Professional can be set up to require Admin and or User passwords If an Admin password is set the following functions require the Admin password to be entered e Editing Cameras or Motion Detection Masks e Editing Schedules e Editing Alarm Schedules e Changing Preferences e Changing Proxy Setup lf a User password is set then either this or the Admin password must be entered to run the program lf Password required to do anything is checked then any action including starting and stopping cameras playing recordings or quitting the program require a password Set and configure the Security settings on the Program Security tab on the global Preferences dialog Program Options Program Security Captions M Administrator Password Admin Password Required to Make Changes Set Administrator Password I User Password Required to Run Program Set User Password Password required to do anything start stop exit etc User Password 36 Captions on Pictures Tab Netcam Watcher Professional can be set up to write captions onto pictures The captions can contain the date and time stamps camera name as well as fixed text Use the Captions on Pictures dialog on the File menu Preferences x Program Options Program Security Captions Captions on Pictures No Caption Custom Caption lt LONGDATE gt lt SHORTTIME gt Add Field Short Dat
20. ercentage of cells changed determines how many cells need to be changed before the picture is considered different This slider adjusts the position of the red and green bars on the Motion Detection Bar Graph e Sensitivity controls how sensitive to motion the bar graph is You can see how and where Netcam Watcher is detecting motion by checking Highlight Motion on the main display and red boxes will show where motion is being detected This can help you set up the motion parameters correctly 21 Motion Detection Mask Motion Detection can be restricted to a certain area by using a Motion Detection Mask You can edit a camera s mask by selecting the camera and choosing Edit Motion Detection Mask for Current Camera from the Edit menu NOTE the masked area is masked OUT so the red part is not considered when detecting motion lt Brush Size i Mask Unmask Clear Revert Save The Mask Editor is easy to use Select either Mask or Unmask and the brush size The Red area defines the masked area which is ignored when detecting motion The Motion Detection Mask is enabled and disabled by the Use Mask checkbox on the Edit Camera dialog 22 Searching Netcam Watcher Professional lets you search for motion graphically Click the Search button to open the Search dialog Time Search Display Timeline for Hour C Day C Week Endpoint 6 00 00 p m 10 04 2003 Clo
21. etection is performed by the device rather than by Netcam Watcher The device sends a TCP message to a specific port when motion starts and stops Netcam Watcher can start and stop recording on receipt of these messages Some points to note when using this feature e Each camera must use a seperate TCP port and this must match the server port defined in the device e The messages set up in the device must match the messages in this dialog Suggest you use messages like CAM ON CAM1 OFF etc e When Use ICP Motion Detection is checked this is activated when the camera is in motion detection mode In this case no current image is shown but the Netcam Watcher waits for a TCP control message to start and stop recording e When the camera is in Monitor or Record All Frames mode it operates normally e Itis advisable to use this feature in conjunction with the Record for XX seconds after motion stops on the Recording and Saving tab This prevents dropped frames when the motion starts and stops rapidly If you check Monitor when no mofion then snapshots are retrieved at the interval specified here This is useful to keep an eye on the camera when there is no motion also it acts as a watchdog producing offline notifications if communication with the camera is lost Please contact support if you need help getting this feature to work Preset Names Tab Click the Preset Names tab on the main Edit Camera dialog to associate names with preset posi
22. fied URL Otherwise Netcam Watcher Professional simply fetches the URL internally i e it issues a http GET Any errors are ignored FIP Settings Button This opens the FIP settings dialog that allows you to set up this camera to send pictures or alarm pictures to a remote host See the Using FTP section for more information Defining Camera Types You can add new camera types to Netcam Watcher Professional using the Edit Camera Definitions dialog Define Camera Type M Camera Details Camera Type Name foxis2000000 0 O Snapshot URL faviscovipovmagecg 0000 Motion Image URL axis cgi mipg videosi Motion Image Protocol Push Normal Streaming User Defined Functions Homepage URL F Config URL admin admin shtml Image Size I Variable size images Small size URL Presolution 320 240 Medium size URL resolution 320 240 Large size URL resolution 640 480 M Image Quality IV Variable quality images Low quality URL amp ccompression 60 Normal quality URL amp compression 40 High Quality URL amp compression 20 Multi Channel Devices JT Multi channel Channel select URL Number of channels 1 Save definition Close Load Definition loads an existing Camera Definition Save Definition lets you save a definition This then becomes available on the Fait Camera dialog Camera Definitions are stored in files with the extension CDF For detailed i
23. ietary notices or labels on the Software e Disclose your license code s to 3 parties 3 Term This license is effective until terminated You may terminate this Agreement at any time by uninstalling and destroying the Software and related documentation and all copies thereof This license will also terminate if you fail to comply with any term or condition of this Agreement Upon such termination you agree to destroy the Software and related documentation and all copies thereof 4 Limitation of Liability ETCAM WATCHER IS PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED HEREIN BEAUSOFT DOES NOT MAKE OR PASS ON TO YOU OR ANOTHER THIRD PARTY ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING BEAUSOFT DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SOFTWARE WILL BE ERROR FREE OR THAT IT WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS BEAUSOFT SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE SUFFERED BY YOU INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CONSEQUENTIAL INCIDENTAL INDIRECT SPECIAL EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS SHALL APPLY REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION WHETHER IN CONTRACT TORT INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE AND STRICT PRODUCT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE EVEN IF SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES The Software is not fault tolerant and is not designed manufactured or licensed for use as on line c
24. lar Intervat Send latest picture to remote host using FTP ag Sendevery 1 E Minutes z Fixed Filename axislastframe ipg Camname MMDDHHMMSS jpg M Send on Alarm Send picture on Alarm to remote host using FTP I Fixed Filename lastalarm ipa C ALM Camname MMDDHHMMSS jpg Cancel You can select whether to send pictures at regular intervals or when an alarm occurs also the frequency and filenames to use You can also check a box to ensure that the camera returns to home position preset 1 before a regular FTP 42 Command Line Switches If you want to automatically start Netcam Watcher Professional then it s often useful to be able to enable the timer etc You can use a number of command line parameters to automatically start the Timer enable the alarms etc e TIMER this enables the scheduler like pushing the Timer button down e ALARMS this enables the Alarms like pushing the Alarms button down e AUTOSTART starts all cameras e MINIMIZE runs the program minimized e NOPASSWORD skips initial password check Useful when running as a service e AUTODELAY similar to AUTOSTART but with a 20 second delay This is useful on some systems to allow network drives to become reconnected To use these parameters you must set up an extra shortcut to Netcam Watcher Professional and add the parameters to the end of the command line For example a command line in a shortcut might look
25. like this E Program Files BeauSoft ncwpro ncw exe TIMER MINIMIZE If you want Netcam Watcher Professional to start automatically when your system starts put the shortcut into your Startup folder Alternatively consider using AlwaysUp to run the program as a windows service This is the preferred option 43 AlwaysUp To use AlwaysUp 1 Download and Install AlwaysUp from http www coretechnologies com pr ts alwi AlwaysUp _Installer ex 2 Save the licence file that was sent to you when you registered AlwaysUp dat into the AlwaysUp program folder this is the licence file If you need this file resent contact us 3 In NCW File gt Preferences select Use HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and then click yes when prompted this makes the run as service and foreground incarnations use the same registry data 4 Run AlwaysUp and add Netcam Watcher You can add arguments like AUTOSTART to start all the cameras see the section in the NCW user manual command line switches 5 If you want to use the Cambar you will need to set the user account to be your own user account and not the default system one 6 If you want to use the new Sanity Check run AlwaysUp and edit Netcam Watcher Go to the Monitor tab and check Whenever it fails the following sanity check And then click the button to browse to the Netcam Watcher program folder and locate the file NCWPING BAT and click OK Use an interval of one minute or 30 seconds NOT
26. m support e Built in player lets you view recorded images and display each frame s timestamp Also a stand alone player also available as a free download e Ability to view synchronized video from multiple cameras e Trip wire function lets you could trips and perform analysis e Programmable captions can be put on pictures e FIP latest images or alarms to a remote host e Administrator and or User level security settings e Convert recorded files to AVI format e Image enhancer for poor quality or lighting e Search archived images and display motion graphically e Instantly jump to a particular motion event e Online Standby operation allows you to set up a hot backup system that will take over if the Online system fails e Intelligent Patrolling can pause patrolling when motion is detected and resume when motion ceases e Pre and Post motion recording lets you record for a defined time before and after motion occurs Installing Netcam Watcher Professional Netcam Watcher Professional is normally downloaded from the Internet or supplied on CD To install insert the CD and the installation process should automatically start Alternatively if it is downloaded from the Internet you need to open the downloaded installation file If it does not automatically start open My Computer and located the CD drive and double click If you downloaded from the Internet save the file that you downloaded and then open it when the
27. nds Clear All Cancel The top panel Global or Individual Alarm Settings selects whether you use the default settings for this camera or use individual settings You can Copythe current global settings by clicking the button in this panel The Alarm Filter panel enables single event filtering If enabled more than one motion event is required to trigger an alarm The time box lets you specify how far motion events must be apart to be considered single events The Generate Alarm if Camera Offline checkbox enables the alarm when communications with the camera is lost The Generate Alarm if Motion Detected checkbox enables the alarm when motion is detected camera must be in motion detection mode or if a Tripwire is tripped camera does not have to be in motion detection mode 26 The Local Alarm panel lets you configure alarms that produce actions on the PC that Netcam Watcher Professional is running on e Log to Alarm Log e Play a sound e Select the camera e Open camera s homepage in a browser window You can view the Alarm Log using Show Alarm Log on the Alarms menu The Remote Alarm panel lets you configure alarms that can send messages etc e Email Alarm Notification to a specified e mail address To send to multiple recipients separate the different email addresses by commas The default message sent is Motion detected on lt CAMNAME gt at lt SHORTTIME gt on lt SHORTDATE gt Y
28. nformation about how to define camera types contact Beausoft Technical Support support beausoft com Monitoring and Recording The Camera Control Toolbar lets you control the current camera BM BO DBO 0 B amp H amp l 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 Motion Detection Bar shows the amount of motion currently detected Clicking on this allows you to adjust the motion detection settings for the current camera Then there are five VCR style buttons to control the camera Stop button Monitor button show live images but don t record Motion Detection button record on motion NON Motion Detection button record on NO motion Recording button record every frame DNAN And some other buttons Camera Home Page button Camera Admin Page button Image Enhancer On Off Right click to Adjust Show Hide User Defined Functions Show Hide Pan Tilt Zoom controls Start and Stop Patrolling 09N N gt O When Netcam Watcher Professional records images it records into recording files Motion JPEG MPEG4 or H 264 format One file is created per hour All frames recorded for that hour go into that file You can see the files saved using the Recordings tab If you double click on a recording it plays it in the Player Recordings Player Gu File Tools Add Selected Camera we l lt gt 4 B G Sf a lO w If the recordings that Netcam Watcher Professional makes are like video
29. nformation x Code Password Cancel Revert to unregistered If you reinstall Netcam Watcher Professional or Windows then you will need to repeat this procedure so it is important to keep your registration code in a safe place It is recommended that you make a note of your codes here Note Version 3 1 uses different registration codes to previous versions If you bought your copy of Netcam Watcher within one year of v3 1 release you are entitled to a free upgrade so please email us for a new code System Requirements Netcam Watcher Professional requires Windows 98 ME XP 2000 2003 server Vista or Windows 7 with a minimum of 1GB of RAM and SVGA display 1024x768 or better For serious use you should consider using Windows XP or Windows 7 with 4GB or more of RAM Windows 7 32 bit version is not supported This version of windows is not compatible with Netcam Watcher Use the 64 bit version instead Vista performance is about 30 down on XP and Windows 2000 This is due to the inefficiencies in Vista We don t recommend Vista Windows 7 is better than Vista but still down a fraction about 5 on XP The amount of disk space required depends entirely on how much you want to record how many cameras you have what frame rates you use and many other factors For assistance in determining your disk space requirements contact your distributor To learn more about performance please see the section on o
30. o the clipboard Clicking on the CamBar Icon opens a menu that lets you e Start or Stop all cameras e Start or Stop all cameras on the CamBar e Empty the CamBar e Close the CamBar e Quit the program 25 Alarms Netcam Watcher Professional includes an Alarm facility Alarms are generated when more than a certain amount of motion occurs and or when a camera goes offline i e communications is lost The Alarms for a camera are configured by clicking the Alarms button on the Edit Netcam dialog or by selecting Edit Alarms for Current Camera from the Edit menu Edit Camere Alarm Settings Global or Individual Alarm Settings I Use Global Alarm Settings Copy Global Values to Current Camera Alarm Filter J Filter Single Motion Events more than 1 seconds apart IT Generate Alarm on Motion IV Generate Alarm if Camera Offline Local Alarm Actions IV Log Alarm to Event Log I Audible Alert WAY File E ncwprosrc25a start wav Browse Bl I Select Camera I Open Camera Homepage in browser Remote Alarm Notification T Email Alarm Notifications to Subject Body Motion detected on lt CAMNAME gt at lt SHORTTIME gt on lt SHORTDATE gt T Include Picture as Attachment Send fi sf pictures with a delay of 100 S milliseconds between each picture 1000 one second Send Request to Web Address http I Run Program Browse Maximum Alarm Rate One Every 2 Seco
31. og To create a new camera select Edit gt Create New Camera from the main menu This opens the Edit Camera dialog You can also edit an existing camera by selecting the camera and clicking the Edit Camera button Camera Details Recording and Saving Schedules and Patrolling Advanced Preset Names Camera Details Camera Name Pah 280 zoom Description Panasonic Test Camera Location Outside Beausoft Offices Camera Address 210 54 56 229 Camera Type Panasonic HCM 280 a Ctrl Port pooo r Monitoring Type Full Motion Snapshot Interval 1 seconds Image size Medium v Image quality Normal vj D Flip Security IV Use Authentication User ID Password admin Extra Functions Alarms FIP Cancel Camera Details This section lets you define the Camera s and characteristics Camera Name A short name used for tagging the thumbnails Also used for camera sub folder name Description Optional longer description Location Optional location string Camera Address IP address of camera This can be a dotted IP address like 192 168 0 253 or it can be a named address camera1 mydomain com or a non standard port camera mydomain com 8080 NOTE DO NOT PUT HTTP on the front of the address Camera Type Select from one of the predefined types or choose User Defined in which case you can click the Define button to define the camera s URLs Camera Channel For camera servers
32. ontrol equipment in hazardous environments requiring fail safe performance such as in the operation of nuclear facilities aircraft navigation or communication systems air traffic control direct life support machines or weapons systems in which the failure of the Software could lead directly to death personal injury or severe physical or environmental damage High Risk Activities Beausoft and its suppliers specifically disclaim any express or implied warranty of fitness for High Risk Activities Version 3 3 14 Sep 2012 Netcam Watcher Professional is Copyright 1998 2012 Beausoft Ltd Pukekohe New Zealand Getting Started Overview Netcam Watcher Professional is a full featured Digital Video Recorder for Network Cameras that can record from multiple cameras simultaneously It can also record from IP camera servers In addition it provides a rich host of other features including motion detection alarms scheduling archiving and patrolling The main display can be configured in many different ways See below for a couple of examples Be Est Alas Gortol lods Yew Pint Hep a a oO pe amp 0 Egan seh Asor Tmeom Caw SWAR St00 AR Bega Pease 212 Picos Recodeos Bigiaialal ma NETCAM Carver cam NETCAM Statur L eotro ees Ame L Gono e s ame Size 220 200 The left view shows the selected cam on the left with small thumbnails on the right
33. ou can specify to send one or more frames each frame is sent as a separate email Also you can specify the delay so you could for example send 10 frames each one second later than the next Note the replaceable parameters the same as used on Captions You can change the message if you like e Attach the last image to the e mail message e Send GET request to a particular web address The URL specified can have expandable parameters CAMNAME for the camera name S CAMNUMG for the camera number e Run an external program passing the camera name and camera number as parameters For Email Alarms to work you must set up an SMTP mail server on the main Preferences dialog There is a Maximum Rate that can be set for remote alarms to prevent too many being generated Note that Alarms are only generated when the Alarms button on the main Toolbar is down 27 Alarms can be set according to an Alarm Schedule This operates similarly to regular schedules Edit this using Edit Alarm Schedule on the Alarms menu LELLL ELE ELE LE LAAAAAAA AAA AA t m aaae fe fe fe fe e E aaa LLLLLLLLLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAARAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA A Select cells and use buttons to change Blankso _L LocalAlams _E FRemoteAlams __AvAlAlarms OK Cancel This defines a schedule of when the Alarms local and or
34. p where you like You can resize and reposition the windows wherever you like including on other monitors This way you can make Netcam Watcher Professional use as many monitors as you have connected To locate and make a window foremost use the View menu where you will find the windows you have created listed If Netcam Watcher closes down with any display windows open it will remember the window names sizes and the camera locations when the program is next started 24 The CamBar Netcam Watcher Professional s CamBar lets you keep some or all of your cameras on screen much like the Windows taskbar This remains visible even when Netcam Watcher Professional is minimized To Open the CamBar click the CamBar button The CamBar will open at the top of your screen Initially it will be empty You can drag cameras from the Thumbnails to the CamBar and drop them The CamBar can be dragged to dock on any edge of the screen It can also be made to float anywhere on the screen Move the CamBar by dragging the handlebars the thin vertical bars at the left of the CamBar Clicking on a camera on the CamBar restores the main screen and selects the camera When motion has been detected on a camera it s thumbnail changes color Right click on a camera and a menu opens that lets you e Start or Stop the camera e Edit the camera e Remove the camera from the CamBar e Open the camera s homepage e Copy the current image t
35. remote should be Enabled or Disabled Like regular schedules the Alarm Schedule only operates when the Timer button on the main toolbar is down 28 Schedules Netcam Watcher Professional includes a scheduling facility This lets you set schedules for each camera to be running or recording Think of this as similar to setting programs on a video recorder You can also set Alarm and Patrolling schedules To actually Run the schedules i e make them active the Timer button on the main toolbar must be Down This is analogous to pressing the Timer button on a video recorder Some things to note about the Timer button on the main toolbar e Ifyou quit Netcam Watcher Professional with the Timer button down it will be down when the program next starts e You can force the Timer and or Alarm buttons to be down on program start up by selecting this on the main Preferences dialog e You can force the Timer and or Alarm buttons to be down on program start up by passing the parameters TIMER and or ALARMS when running the program e Pressing the Timer button down will start scheduling this may cause cameras to start or stop e Pressing the Timer button up will stop scheduling but will not cause cameras to start or stop They simply carry on as they were You can Create and Edit schedules using the Schedule Editor Select Edit Schedules from the Edit menu Schedule Name Motion detection outside office hours
36. s displayed as for other cameras frames are skipped according to the above setting e Global CPU Throttle Number of milliseconds paused between each frame received If you have high CPU usage 85 or above adding some CPU throttle will make the system more responsive Start with a figure of 10 e Autotune CPU if checked Netcam Watcher will constantly monitor it s CPU usage and attempt to keep to the target CPU usage specified on the slider 41 Using FIP Netcam Watcher Professional can use FIP File Transfer Protocol to send cameras latest pictures and or alarm pictures to a remote host If the remote host is an Internet web server then you can then view these images from across the Internet There are two parts to getting this working Firstly you configure the remote host by using File gt FIP Settings This opens a simple dialog that lets you specify details about the remote host e Remote Host e g www myserver com or 192 111 333 123 e Username e Password e Remote Path you can put the pathname here to store the pictures or leave blank for the default folder e Alarm Remote Path similar to Remote Path but for alarm images e Use Passive Mode often this works best if you have a firewall e Write FIP Log file writes a log file to FIPLOG IXT in the Netcam Watcher Program Folder The second part is set up on a per camera basis by clicking the FTP button on the Edit Camera dialog FTP Settings x Send Pictures at Regu
37. s then this is the Video Player The VCR style buttons at the bottom let you start and stop playing The blue arrows let you go to the start and end of the recording Also forward and back single frames The lower slider lets you set the position anywhere in the recording The lt and gt buttons take you to the previous and next files The small slider on the right hand side controls the playback speed The Main Menu on the Player lets you perform additional functions Save the current file Copy or Save the current frame Print the current frame Extract the individual JPEGs from the recording file Convert the recording into an AVI file The last option Convert fo AVI uses the codecs that are currently installed on your system Not all codecs perform as expected Hint Press Escape to close the player Playing Back from Multiple Cameras You can play recordings from up to 6 cameras at the same time To do this open the first camera and start playing back the recording as normal Now using the Thumbnails panel select the next camera that you would like to view recordings for and then click Add Selected Camera at the top of the player window Repeat this up to five times Frame Time 1 0551 PM 8 27 2010 Frame Time 1 06 52 PM 8 27 2010 Losi EO The top left player above is the first camera opened the Master camera Use the controls on this window to
38. s then you should not install the software This agreement appliess to the software contained on the CD Rom in downloadable form via electronic delivery and any updates to such software that you may download from the Internet 1 Copyright You acknowledge that you are receiving a limited license to use Netcam Watcher Professional the Software and documentation and that you shall obtain no ownership title nor any other rights in or to the Software and related documentation all and any portion of which title and rights shall remain with Beausoft Ltd The Software is protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws and by international treaties 2 Restriction The software is licensed according to the numbers of cameras and You may Use the Software on any single computer Use the Software on a second computer so long as only one copy is used at a time You may not Use the Software on more than one computer at a time Copy the Software except as reasonably necessary for back up purposes provided that you reproduce all proprietary notices on the copy odify translate attempt to reverse engineer de compile disassemble the Software or any portion of the software or create derivative works based on the Software Rent lease grant a security interest in or otherwise transfer rights to the Software or Distribute the software in anyway or make it available for downloading on the internet Remove any propr
39. se Showing 17 00 00 1004 2003 to 18 00 00 10 04 2003 Frames E Files j 17 00 17 15 17 30 17 45 18 00 The Green area below the line shows the presence or absence of files that cover the time period Note that if motion recording is used and no motion is detected in a particular hour then no recording will be present The Red area above the line shows where frames have been recorded If Motion Detection recording was used this gives a graph of the motion detected Select the Endpoint for the search Select the period Hour Day or Week and click Do Search The results are displayed Note this may take some time You can double click on the results to open the corresponding MJPEG file at the correct place Right clicking opens a menu that lets you e Open in Viewer same as double clicking e Set Endpoint Here sets the end of a subsequent search where you click You can also click the lt and gt buttons to perform searches for the previous and next periods 23 Display Windows You can create up to 8 display windows using File gt Create Display window Create Display Window Options x Name Window 1 Number of Rows 2 2 Number of Columns Drag cameras to new display window when it opens Cancel You can specify how many rows and columns up to a maximum of 10 Once the window is created drag cameras to the window from the thumbnails and dro
40. the system from across the Internet you need to make sure that your router is configured to make this IP address and port visible For detailed instructions on setting up Remote Access please see http netcam watcher com ncwrchowto php 39 Online Standby Mode Tab This tab lets you set up Netcam Watcher to operate in Online Hot Standby mode for ultra high availability Using this in conjunction with AlwaysUp will guarantee very high overall availability To do this you need two PCs both configured with the same cameras You can do this by setting up one PC exporting the camera definitions and then importing them on the second PC Note that each PC must have its own separate licence code The first PC that starts will operate in ONLINE mode the other will operate in STANDBY mode If the ONLINE PC is closed down crashes or otherwise stops communicating with the STANDBY the STANDBY switches over to ONLINE operation and starts all cameras running and enables Timer operation if needed e Use Online Standby Mode check this to enable Online Standby operation e Partner System Address This is the IP address of the other system You can use a dotted address like 192 168 0 1 11 or you can use the system s name such as SYSTEM_A You can check whether the name is properly resolved by opening a command prompt window and typing PING lt system_name gt If it is correct you should see a Ping reply If invalid you will see
41. tions This tab will only be visible if the camera supports preset positions Some cameras allow you to also enter preset names into the camera Netcam Watcher Professional does not retrieve these names so it is up to you to make sure that any names in the camera match the names you set up here Some newer Axis products eg 213 241 use preset names instead of numbers For these devices it is important that you set up the preset names here to be exactly the same as the preset names in the Axis device otherwise they will not work Note For these Axis devices if a preset name in the camera contains spaces you should replace the spaces with a plus sign for example Axis Name Back Yard should be specified as Back Yard Extra Functions Button User defined Extra functions can be useful for providing additional functions like activating switches or browsing to a related web page You can specify up to 16 extra User Defined Functions for a camera These are URLs that can be accessed by clicking the User Defined Functions button on the Camera Status and Control Toolbar For each extra function you can specify a Name URL and Hint The name is displayed on the extra function button If the URL starts with http then a direct address is assumed Otherwise the URL is constructed by appending the string to the camera s Address Note No leading is required If Browse To is checked a Browser window is opened to the speci
42. tions and it s recommended to not use this setting unless you have good reason Edit Tripwires Click this to open the dialog that lets you edit Tripwires Click and Drag to create a tripwire When you are done click Save to save the Tripwire To clear tripwires click Clear Motion Detected when Tripwires Crossed Check this to generate motion when a tripwire is crossed This can be used to record if record on motion enabled or generate alarms Count Number of Tripwire Crossings If checked each tripwire crossing is logged and you can use the Tripwire Tools to analyze the tripwire data Disk and CPU Usage Limits Netcam Watcher Professional can limit the amount of Disk and CPU that a camera uses If you enable automatic disk space management by checking the Limit Disk Usage checkbox then Netcam Watcher Professional will delete old recording files if the limit specified here is exceeded You can either specify a number of days or a number of megabytes If you specify a non zero value for CPU Throttle then Netcam Watcher Professional will sleep for this period of time after each frame is received from this camera Scheduling and Patrolling You can specify a Schedule to use for this camera See the section on Schedules to see how this works Patrolling Patrolling works by panning the camera from one preset position to the next with a defined interval in between For this function to be available your camera
43. to This also lets you set the frequency Daily Weekly or Monthly and various other settings Note that the Archiving function only controls whether files are saved prior to deleting them It does not actually control when files are deleted This is controlled on a per camera basis on the Edit Cam dialog You can specify here is files are deleted when a certain amount of disk space has been used or after a certain amount of time 38 Remote Access Tab This tab lets you enable remote access using Netcam Watcher Remote Control software You can set the following fields e Allow Remote Client Access check this to enable Netcam Watcher to act as a server for Netcam Watcher Remote Control If you check this you will need to restart the program Also you may need to give Netcam Watcher permission with your firewall to act as a server e Remote Access Port This is the port that Netcam Watcher will listen on This needs to be the same as the port configured on Netcam Watcher Remote Control If you are using a router and are using NAT you will need to pass through this port e System Name Give a descriptive name for the system e Description Optional A description of the system e Remote Access Password This is the password that needs to be set in Netcam Watcher Remote Control to access this system Once you have configured remote access you can connect to this system using Nefcam Watcher Remote Control f you want to access
44. ur website Cameras Supported We currently support more than 200 cameras from 56 manufacturers The latest list can be found here http www netcam watcher com cameras Netcam Watcher supports various protocols and compression formats http and RTSP JPEG MJPEG MPEG4 and H 264 New cameras are added all the time If your camera is not on the list email Us to find out if we plan to add it soon You can help us add support for your camera if you can make it available on the internet for us to analyze This normally is a fairly simple matter for a network technician We can add support for straightforward cameras in a fairly short timeframe sometimes in an hour or two New in version 3 3 e H264 Support We ve completely rebuilt the internals to support the latest video compression scheme H 264 This means full HD video at 30 frames per second even across the internet e H264 recording now Netcam Watcher records H 264 cameras in native format producing much smaller recording files e RTSP Support Real Time Streaming Protocol RTSP is used by many new cameras to provide efficient streaming Netcam Watcher supports this with both H 264 and MPEG4 codecs New in version 3 2 e iPhone and iPad Remote Control we added new Remote Control apps for iOS They give you full Remote Control functions ability to view and control cameras view recordings etc from your iPhone or iPad over the phone network of via Wifi e US

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