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1. Page 252 Chapter 9 Central Monitoring by Center V2 The buttons on the Event Log Browser No Name Description 1 Open Opens an event log 2 Reload Refreshes the event log manually 3 Start Stop Synchronous EventLog Refreshes the event log automatically 4 Filter Defines the search criteria 5 Refresh the Filter Result Refreshes the filter result 6 Backup Exports the current event list and video files 7 Page Setup Creates header and footer on the printout of Event Log 8 Print Prints the current event list 9 Exit Exits the browser Opening the Event Log Click the Open button No 1 Figure 9 18 to launch the following Open DataBase dialog box Define a time period select the type of log and click OK for search Events matching the search criteria will be loaded to the Event Log Browser window Open Database x Select the period of database to apen PT B2004 FT Bi2004 Mote Select only between 1 62 days Open Type Option f System Log f Backup Log Path CCenterv2ieventLogt a Cancel Figure 9 19 Open Database Filtering the Event Log Click the Filter button No 4 Figure 9 18 to bring up the following Eventlog Filter window This option allows you to perform a search based on criteria Page 253 Chapter 9 Central Monitoring By Center V2 lv Read lv Flag N Clip NM Type jv Message Yes No No System 2 Av Me
2. Location Name Address H of Cameras H of Modules Module 1 H of Inputs of Outputs Port Humber Command Part a550 Data Port Audio Port 5550 E550 Figure 7 4 Host Settings 3 Type the remote hosts name IP address how many cameras I O modules inputs outputs are installed at the host and port information Then click OK 4 Follow the steps instructed in Creating an E Map File to create a file for the remote host Starting E Map After creating an E Map file go to the Main System Click the ViewLog button and then select E Map to display the following E Map Viewer window Double click any E Map file of the local host to open it Note E Map Viewer window but won t function here If you have created the E Map files for remote hosts these files will also be displayed in the They only work on WebCam that is discussed later Page 214 Chapter 7 E Map Application EJ 4 Camera 2 Output 1 Camera 4 pag Output 2 Figure 7 5 The E Map Viewer Window The controls in the E Map Viewer window No Name J Oo o1 BR Wy PP Popup Settings Toggle Popup Tree View Flashing Icon Output Icon Camera Dome Icon Page 215 Description Selects desired cameras and I O devices for the pop up map function Toggles between popup and non popup function The tree view of E Map files and
3. Select RPB Server PC3 192 1680 Refresh Camera l e gt Close Panel 3 2 Download Button 2 2 2 af 2 aa ed ce 4 5 aie Channel Select Figure 4 34 Follow the steps to search desired files 1 Select the desired RPB server from the drop down selection field 2 Choose the required date from tree folder 3 Select the required camera from the Channel Select tab and select the video files from Event List Window 4 Click the Download button to download by the four available options Download amp Play Play the selected files while downloading into the RPB Client Just Download Download files only Just Play Play files without downloading them into the RPB Client Download amp Play Period Download files by frames Select only one file at a time to apply this function Advanced Select Advanced from the Download Play Remote Video button No 5 Figure 4 32 This displays this following dialog box Page 146 Chapter 4 Playing Back Video Files Select All Cameras Time Period Start Time 20021029 11 026 End Time 2002710729 11 02 26 Cancel i os Figure 4 35 The files can be searched by time and date and by camera Follow these steps to select cameras to load at specified times 1 Select the desired RPB Server from the drop down selection field 2 Select the required camera from Select Camera s window or click Select All Cameras
4. SMTP Server gqeavision com ty SMTP Server requires authenitication Account IO 123 Password Test E Wail Ta geovisionggeovision com tw Subject test Mail Content Testlll Figure 9 30 2 Inthe Charset field select the set of characters and symbols that the e mail uses 3 Inthe E Mail From field enter your e mail address 4 Inthe SMTP Server field enter the outgoing server address 5 If your e mail service provider requires authentication for sending e mails check SMTP Server requires authentication and define the account ID and password of your SMTP 6 Click OK Page 263 Chapter 9 Central Monitoring By Center V2 To send a test e mail After setting up your mailbox you can use the Test section and send a message to your own e mail account for testing 1 Enter your own e mail address in the E Mail To field Enter a subject for the e mail Type the desired message in the Mail Content field Click the Test Mail button AN Sending E Mail There are several ways to send e mail alerts See the Center V2 window for the following selections 1 On the Subscriber List No 4 Figure 9 1 right click one subscriber and then select Send E Mail This sends the e mail to an individual subscriber manually 2 Right click one display channel and then select Send E Mail This sends the e mail to an individual subscriber manually 3 On the Event List double click one Event Type except Attachment to
5. Schedule Monitor Allows you to monitor cameras by schedule Alternatively you may click Schedule button Schedule Start Refer to Recording Schedule on page 39 I O Monitor Allows you to monitor all I O devices Alternatively you may click the Monitor button and then select I O Monitoring Note By adjusting Monitor Control you may record or invoke alert methods of each camera with individual settings See Adjusting Individual Camera on page 10 to set up your Monitor Control Multicast Server Allows connection to IP Multicast one of the remote application at startup Or click the Network button and select Multicast Server Page 4 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System TCP Server Allows connection to Remote View another remote application by TCP Or click the Network button and select TCP Server m WebCam Server Allows connection to WebCam Server at startup Or click the Network button and select WebCam Server E Modem Server Allows connection to Remote View by a modem Or click the Network button and select Modem Server E Connect to VSM Allows connection to VSM Server Or click the Network button and select Connect to VSM Twin Server Allows connection to Twin Server at startup Or click the Network button and select Twin Server Twin Server is discussed in Chapter 11 Connect to CenterV2 Allows connection to CenterV2 Or click the Network button and select Connect to CenterV2 mE Enabl
6. 1 Input N C Output N O Toggle Keep Last Toggle Status The triggered output remains ON even when you stop monitoring or restart the system N C N C N C Input Output N O N O N O 1st Input Trigger 2nd Input Trigger Stop monitoring Restart the system 2 Input N C Latch Trigger Output N O Toggle Keep Last Toggle Status When Latch Trigger works with Keep Last Toggle Status the output only has a momentary trigger but also needs to remain ON even when you stop monitoring or restart the system Therefore under the two conditions the output turns off until a new input trigger N C N C N C Input Output N O N O N O 1st Input Trigger 2nd Input Trigger Stop monitoring Restart the system Page 87 Chapter 2 I O Applications I O Control Panel I O control panel is used to control I O devices that are added to the system This control panel will not appear unless at least one I O device is connected to the system To add and to configure a device see Setting Up I O Devices earlier in this chapter I O Input Control Panel After a device is added to the system click the I O button on the main screen to bring out the on screen control panel for inputs and outputs see Figure 2 6 and Figure 2 7 If only one I O device is connected to the system click the I O button and select Module 1 to bring up the control panel if more than one I O modules are connected to the system clicking the I O button wil
7. Brings up these options Login Change User Logout Minimize Restart Multicam and Exit Chapter 1 Configuring Main System Press F7 on the keyboard or click the Monitor button to start recording By default every camera records with the following settings In Motion Detection mode With the 320 x 240 resolution With Geo Mpeg4 codec When working with the system you will undoubtedly want to change the settings as you go along The buttons provide quick access to several popular Main System settings Click any button to see the menus to these settings Let s start with the Configure button System Configuration Click the Configure button and select System Configure You may configure cameras and global recording parameters in this dialog box Changes made to the General Setting tab would apply to all available cameras attached to the system while changes made to each camera tab apply only to the individual camera In I O Device tab you could add and configure I O devices HotLine Network tab is used to configure the system for connection to network or mobile Page 3 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System System Configure Startup Start Monitor Monitor All Multicast Server TCRAP Server WebCam Server Modern Server Connect to VSM Twain Server Connect to Center Enable Directdraw Overlay 2 iY Enable De interlace Render Startup Auto Login b W Panel Resolution b 10
8. GeoVision Important Notice The version 8 0 only supports the following GV video capture cards e GV 250 All Series e GV 600 S V3 21 V3 20 e GV 650 S V3 31 V3 30 e GV 800 S V3 31 V3 30 e GV 1120 V1 02 e GV 1240 V1 02 e GV 1480 V1 02 e GV800 4A V3 10 For more information on the upgrade please visit our website at http Awww geovision com tw english 5 O asp or contact your dealer Table Of Contents Chapter 1 Configuring Main System System Configuration Configuring Global Recording Parameters Adjusting Individual Camera Setting Up Day Night Recording Mode Geo Mpeg4 ASP Advanced Settings Configuring Hotline Network Notification Selecting Screen Layout Launching GV System from System Tray Camera Audio Install Setting Up Auto Reboot Logging System Activities into System Log Popping Up a Camera Window on Motion Detection Configuring Object Counting Mapping PTZ Cameras Setting Up Password Sending Alerts thru E mail Accounts Choosing Video Source Optimizing System Performance Adjusting Video Attributes Switching to Full Screen View Listening to Live Audio Deactivating Video Lost Beep Start Stop Monitoring Playing Back Video Files Instant Playback System Log Recording Schedule Video Schedule Special Days Schedule I O Schedule Center V2 Schedule PTZ Control Panel Auto Switching PTZ Control Panels Touch Screen Support PTZ and I O Control Panel 10 14 15 16 18 19 20 21
9. button next to the item to rename the device POS Module Select the printer attached to the POS system If it s not Epson select General for other brands If the printing is in the graphic mode choose GraphMode For Graphic mode applications see the POS System Connection section above COM Port Select the COM port that the POS system is connected to The parameter button Click the button to configure Baud Rate Data Bits Parity and or Stop Bits to match those of the POS system or keep them as defaults Cash Drawer Open Signal This option is only available when an input module is configured in the Main System Assign the input module connected to the cash drawer Every time when the cash drawer is opened a signal will be sent to the Main System and recorded in System Log for later retrieval Use Codepage Mapping This feature is to support special characters and symbols display For details see Codepage Mapping Trace Mode Check this item only after getting the recommendation from our technical support staff 3 After above settings click Add to add the POS system to the Main System Superimposing POS Data onto Camera Screen Follow these steps to set camera screens with POS text data 1 Open the POS Device Setup window Refer to Figure 3 2 2 Click the Text Setup tab to set text font and position of the data Page 107 Chapter 3 Point Of Sale POS Application POS Text If Print on video file jf Fr
10. 0 Day s 0 Hour s 1 Minuters Calculate 2 Exit Figure 1 81 Select Camera Select cameras to be used for recording Select Video Compression Codec Check the desired codec s to be used for recording You can choose more than one codec to compare their performance m Select Recording Quality Check the desired quality value s for recording You can choose more than one quality value for comparison m Set Test Time The system will process a real time test recording based on the time you set For example if you enter 24 hours here it will take more than one day to do the test recording So avoid entering the longer test time to save you time E Set Expected Recording Time Enter the time you wish for recording 3 Click the Calculate tab to see the result Note A calculation difference by 5 from actual disk usage Is expected DSP Spot Monitor Controller The Controller integrates the GV DSP Card with spot monitor TV monitor applications It allows screen divisions on the spot monitor differently from the main screen With the Controller you can also define the channel sequence of the display screen and adjust video images on the spot monitor Note The GV DSP 100 Card doesn t support this feature Page 68 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System Spot Monitor Controller To open the Spot Monitor Controller follow these steps 1 Click the Configure button point to DSP Spot Monitor and then select Spot
11. Layout Yertically Horizontally coat Figure 1 49 Auto Startup Launch automatically the panel when the full screen view is applied Layout Choose a vertical or horizontal panel 2 Click OK for the above settings Click the Configure button select Tool Kit point to Touch Screen Panel and then select Panel Activate to open the panel 4 An information window indicating date time and storage space will appear at the upper left corner of the screen Right click it to open the touch panel as shown below Switch to ViewLog Close the panel AUG 4 p z Ar nc TE l X in 13 08 31 An EEE An Information Switch to a full screen window Figure 1 50 Note You can move the touch screen panel anywhere on the screen by dragging it Page 44 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System Retrieving Images Using Object Index The feature allows you to view the very first frame of a continuous movement in a video stream With Live Object Index you may view the most recent 50 frames captured With Object Index Search you may easily locate a desired event and instantly play it back by double clicking on the image frame Object Index Setup You can select up to 4 cameras to view live video frames 1 Click the Configure button and then select Object Index Monitor Setup The Camera Applied Object Index Monitor dialog box appears 2 Check the desired cameras for the application 3 Click the Configure bu
12. Wave in Device Adjust audio devices to record and listen to live sound Please note this feature is only available for the resolution of 320x240 640x240 640x480 De interlace 720x240 only NTSC 720x480 De interlace only NTSC 720x288 only PAL and 720x576 De interlace only PAL Audio Choose to set up an audio channel from the drop down list Monitor Sensitivity Adjusts sensitivity of the audio that will be detected The higher the value the more sensitive it is to the surrounding sound Gain Control Increases or decreases the gain of the microphone Wave Out Select to listen to live audio at the server PC Rec Audio Enable to activate the audio recording function Page 20 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System Setting Up Auto Reboot The Auto Reboot feature restarts your Windows at a scheduled time Click the Configure button and then select Auto Reboot Setup from the menu to bring up this dialog box Auto Reboot Setup M Auto Reboot System Day Interval j Reboot Time 1 55 06 PM Cancel Restore Last Status C Apply Startup Settings W Delay for Cancel Reboot 30 SEC M WatchDog Reset if Reboot System Suspend and Fail Figure 1 23 Auto Reboot System Enables the setup for reboot time Specify how often from 1 to 14 days at the Day Interval selection field and when the Windows should reboot at the Reboot Time E Restore Last Status The system will resume the last operation af
13. loaded Note If you check the Display latest Date and Time option the Event List will not be refreshed as the latest event is recorded To refresh the List click the Advance button and select Reload database Page 134 Chapter 4 Playing Back Video Files Cache A cache is a memory location that is used to store data temporarily when you are using the function of Save AVI Export DVD or Network Buffering If the default path does not have sufficient space for this temporary storage assign another path by clicking the button System Configuration k Wad wiew Play Setting Display Database Cache Path for cache COMIN DOYS Tempi ae Default OK Cancel Figure 4 22 Recycling Option for Video Files You can choose whether to recycle your video files To apply this function follow the steps below 1 Select a desired video event from Video Event List and then right click it to call up a menu as shown below Video Events The never recycling flag The never recycling option Mark Never Recycle BackupiiCtri B Deletet Ctrl D Figure 4 23 Page 135 Chapter 4 Playing Back Video Files 2 Select the Mark Never Recycle option Anever recycling flag will appear next to the video event 3 To disable the never recycling function right click the video event again and select Unmark Never Recycle Unmarking All Never Recycling Flags The above step 3 illustrates how to unmark nev
14. 7 Click the Test Account button Figure 10 10 If the connection of both devices is established the message will appear Login SMS Server OK f the connection fails the message will appear Connect to SMS Server Fail Page 275 Chapter 10 Short Message Service Setting Mobile Numbers The Main System allows you to configure three mobile phone numbers for the SMS service When an alert condition happens the SMS messages will be sent out to the three assigned mobile phones simultaneously 1 Open the Send Alerts Approach Setup dialog box see Figure 10 10 2 Click the Account Setting button This displays the SMS Setup dialog box see Figure 10 11 3 Click the Mobile Setup tab in the upper of the window The following dialog box appears Connection Setup Mobile Setup HotLine List jf Add ta SMS List Country Code 826 y Mobile Number 87978377 Please select a mobile to edit the HotLine List Figure 10 12 SMS Setup Mobile Setup 4 Click one mobile phone icon and then check the Add to SMS List item for the mobile phone setup Type Country Code and Mobile Number Click other mobile phone icons and follow step 4 and 5 to set up the rest of two mobile phone numbers separately 7 Click OK to apply above settings Note To configure an alert condition of sending out SMS messages see Send Event Alerts in Chapter 1 for details Page 276 Useful Utilities This chapter discusses some advanced level
15. 8 and 16 live cameras simultaneously Because multiple channels require a large amount of data to be transferred over Internet this function is limited to broadband users only To start Multi View follow these steps 1 Follow the instructions of Starting WebCam at the Client PC in this chapter until the Select Internet Connection window appears 2 Select DSL CABLE T 1 choose Multi View and then click the Submit button First time users will be prompted to install the Multi View applications Select Yes and then follow the instructions to complete the installation Page 184 Chapter 6 Viewing Live Video Using WebCam 3 When the Login dialog box appears enter a valid user ID and password and then click OK This displays the following Multi View window mA eae oe i ras ST e j E 127 0 0 1 Camera 1 1 f 127 0 0 1 l i i Se 13 0 KBps piii 11 0 fps a Le i Us wW 11 Figure 6 26 The Multi View Window The controls in the Multi View No Name Description 1 Monitoring Window Displays live video 2 Host Server Displays connected GV Systems and their available cameras 3 UPnP Device Displays all hosts on the same LAN 4 PTZ Control Displays the PTZ control panel 5 VO Control Displays the I O control panel 6 Channel Status Indicates the general information of the selected channel 7 Configure Accesses system settings of the Multi View 8 Edit Host Adds dele
16. Camera name IP Address of the GV Server Bandwidth used for delivering this video 192 168 0 5 Displayed frame rate of the video Status Figure 6 30 The Channel Status window Camera Polling Function To add cameras to the polling group 1 Click the Add Channel button and then click the monitoring windows The selected windows will be framed in red color 2 Click the Video Polling button The application will rotate the selected cameras in the specified time To configure the polling time see Figure 6 31 Page 188 Chapter 6 Viewing Live Video Using WebCam To remove one camera from the polling group click the Remove Channel button and then click its monitoring window Two Way Audio The two way audio in Multi View functions similarly to the one in Single View MPEG4 Encoder Viewer See Two Way Audio earlier in this chapter for further details Multi View Configuration Click the Configure button No 7 Figure 6 26 to display the following window Startup Initial Screen Division Default Video Polling Polling time Default Server Status Server Status Refresh Time Minute Default Camera Status Camera Status Refresh Time Minute Default Save Folder Path Browse Max Video Clip 30 v Minute Default Caption Enable DirectDraw lv No ID Name ID Name V Enable DirectDraw Fast Key View Figure 6 31 The Configure Window Initial Screen Select screen divisions at start
17. Click the Network button on main screen and enable TCP IP Server from menu Click the Connect button from menu bar of Remote View and select Internet Intranet_ TCP IP to bring up the following dialog box Page 222 Chapter 8 Live Viewing Using Remote Applications IP Address fi92 180 0 187 Port 2550 Default Eep IV Save password if connect success Login Logout Add to My Favorite Clos Figure 8 2 4 Inthe IP Address field type the IP address or domain name of the system you wish to connect to The field memorizes 10 most recently used addresses 5 Type in port number in Port field Use default value if you are not sure what to enter for this field Enter a valid user ID and password and then click the Login button Video stream should appear when connection succeeds as shown Sh MultiCam Remote iewer 5 2 Connect My Favorite View Browse Log Preference Help Gonnect My Revorite Stop Zoom Ih Zoom Gut Lock Preferences a Camera Figure 8 3 Functions of toolbar buttons are listed in following table Button Description Connect Selects modem dial up or TCP IP connection My Favorite Adds to My Favorite Stop Terminates network connection Zoom In Enlarges video Zoom Out Shrinks video Lock Locks a particular camera Preferences Brings up the preferences setting window Page 223 Chapter 8 Live Viewing Using Remote Applications Working with My Favorite My Favorite provides for fast access to pr
18. Focus Auto Focus Auto Pan Preset Go FT Speed PTZ speed select Addr 086 ID address select Figure 8 10 To use Remote I O control Live Viewing Using Remote Applications Select View I O Module from the menu bar to bring up the I O control panel Remote View allows you to control only the output devices Click on the Output signal buttons to send signal to the output device Output signal buttons Figure 8 11 Page 228 Chapter 8 Live Viewing Using Remote Applications Full Screen View Click Connect button and select Full Screen Mode from the menu The full screen mode provides a larger viewing area for the cameras There are four functional buttons located at the right hand side that allows you to access to some of the basic functions Start Monitor Stop Monitor Preferences View Log Date Time HDD Space Figure 8 12 IP Multicast It is possible to monitor several GV Systems within a LAN network through the use of IP Multicast An IP Multicast allows maximum of ten connections atatime After the Live X button pressed IP Multicast automatically connects to the Main System within the LAN network fa MultiCast Remote Surveillance System 5 2 Channel Camera Preference BrowseLog Help Bac korvarna Live 1 TEST 24 Hy Camera 1 Go To l Zp Camera 2 SMAA Syete Zp Camera 3 Le We cay Live 2 Live 3 Live 4 Live 5 Live 6 Live 7 Live 8 Live 9
19. Input 2 Input 2 Input 1 Input 1 Camera 1 Camera 1 Camera 1 Camera 1 Camera 1 Camera 1 Camera 1 Camera 2 Chapter 7 E Map Application The Host Information window allows you to play back events happened in the host sites Double click any camera event in the left hand list to display the remote playback window With this window you can play back an event speak to the host site and take a snapshot as well as download the event to the client PC FedGeovision Demo 5 Elevator Figure 7 10 The Remote Playback Window Page 220 Live Viewing Using Remote Applications The system is supplied with three remote applications Remote View System IP Multicast System Remote View Remote View is used to remotely monitor live videos from Main System through modem dial up or TCP IP connection Each Remote View is limited to only one login at atime However you may open multiple Remote Views in one workstation and each login to a different main system Setting Up Remote View The Remote View software is included in the Surveillance System Software CD The application is to be installed at the client PC with modem dial up or TCP IP network access The following is the minimum PC specifications for this application OS Windows 2000 XP 2003 Server CPU Pentium 500 minimum Memory 128MB RAM Hard Disk 20GB minimum VGA NVIDIA GeForce II 32MB 800x600 screen resolution minimum Network TCP IP Modem Dial up
20. Page 37 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System Counter This function shows the information and result of GV System s counter function Live Log Browser E Monitor System Login Counter pogo1 Posoz Posos Posos ID Start Time 1271972003 10 47 09 AM 1271972003 10 47 09 Atl 1271972003 10 47 09 Atl 12719 2003 10 47 09 4M 12719 2003 10 47 21 AM 12719 2003 10 47 21 AM 12719 2003 10 47 27 AM 12719 2003 10 47 27 AM 12719 2003 10 52 47 Atl 1271972003 10 52 47 Atl 1271972003 10 52 47 Atl 1271972003 10 52 47 Akl End Time 1271972003 10 47 18 AM 1271972003 10 47 18 AM 1271972003 10 47 18 4M 12719 2003 10 47 18 4M 12 19 2005 10 52 43 4M 12 19 2005 10 52 43 AM 12 19 2005 10 52 43 AM 12 19 2005 10 52 43 AM 12 19 2005 10 54 26 4M 1271972003 10 54 28 AM 1271972003 10 54 28 At 1271972003 10 54 28 Atl Device Camera 1 Camera 2 Camera 3 Camera 4 Camera 1 Camera 2 Camera 3 Camera 4 Camera 1 Camera 2 Camera 3 Camera 4 In 0 Out 0 0 1 z 197 115 ee 163 103 40 67 43 Figure 1 40 ID This column shows the event ID number Start Time This column shows the time when GV System s counter function is activated End Time This column shows the time when GV System s counter function is terminated Device This column shows the camera that performs counter function In This column shows the In result of GV System s counter function Out This column shows the Out
21. Sane 0 0 Camera 4 0 0 Information Database Files Only Never Rlecycle Event Object Index search End Total Event Total MIDE Total Object Index Used Size video Audio Evert Figure 5 9 Time Period Specify the time periods for backup Select Camera s Click to select the camera s for backup The number of video and audio files of each camera is indicated respectively e g Camera 1 1 0 means Camera 1 has 1 video file and O audio file m Video Audio drop down list Select the types of video events for backup Information m Database Files Click to back up the files from System Log m Only Never Recycle Event Click to only back up the never recycle events Object Index Click to back up the Object Index files E The Status and Search End section Indicates the number of backup files and their total size Total MDB refers to the System Log files 4 Click OK to add the schedule You can repeat step 3 to create up to 10 periods of time Click OK on the Backup dialog box for backup Tip If you just want to back up a specific event or several events of one day select the event or multiple events on the Video Event list and right click to select Backup The Select Backup Time dialog box will then appear and you can follow the steps described above to back up files without setting up the time period Page 159 Chapter 5 Backing Up and Deleting Files Note 1 If you
22. and then click AuthServer This window appears uw O O O OC amp Authentication Server Online ap A 2 xaa EA DVR List H London H Mew York s Taipei Client Mame TEST27 Client IF 127 0 0 1 Client Tel Client FAS Client Address 13 Login Time 1 462005 6 17 53 PM Status Client 1 t4 Figure 11 25 The Authentication Server Window Page 296 Chapter 11 Useful Utilities The controls in this window No Button Name Description 1 Exit Exits this window Logs out Administrator Changes Password exports account information 2 Log Sets up the Authentication Server Log and opens the log browser 3 Password Setup Configures passwords and grants permissions to clients 4 Server Setup Configures the Authentication Server 5 Start Stop Service Starts Stops the Authentication Server 6 Find A Client Finds an existing client 7 View Edit A Client Select a client from the DVR List and click to view edit it 8 Delete An Area Client Deletes an existing group or client 9 Add A Client Creates a client account 10 Add An Area Creates an Area group 11 DVR List Lists the created clients and area groups 12 Connected DVR List Lists the connected GV Systems 13 DVR Information Lists the information of the selected GV System Creating a DVR List You can arrange your clients GV Systems into different groups for a better management To create a DVR list follow these steps 1 To
23. check the Apply Advanced Codec Setting option and then click the button beside This window appears Geo Mpeg4 ASP advanced setting Setting SUbpixel precision 2 Liuantizer 4 i PtzDomne z ni Han pixel T Size 2 inter frame threshold 2 2 Ma keyframe interval Encode speed Frames per second A A j Stop Default 2 Recommand OK Cancel Figure 1 14 Setting Setting Click the drop down list to select High speed Recommend or High compression rate for default configurations Or select User defined to define encoding settings yourself m Subpixel precision Click the drop down list to select Full Half or Quarter pixel Full pixel Fastest compression speed medium compression rate and normal image quality Half pixel Fast compression speed high compression rate and better image quality Quarter pixel Slow compression speed highest compression rate and better image quality Quantizer Raising the value will improve compression speed and dramatically increase compression rate but reduce image quality E inter frame threshold Raising the value will improve compression speed and rate but reduce image quality slightly Page 15 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System m Max keyframe interval Raising the value will extend the duration between key frames and increase compression rate but reduce image quality slightly Compression speed remains
24. the same Evaluation m Encode size Click to calculate the encoding size based on your encoding settings see Setting above and assigned video clip select PTZ dome or street from the drop down list Click the Stop tab to stop the evaluation E Encode speed Click to calculate the frame rate based on the encoding settings see Setting above and assigned video clip select PTZ dome or street from the drop down list Configuring Hotline Network Notification System Configure x Camera 8 Camera 4 Camera 10 Camera 11 Camera 12 Camera 13 Camera 14 General Setting Camera 1 Camera 2 Camera 3 Camera 4 Camera 5 Camera 6 Camera Camera 15 Camera 16 0 Device HotLine Network Modem Setup TCP Server Modem Device RAS PPPoE Line0000 SS a 192 168 0 108 Com Port men Fort a550 Default Iv Assign IP Fiealtek RTL8139 Family PC HotLine Alert 1 Multicast Server M Add to HotLine Alerts List ene 192 168 0 108 SY Fort 2E50 Default O Seen Tanien W Assign IP Realtek ATLE1 39 Family PL 911 911 911 911 Default oF HotLine Option Hotline Alerts Interval p Min Attach Audio Message HotLine Attach Audio Message Play Rec Browse Audio Message Flay Repeat i 0 Times When Receiwed HotLine Alerts Format PEM S 000Hz 5B1t mono Please Press before Hang up the Call Figure 1 15 Modem Configure If you have installed modem in this PC
25. 12 99 KASsec Video Data Rate Audio Data Rate Server to Client KAfrsec Call Back kaSet Figure 6 24 Data Rate Configuration DirectDraw Setup The DirectDraw setting is enabled by default Some VGA cards might not support DirectDraw and can produce distorted frames In this case disable the function from the Change Server button No 1 Figure 6 18 Remote Configuration Remote Configuration allows you to adjust video images start stop recording enable disable I O monitoring and activate deactivate schedules to the remote GV System For this the remote GV System must grant the privilege first See the Enable Remote Control option in Figure 6 1 Click the Change Server button No 1 Figure 6 18 and select Remote Config to display the following dialog box Page 183 Chapter 6 Viewing Live Video Using WebCam Remote Config l x CAMERA Record Monitor Brightness Contrast Saturation Figure 6 25 Remote Config Dialog Box Camera Move the slide bars Brightness Contrast Saturation and Hue to adjust video attributes Click the Send button to apply the changes to the remote GV System Record Check the desired cameras to start or stop recording to the remote GV System Monitor Enable I O and Schedule monitoring to the remote GV System Click the Send button to apply the settings Multi View MPEG 4 Encoder Viewer Multi View is a multi channel MPEG4 Encoder Viewer allowing users to view 4
26. 22 23 24 26 26 28 30 30 31 33 33 33 34 34 35 35 39 40 41 41 41 42 43 43 43 Chapter 2 Touch Screen Panel Retrieving Images Using Object Index Object Index Setup Live Object Index Object Index Search Detecting Unattended and Missing Objects Detecting Unattended Objects Detecting Missing Objects Object Tracking and Zooming Object Tracking Starting Object Tracking Zooming in Objects Object Zooming Starting Object Zooming Configuring Hybrid Cameras Privacy Mask Protection Setting Up a Privacy Mask Granting Access Privileges to Recoverable Areas Scene Change Detection Advanced Motion Detection Hard Disk Calculator DSP Spot Monitor Controller Spot Monitor Controller Spot Monitor Panel System Idle Protection Auto Logout Administration Auto Login User without Access Rights Auto Start Recording Version Information Fast Key Reference I O Applications Setting Up I O Devices Latch Trigger Keeping Last Toggle Status I O Control Panel I O Input Control Panel I O Output Control Panel 44 45 45 46 47 48 48 50 53 53 57 57 58 60 61 62 63 63 64 66 67 68 69 72 72 73 73 74 74 75 80 80 84 86 88 88 88 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Moving PTZ Camera to a Preset Location upon Alarm Event Deactivating Alarm and Alert Settings Detecting Input State I O Enable Setting Advanced I O Panel The Advanced I O Panel Creating a Group for Cascade Triggers Configuring the Advanced I O Panel Set
27. 6 Elevators Entry 4 Toilet HO Input 2 Output 1 Output 2 Output 1 J Output 3 output 2 Output 3 Output 4 Output 3 Output 4 Figure 2 24 Figure 2 25 Figure 2 26 Page 100 Chapter 2 I O Applications Editing Background Image With the Background Image feature you can import a floor plan to lay out the locations of triggered I O devices This feature works in the Icon style of the Advanced I O List 1 To switch to the Icon style click the Advanced I O List Style button No 4 Figure 2 14 and then select Icon 2 Select a group in the Advanced I O List The I O icons of this group will be displayed Right click on the right screen and select Background Image to import a graphic file Right click on the right screen and uncheck Auto Arrange Now you can freely drag the I O icons to the desired locations on the imported map 5 To add images to another group repeat the steps 2 to 4 I O Central Panel O x egle a amp a0A BE Mode Default le a i H Entrance Input 1 a Input 3 Output 1 Output 2 i M7 Input 3 Advanced I O List Output 4 Output 2 Output 3 Output 4 Lobby gt Input 2 lt Output 3 output 1 d alt WAN i o E Output 4 j M O Figure 2 27 Note Highlighting Advanced I O List in the Advanced I O List you can import another image System Wide Triggers The System Wide feature
28. 720x480 De interlace 720x240 640x480 640x480 De interlace 640x240 320x240 For PAL the image quality and CPU usage from the highest to the lowest is 720x576 720x576 De interlace 720x288 640x480 640x480 De interlace 640x240 320x240 xi Video Setup Video Standard Video Resolution Figure 1 32 Optimizing System Performance Click the Configure button and select Performance from menu This function is only available to GV 650 GV 750 GV 800 GV 900 and GV 1000 E Preview Master The display speed increases because the system resource will focus on the monitoring after click Preview Master Both Master Both display and recording speed is at the average because the system resource is allocated equally Record Master The recording speed increases because the system resource will focus on the recording after select the Record Master Page 30 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System Adjusting Video Attributes This feature lets you adjust video attributes to get the best picture Click the Configure button and select Video Attributes to have two selections Standard and Advanced Standard Video Attributes Adjust image quality by moving the slide bars to the desired values Click Default to apply default values Click the left and right arrow buttons to select a desired camera for setup Or click the finger button to apply the displayed settings to all cameras Standard ideo Attributes x Camera 1
29. Brightness 126 Contrast 125 Saturation 126 125 Detautt Cancel Figure 1 33 AGC Auto Gain Control Adjusting AGC help boost weak video signals or reduce strong video signals and gives optimized image quality The adjustment could be done manually or automatically When a video signal is weak for example due to distance adjusting the brightness or contrast of the video source will NOT help the situation Adjust AGC and see the difference Depending on the model purchased this feature may or may not be available In the Auto Gain Control window click Auto for auto adjustment click Default to apply default values or click Apply to apply the displayed settings The default value is set to 1 15V 115 but you may move the slider bar to adjust between 0 3V 30 or 2 5V 250 Page 31 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System Advanced Video Attributes This feature lets you know the image size after quality and image adjustment Mulitcam Advanced ideo Attributes Multicam WebCam Center 2 Control Center Camera 1 v H Codec Selection Original Image Compressed Image Brightness ia Recording Quality 4 Contrast _ 128 Image Size Saturation F EEJ z8 _Detaut Keyframe Frame Hue j 128 13 828 Kbytes 4 131 Kbytes HDD Calculator eme Figure 1 34 Camera drop down list Select a camera channel for the application Codec Selection Selec
30. Cancel Figure 11 35 Devices Expand this folder and select the device applications you want to enable in the GV System Functions Expand this folder and select the functions you want to enable in the GV System The gray checked boxes indicate that the functions are enabled by default No changes can be made to these functions 2 Click OK to apply the settings Page 304 Chapter 11 Useful Utilities Backing up and Restoring Settings You can back up the configurations you made in Main System and restore the backup data to the current system or import it to another GV System Backing up the settings 1 In the FBR window see Figure 11 33 click the Backup System Settings icon This dialog box appears oe Fast Backup amp Restore MultiLam System Fast Backup amp Restore Digital Surveillance System s Settings Please choose one ofthe selections below Backup System Settings POs Network Figure 11 36 Check which settings you want to back up and press the Next Step button L The Save As dialog box appears Select the destination drive to store the backup file When the backup is complete this message will appear Successfully Backup MultiCam System Settings Page 305 Chapter 11 Useful Utilities Restoring the System You can restore the current system with the backup of configuration file Also you can copy this backup file to configure another system with the same settings as the curre
31. Central Monitoring by Center V2 Camera The settings define which camera condition to notify Center V2 To configure the event type first disable the Monitoring all type events option in Figure 9 12 Advance Settings x General Camera Other 1 0 Device M Send to Center 2 when Motion is Detected Set Camerafs Event Type Emergency v M Allow Center to View Live Camera Set Camerals Allow Gentery2 to Control PTZ Camera I Notify Center 2 when the following events come up Intruder Missing Object Unattended Object Event Type Emergency Figure 9 14 Advanced Settings Camera Send to Center V2 when Motion is Detected Sends the video to Center V2 when motion is detected Click the Set Camera s button to assign cameras for the application Event Type Ifthe subscriber wants Center V2 always to get notified of motion detection select Emergency Ifthe subscriber wants Center V2 to get notified of motion detection only when an assigned input is triggered select Normal Allow Center V2 to View Live Camera Gives Center V2 the privilege to view your cameras at any time Click the Set Camera s button to assign cameras for the application m Allow Center V2 to Control PTZ Camera Gives Center V2 the privilege to control your PTZ camera Remember to properly set up camera mapping first See Mapping PTZ Cameras in Chapter 1 Notify Center V2 when the following eve
32. Configuring Main System Configuring Object Counting Object counting in GV System provides bi directional counting of objects under the surveillance area When defined it could count any objects such as people vehicles animals etc 1 Click the Configure button and then select Counter Application Setting This brings up the following dialog box Camera Applied as Counter x Choose Camera t max 4 Configure vi4ifisfi3aP 43 Configure 2 M G 10 14 Clear All a m of Cancel J Update the Log every E hlin M Show Object Figure 1 26 2 Select the desired cameras for the counter application 3 Click the Show Object item in the lower of the window to put a rectangle around the object being tracked 4 Click the Configure tab to open the Counter Application Setting dialog box shown as follows This is where you define the counter to count target objects Counter Application Setting Choose Camera camera 10 r Definition Define Detection Zones Define Object Size Sensitivity r ii Setting J Enable Counting Way Counting ie 3 Way Counting m Test Count Counting Result 7 1 2 Alarm In a w 2 1 Al Door Demo Test ie oe Out Oo Option A Bounding Box Around Moving Object I Invoke Alarm i Bounding Boxes On Moving Object I Output Module Moa q1 Pin Jv Enable Mask E Cancel Figure 1 27 5 Inthe Choose Camera section select a
33. E Statistic Coke Sum Average Cancel Figure 6 43 Locating a POS event Restrict your search to a certain date time event type POS system transaction item content and price amount value Then click OK to start searching For this example we like to search all the transaction types related to Coke registered in the device POS 4 from 00 00 00 to 13 43 19 on 2004 07 13 Its price amount may be greater than or equal to gt 1 and less than or equal to lt 99 If we select the Statistic option and click OK here we will get the sum or the average price of all the discovered transaction events not a list of these events Page 200 Chapter 6 Viewing Live Video Using WebCam Remote Control Using Remote Desktop The WebCam Remote Control function is based on Microsoft s Remote Desktop platform To start this feature your GV System must be run on Windows XP Professional with Microsoft Remote Desktop properly set up The client PC can be Windows XP Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003 To use the Remote Control 1 Follow the steps in Starting WebCam at the Client PC earlier in this chapter until the WebCam Compression Selection window appears See Figure 6 14 2 Select Remote Control and then click the Submit button This screen appears amp Remote Desktop Web Connection Microsoft Internet Explorer Sele File Edit View Favorites Tools Help ae Q peck J x E A P Search 5 Favorit
34. Event00S 2003 11 18 11 10 36 Modu Event006 2003 11 18 11 10 38 Modul EventOO7 2003 11 18 11 10 39 Modul Ooo u E AE Figure 6 51 I O Events Information in this section includes Server update time last data recycle date and time which cameras are online which cameras are off line which camera lost video signals the status of the connected I O device and connected I O module s alarm status Web Info Displays information of the connected WebCam server includes streaming channels are currently serving over the Internet and the software version of the WebCam I O Event Displays a list of alarm events occurred in the selected GV Server displayed in a 3 levels file tree in the upper section of the screen Information in this section WebCam update time WebCam server start time how many MPEG4 RPB and audio Click Reset will clear the list Connect Info Displays a history of login and logout information Remote Viewing with Mobile Phone With the mobile phone capable of GPRS you can receive live video images from your GV Server There are three types of mobile phones supporting this application 1 Mode Phone 2 Windows based Phone and 3 Symbian based Phone Page 204 The alarm status is Chapter 6 Viewing Live Video Using WebCam l Mode Phone You can monitor your GV Server remotely with Mode phone or Mobile phone supporting xhtml chtml or html and capabl
35. Figure 1 56 Defining the min and max detection size Page 49 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System 11 12 13 14 15 16 Click the items of Show Max and Show Min in the lower of the window one by one to check your defined sizes Click the Done button to finish the defining Click the Save Reference Image button to save the image as a reference view To set up other options see Other controls in the Video Object Setup window on page 67 Click the OK button to apply the settings and close the window Start camera monitoring for the application When an unattended object appears and remains stationary for 9 seconds its location will be highlighted the selected alarm and output will be activated and the event will be recorded in System Log for later retrieval Detecting Missing Objects To detect any object missing from the camera view follow the steps below D m e w N Follow the step 1 to 4 in the above Detecting Unattended Objects section to display the Video Object Setup window Refer to Figure 2 9 In the Camera field select a desired camera for configuration Select Missing Object from the drop down list Click the Accept check box to make other options available Click the Define Object button Use the mouse to outline regions on the object s you want to detect It is recommended to outline several regions within the object s to increase detection sensitivity Notice that the outlined regions should no
36. Host button No 8 Figure 6 26 to display the Edit Host window Figure 6 32 and then click the New button to create a new host 2 Check Multiple Hosts to display the following window Host List Host Information Multiple Hosts l Host Protection Single Host V Multiple Hosts Host Name Multiple Hosts Password 1 78 Edit 9 F 2 fe Edit 10 F5 3 78 Edit 11 F 4 78 Edit 12 08 5 ie Edit 13 F 6 7 Edit 14 F 7 78 Edit 15 je i 8 7 Edt 16 Edt Export Import New Delete save OK Figure 6 33 Creating a multiple host In the Host Name field enter a desired name to identify the multiple host 4 To set up each camera channel of the multiple host click the Edit tab one at a time Alternatively you can click and drag the created camera channel from the Host Server window Figure 6 27 to each Edit tab 6 When you click the Edit tab you will see the following window Lo x IPF Address 127 0 0 1 Wiser Mame Host Password Camera Mo h gt command Port a550 Data Port 550 Audio Port e550 OK Delete Cancel l Figure 6 34 Camera Setting Page 191 Chapter 6 Viewing Live Video Using WebCam 7 Enter the IP address user name and password of a remote host In the Camera No drop down list select one desired camera channel from the remote host 9 Let the port settings match those of the remote host or k
37. ID will be displayed 6 To end a connection click the Stop button from toolbar Functions of toolbar buttons are listed in following table Button Description Search Finds all main systems available for connection within the network Back Goes to previous surveillance screen Forward Goes to next surveillance screen Go To Selects a specific system Stop Ends a connection Lock Camera Locks a particular screen view Live Channel Click to view or to hide a connection Icons found at the left pane represent Button Description Live x Click to view available cameras in the selected system Flag Green flag represents the system is connected red means disconnected Page 230 Chapter 8 Live Viewing Using Remote Applications The rest of the functions in IP Multicast are much the same to those in Remote View For details on using functions in screen views refer to Playing with Screen View Window Functions earlier in this chapter to set the Preference dialog box refer to Preference Settings for features available for full screen refer to Full Screen View Video files are also played back in Q View refer to Playing Back Video Files in Q View Note Since Q View only saves one most recently viewed video file in the Temporarily Record Buffer following message may appear when try to record a second file Camera 1 Record file not saved yet r Never prompt if record files not be saved Cancel Figure 8 14 This message is to
38. If the alarm settings in step 7 are selected the following options will be enabled m Invoke Alarm Activate the computer noise alarm when an object enters a defined region Click the button next to the item to assign a wav sound file Output Module Enable an installed output device when an object enters a defined region Assign the output module and pin number m Never Recycle When the item is checked the alarm triggered events won t be recycled even when disk space is full To test your settings of counting select Live from the drop down list and then click the Test button Notice how the number changes in the Counting Result section when objects pass through the detection regions There are three options in the drop down list Live tests your current settings Door Demo and Traffic Demo are pre recorded events showing how the application counts objects in two actual DVR examples Page 25 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System Mapping PTZ Cameras This option assigns a PTZ camera to its corresponding camera channel for either the local or the remote applications For local applications see Auto Switching PTZ Control Panels on page 46 For remote applications this option will let you control PTZ cameras by the WebCam or Center V2 server For the setup add at least one PTZ camera to the system Click the Configure button and select Camera Mapping PTZ Dome from the menu to bring up the following dialog box Select a camera chann
39. Li Figure 9 17 Settings for Panic Button Panic Button Assigns an installed input device to be the panic alarm button m Trigger by I O Assigns an input module and a pin number Output Module Enables an assigned output module when the panic button is pressed For this example when the panic button Module 1 Pin 1 is pressed the output module Module 3 Pin 4 will be triggered simultaneously Send which Camera s to Center V2 Select which camera video should be sent to Center V2 when the panic alarm button is pressed Connective Port The communication ports used by Center V2 Itis recommended to keep all defaults unless otherwise necessary Page 251 Detecting Input Status The feature is designed to monitor all inputs for a change of state whenever the subscriber starts the Chapter 9 Central Monitoring By Center V2 Center V2 monitoring Achange from the previously defined state N O to N C or N C to N O will activate an alarm condition Click on the Connect to Center V2 dialog box Figure 9 12 For details see Detecting Inout Status in Chapter 2 Event Log Browser The Event Log Browser allows you to locate a desired event coming from subscribers On the Center V2 window click the Event List button No 5 Figure 9 1 and select View Event Log to display the following window Tip You can quickly access the Event Log of a specific subscriber instead of filtering all events Right
40. Live 10 Server IP Port a Live 1 192 168 0 222 Live 2 0 0 0 0 0 Live 3 0 0 0 0 0 Live 4 0 0 0 0 0 Live 5 0 0 0 0 0 Live 6 0 0 0 0 0 Live 7 0 0 0 0 0 Digital DIG SUIVEMEnC e A SUIE SAEN i GYE DiG SUNE rE Sy ara e444 4 Wo Fis E 6 fUt lt i i CS CS Figure 8 13 Page 229 Chapter 8 Live Viewing Using Remote Applications Setting Up IP Multicast The IP Multicast software is included in the Surveillance System Software CD The application is to be installed at the client PC within LAN network access PC requirements are the same as those for Remote View described in the previous section Starting IP Multicast 1 Make sure both the client PCs and the server PC are properly set up in local area network LAN 2 Click the Network button in Main System and select Multicast Server to allow connection from client PC Follow this same step to set up all GV Systems you wish to connect to IP Multicast 3 Go to Windows Start Program system folder and then IP MultiCast System from menu Run the system at the client PC 4 Click the Search button from toolbar so IP Multicast finds all GV Systems available for connection within the network Systems connected to IP Multicast are listed at the lower left pane with their server IP 5 Click the Live bar to view the desired system You may be asked to enter Login ID and Password Make sure your ID is given the privilege to view All cameras open to the
41. Monitor Setup This dialog box appears Spot Monitor Setup X M Use DSP as Spot Monitor at next Startup me O Figure 1 82 2 Check Use DSP as Spot Monitor at next Startup and click OK Restart the GV System Click the Configure button point to DSP Spot Monitor and then select Spot Monitor Controller The Spot Monitor Control window appears Note When the DSP Spot Monitor Control feature is enabled DSP Overlay will be disabled in the Main System Page 69 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System Advanced Layout Spot Monitor Controller Advanced Layout Video Setting C Dw C Diy 4 Cancel Figure 1 83 Spot Monitor Controller m DIV 1 16 Screen division option You can modify the channel sequence by typing the number directly on each division Click Apply or OK to apply your settings E Right Arrow button Sets the channel sequence of each scanned page see Scan Setting on Figure 1 85 Click the button to display this dialog box Div 16 Page setting Figure 1 84 Page Setting Screen Division Displays the channel sequence You can modify the sequence by typing the number directly on each division lt gt buttons Navigate pages Empty page Clears up the channel sequence of the open page Page 70 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System Video Setting Spot Monitor Controller x Advanced Layout Wideo Setting Video Attribute Video Enable min 1 Camera 1 W Ca
42. O File and Printer Sharing Remote Assistance Add Program Add Patt Edit Welete IY Display a notification when Windows Firewall blocks a program What are the tisks of allowing exceptions Cancel Figure 6 11 4 Check UPnP Framework and click OK Page 173 Chapter 6 Viewing Live Video Using WebCam Enabling UpnP in WebCam 1 On the main screen click the Network button select WebCam Server and click the Server tab The Server Setup dialog box appears see Figure 6 2 2 Click Detect UPnP This dialog box appears Port Mapping LIPnP Router 1 D Link Residential Gateway Device Searching configure Exit IF Address Som 3C9206 EMB WNM Integrated Fast Ethernet Controller Packet Sche Port IP Address i AuthSerwer Command Port 3663 192 168 1 139 Status 23 48 43 Find UPnP Device AKEL_GAY EL Internet Security Gateway 23 48 43 Find UPnP Devicell D Link Residential Gateway Device IP 0 23 48 20 Searching for UPnP enabled routers El Figure 6 12 Click Searching to search the UPnP enabled routers 4 If your server is installed with more than one router select a desired one from the UPnP Router drop down list 5 If you server is installed with more than one network adapter select a desired one from the IP Address drop down list 6 Click Configure to automatically configure the communication ports on the router Tip If you don t use the default ports modify the
43. ON View je Camera 13 Camera ON View F Camera 6 Camera ON View fe Camera 14 Camera ON View fe Camera Camera ON View fe Camera15 Camera ON View F Camera 8 Camera ON View To Camera 16 Camera ON View OK Figure 6 35 The Camera Status Window Page 193 Chapter 6 Viewing Live Video Using WebCam Host Information Click the Host Information button No 10 Figure 6 26 to display the following window The Host Information window contains the following three categories Use the control tabs to toggle among them Host Informations Host Name 127 0 0 1 IF Address 127 0 0 1 User Name 1 Alarm List TH Host Informations Log List Alarm Ef 20080204 H 11 21 06 Alarm List Figure 6 36 The Host Information Window Alarm List Displays a list of alarm events occurred in the selected GV Server Clicking the Reset button will clear the listed events New events will be generated until the alarms of the local site are invoked Host Information The upper section shows the general information of the connected GV Server The lower section shows the number of MPEG4 RPB and audio channels currently serving over the Internet Log List Displays a history of login and logout information Page 194 Chapter 6 Viewing Live Video Using WebCam JPEG Image Viewer JPEG Image Viewer is a cross platform viewer practicable on Mac OS Netscape and Microsoft IE browsers Continuously r
44. Plan window separately as illustrated below E Map Editor Edit Project View New Map Figure 7 3 Creating anew map 2 Click the New Map file in Map View and then click the Load Map button No 5 Figure 7 1 to import a graphic file The file will open in the Floor Plan window See Figure 7 1 3 Double click the local server folder in Host View The program will automatically detect the number of cameras and I O devices already installed at the server and show up their separate icons Drag and drop these icons from Host View onto the map in the Floor Plan window The E Map Editor lets you set the orientation of camera icons and change the icons Right click any camera icon to call up a menu and select the direction where you want the camera points to Or change the camera icon into the dome icon 6 Click Save No 1 Figure 7 1 to save the created E Map file Creating an E Map File for a Remote Host With E Map Editor you can create E Maps for your local host as well as remotely for other hosts E Maps created for remote hosts are saved and viewable only at the server where they are created And they are only functional when connected to the WebCam server 1 Click the Add Host button No 4 Figure 7 1 on the toolbar Anew host folder then is added in Host View 2 Right click the Host in Host View and then select Host Settings to display the following dialog box Page 213 Chapter 7 E Map Application
45. Server Settings The Server Setup dialog box contains these tabs 1 General 2 Server 3 Video 4 RPB 5 Audio 6 JPG and 7 3G Page 165 General x RFE audo e 3 General Server Wideo WebCam Options fv Enhance network security fv Enable IP white list J Enable Remote Control Frame Page Tithe Color f None Black White Cancel Detautt Figure 6 1 Server Setup General WebCam Options Enable Remote Control WebCam applications any more Enable IP White List details see P White List Settings later in this chapter I O functions on WebCam Chapter 6 Viewing Live Video Using WebCam Enhance network security Check this item to enhance network security on WebCam Please note when the feature is enabled the users using earlier version than 8 0 cannot access Create a list of IP addresses allowed to connect to WebCam For Check this item to use Remote Configuration and Enable Disable Frame Page Title Color Select the color of date time and camera stamps on the frame Server a Server Setup RFE Audo General Server HTTP Port a0 Command Port 4550 Data Port 5550 Detect UPnP Cancel Default Figure 6 2 Server Setup Server Page 166 Chapter 6 Viewing Live Video Using WebCam Run GeoHTTP Server Enable Geo developed HTTP server or use your own HTTP server Command Port is the port used to access WebCam and Data P
46. Set Location CDocuments and SettingsiTest2 Thy DocumentsiFile20051208152950 Avi cancer Figure 4 7 Save AVI File 4 Drag the timelines to define a starting and ending time of the file If the video event has the Privacy Mask settings and you want to retrieve the recoverable block out area s in the exported file type a valid ID and password in the Decode Video Protection field lf you want to remain the recoverable block out area s in the exported file leave the field blank For details on Privacy Mask see Privacy Mask Protection in Chapter 1 Click the button in the Set Location section to assign a saving path Click the Setting tab to configure the exported video See AVI File Settings below 8 Click OK to export and save the file Page 122 Chapter 4 Playing Back Video Files AVI File Settings To configure the format of exported video follow these steps 1 Click the Setting tab on the Save AVI File window This window appears Note that when you save the AVI file in single view mode the window looks slightly different Save Avi File gq x Avi view Setting Date Time jv Show date on avi file Cameras jp Camera Number Foom Lobby Lab Street Camera 5 Camera 6 Camera 7 Camera Camera 9 Camera 10 Camera 11 Camera 12 Camera 13 Camera 14 Camera 15 Camera 16 W Show time on avi file Text Color Mormal Audio Export audio 1 2 Time merge
47. Space 799 17 MB Total Space 5 65 GB RD Hea Status Unused m Other Used DYR Event Information Path E DATA E Size and Count 12 88 MB 3 Files Oldest event 12 2001 15 54 43 5 Never recycle events are excluded Latest event 12 2001 15 59 08 MDB Information Path E DATA EiDatabase Size and Count 69 98 MB 83 Files 6 Object Index Information Path Empty Size and Court 0 Bytes 0 Files 7 Viewlog Information Path Empty 8 Figure 11 38 Page 307 Chapter 11 Useful Utilities The controls on the MediaMan window No Name 1 Refresh 2 Copy ViewLog 3 Disk List 4 Disk Properties Note DVR Event Info MDB Info Object Index Info ViewLog Info Description Updates all data information on the window Selects a hard drive to copy ViewLog files Selects a disk Indicates disk information In Media Type two messages may appear e LAN indicates a hard drive is connected e Local indicates a local hard drive is connected In Status three messages may appear e Standby indicates the hard drive already specified as the recording path e Unused indicates the hard drive not specified as the recording path e Recording indicates the files are being recorded to the disk Indicates the path size and number of recorded events the dates of the oldest and latest events Indicates the path size and number of System Log files Indicates the path size and number of Object Ind
48. Time synchronization with Center V2 Enables the time increment decrement of minutes and seconds at the subscriber site to match the time at the Center V2 Page 248 Chapter 9 Central Monitoring by Center V2 I O Device The settings define which I O condition to notify Center V2 To configure these settings first disable the Monitoring all type events option in Figure 9 12 Advance Settings i General Camera Other I O Device O Device Module 1 Allow Centen to Enable Disable 1 0 I Send to Center when 10 is triggered IY With Camerale Set Camerals Event Type Normal b I Output Module Mod 1 Fin 3 Event Type MEE b Output 1 gt T Allow Center to force output Security Service f Momentary Mode IM Start monitoring normal events when the selected pin is triggered Mod 1 Pin 1 I Stop monitoring normal events when the selected pin is triggered Mod 1 Pin 1 Maintained Mode Start manitoring narmal events when the selected pin ts WH TE Fin Stop manitoring normal events when the selected pin ts MEF Se y Cancel Figure 9 16 Advanced Settings I O Device I O Device Notifies the Center V2 when I O devices are triggered Use the Arrow buttons to configure each I O device or click the Finger button to apply to all I O devices Allow Center V2 to Enable Disable I O Allows Center V2 manually arm disarm any I O devices at the subscriber s site wit
49. and 16 After single view click this button to restore the first scanned page but to the last channel when the screen division is set to 1 System Idle Protection The System Idle Protection allows the administrator to work on the system without the worry of logout or leaving the system not recording anymore This feature can automatically logout the administrator login a user with no access rights and or start recording Page 72 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System Auto Logout Administrator lf the administrator does not press the mouse or press a key within a set period of time the system will automatically log him her out 1 Click the Configure button and then select System Idle Protection Setting This dialog box appears System Idle Protection system Idle Protection System Idle over 30 Sec W Auto Logout or Switch to Startup Login User if available Supervisor W Auto Monitoring cancel _ Figure 1 87 2 Enable the Auto Logout or Switch to Startup Login User if available option and then select Supervisor or Supervisor Poweruser from the drop down list 3 Inthe System Idle Over field type the idle time from 10 to 300 seconds after which Supervisor or Poweruser will be logged out Auto Login User without Access Rights When the system is started up after an idle time a specified user with no access right will login This allows the user to see the system is on and working but at the sam
50. are unable to record a CD make sure the CD recording is enabled in your CD burner open My Computer right click the CD Drive icon click Properties click the Recording tab and then check Enable CD recording on the drive 2 The Export to DVD Format option at the right bottom of Backup dialog box Figure 5 8 outputs your files in DVD movie format meaning that it will play in any DVD player that supports writable DVD disks To enable this option files recorded by the GV Hybrid DVD card need to be selected first see the Select Camera s option and a DVD RW disk is required as well Backing Up at the Client PC The program DMBackUp500 exe located in the system folder makes it possible to back up video files at a client PC Before you start make sure both your system folder GV 650 folder for example and video files you wish to save are made available to network users and done through proper setups in Windows Sharing And Security After the folder and files are made available follow these steps 1 At any client computer go to My Network Places in Windows 2 Find the server computer where the GV System is located and then locate DMBackUp500 exe in the system folder as shown below assuming that the system is running GV 650 on drive C Address CeVveso Desktop StringTable STRINGTABLE File a DMSO00Startup exe Application a6 DMActve exe Application ME OMAT exe Application DMBackUpSO0 exe Application SU dmClp exe
51. button to select all cameras 3 Specify the time range Click OK to start the search Note Awarning message may appear if the downloaded file size is greater than the designated storage space Playing Local Video After loading the video files from the server PC to the client PC click the Play Local Video button No 6 Figure 4 32 to play back the files at the client PC through the RPB Client View List The list keeps record of connection activity and it is available in four listing options Channel List Lists all RPB Servers and their respective cameras Click the Up and Down buttons to move up and down the list The Disconnect button ends the connection of the selected camera The Exit button closes the list while all connections remain Connection List Indicates the number of files currently engaged in the connecting activity The number shown in the Total Works field drops as connection completes Click the Work List to show the type of connecting activity engaged listed in the Type field Click the Back button to go back to the list the Disconnect button to end the connection the Exit button to close the list Page 147 Chapter 4 Playing Back Video Files Download List Displays a list of files that is currently being downloaded to the RPB Client The Ratio field shows each file s download progress and the Save Path field shows the location where files are downloaded to Download History Displays a histo
52. call up a message window Click the Send E Mail icon on the window This sends the e mail to an individual subscriber manually 4 Click the Preference Settings button No 10 Figure 9 1 and select Notification to display the Alarm Settings window Check the Send E Mail item This sends e mails to subscribers automatically when set alert conditions occur See Notification Settings earlier in this chapter E Map Alerts You can configure an instant E Map alert to lay out the locations of triggered cameras sensors and alarms within a floor plan For this application subscribers must already create their own E Maps using the E Map Editor and activate WebCam Server To configure E Map alert at the Center V2 right click one online subscriber on the Subscriber List No 4 Figure 9 1 and select E Map For details on E Map see E Map Application Chapter 7 on the Surveillance System Software CD Page 264 Short Message Service Via a GSM GPRS modem GV System lets you send SMS Short Message Service messages when an alert condition happens The modem can be installed at either a separate server or the same computer server equipped with GV System This chapter introduces how to manage a GSM GPRS modem with the GV developed SMS Server program and how to configure the Main System to send out SMS alerts Installing SMS Server To install the SMS Server application follow these steps 1 Insert the Surveillance System Softwa
53. camera The Timer at the upper right corner informs the user of the remaining time of control or the total waiting time The supervisor is given the highest priority to control the PTZ camera and wont be restrained by 60 second time limit When the supervisor logs in WebCam the Timer shows 999 The PTZ Speed button in the lower part allows you to configure the speed of a PTZ camera up to five levels I O Control The new interface provides real time graphic displays of camera and I O status and alarm event Additionally you can force output as well as enable and disable I O devices to the remote GV System Click on the I O Control button No 4 Figure 6 18 to bring out the I O control panel Page 181 Chapter 6 Viewing Live Video Using WebCam ALARM LIST WO DEVICE Elf 2005 1 2 21 i 0999 GF 11 93 16 as GF 11 33 19 HE 11 93 36 Ege 11 33 37 ff Module O41 Input 1 ks Input die Input 1 Camera Camera 1 Gp Camera 2 Th Camera 3 ip Camera 4 hp Camera 5 ip Camera 6 Gp Camera T Gp Cameras wh Camera 9 wh Camera 10 wh Camera 11 ip Camera 12 Figure 6 23 I O Control The alarm status is displayed in three levels The first level indicates date second indicates time and the third indicates alarm ID Clicking the Reset button will clear the alarm list To initiate an output device click the Enable button highlight an output and then click the Output button The Timer functions the same as
54. camera to record in the Camera Select drop down list and specify the recording duration Invoke Alarm Check this option to activate computer alarm when the input is triggered You may select the alarm type in the drop down menu Page 82 Chapter 2 I O Applications E Invoke to Send Alerts Check this option to send out an assigned alert E Mail Hotline SMS when the input is triggered 1st Right Arrow button Appears when E Mail is the assigned alert Click to select the camera s to take a snapshot on input trigger The snapshot will be sent out by E Mail 2nd Right Arrow button Click to set the delay time to activate assigned alerts E Mail Hotline SMS Output Module Ifthe input is invoked the system will automatically send a signal to an output pin Right Arrow button Click to set the delay time to activate the assigned output module Note The delay functions in Invoke to Send Alerts and Output Module allow you time to deactivate prior alert and output settings To deactivate these settings you may stop monitoring or enable the assigned input module set at Deactivate notification when selected pin ON in I O Application window see Figure 2 8 m Register Input Event This option logs the alarm events into System Log Each event is labeled with ID time device name camera or I O input corresponding module of the device and event for later retrieval For details on System Log see Chapter 1 Output X Click the A
55. create a group click the Add An Area button No 10 Figure 11 25 2 To create a client under the group click the Add A Client button No 9 Figure 11 25 This displays the Client Information dialog box Client Information Name IPC 1 Wael 0939234690 Figure 11 26 Client Information 3 Type the clients information 4 Click OK The Name must match that of local GV System Page 297 Chapter 11 Useful Utilities Editing a User The Authentication Server operator can create users can grant deny or modify permissions and can allow access to local GV Systems listed in the DVR list 1 Click the Password Setup button No 3 Figure 11 25 to display the Password Setup window The window is the same as the Password Setup window in Main System see Figure 1 29 except the following section W Accountis disabled ID Guest Password i Hint i gt Level Guest Valid Group A All DVR Group Setting Figure 11 27 Password Setup 2 To create and edit a user refer to Setting up Password in Chapter 1 3 To grant access to local DVRs a Click the Group Setting button in the window The Valid Group List window appears b Click the New Group button The DVR Group Information window appears c Give a DVR group name and check the desired DVRs into the group d Go back to the Password Setup window Use the Valid Group drop down list to select the created DVR group Group
56. define SMS Server correctly 1 On the Center V2 window click the SMS button No 6 Figure 9 1 and then select SMS Setup to display this dialog box Connection Setup Mobile Setup Connection Server IP 127 0 0 1 Local Server Port 6886 Default Remote Login ID 1 Password e Figure 9 28 2 Type the IP address communication port Login ID and Password of the SMS Server 3 If the SMS Server is installed at the same computer with the Center V2 select Local If not select Remote 4 To setup three mobile numbers of Center V2 operators to get notified when Center V2 loses connection to SMS Server click the Mobile Setup tab to display this window Page 261 Chapter 9 Central Monitoring By Center V2 Connection Setup Mobile Setup HotLine List V Add to SMS List Country Code 12345678 Mobile Number 123456789 Please select a mobile to editthe HotLine List Figure 9 29 5 Select one mobile icon check Add to SMS List and type country code and mobile number For details on SMS Server see Chapter 10 Short Message Service on the Surveillance System Software CD Connecting to SMS Server On the Center V2 window click the SMS button No 6 Figure 9 1 and then select Connect to SMS Server for connection Sending SMS Once the connection of SMS Server and Center V2 is established there are several ways to send SMS messages to subscribers See the Center V2 window
57. ends Page 38 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System m Void Transaction Appear if an item is being void from the sales transaction m Cash Drawer Open Appear if the cash drawer is opened m Filter 1 15 Appear if the sales transaction matches the defined condition 1 to 15 Note This column is currently not being used Recording Schedule You can program recording I O devices and Center V2 services to turn on and off at specific time each day Click the Schedule button and select Schedule Edit to display the following window Note It s necessary to edit Center V2 schedule once you activate other schedule settings otherwise the connection to Center V2 will be stopped automatically after 15 minutes The window has three major tabs Video Schedule A schedule starts the surveillance system automatically I O Schedule A schedule starts I O surveillance automatically Center V2 Schedule A schedule starts the connection to Center V2 services automatically CenterV2 Schedule I O Schedule Setup Schedule Add period time schedule Video Schedule nA e i Monitor Invoke Weekly Schedule F Rec fRouna tne ciock gt TEET I Special Day Schedule EF MW FageriE Mail M Output Remote I view Week Days Enable Schedule Start SUN mon TUE WED THU FRI SAT rE Montar Apply Day s Oneration s PMi 13 00 AM 05 00 Mon Tue Ved Thu Fri REC Pager E Mail R 1 2 3 4 AM DEDO PM 20 00 Sat Sun REC Fager E Mail R 1
58. features and utilities that could help administrator to maximize system performance in a security network Dynamic DNS The Dynamic DNS is an application that allows users to register domain names that always point to their GV Systems This application is only necessary when your GV System is using a dynamic IP address If so the DDNS will update GV System s IP address to DNS Server in every 10 minutes Therefore even if your GV System s IP address changes you can still locate it by using the registered domain name Dynamic DNS supports Windows XP Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 only but not supports Windows 95 98 or ME Dynamic DNS uploads IP address over the Internet through ports 80 and 81 If your GV System is connected behind a router or firewall make sure ports 80 and 81 are open Dynamic DNS will only upload global IP addresses If your GV System is using virtual IP NAT port mapping should be done first Installing Dynamic DNS To install Dynamic DNS follow these steps 1 Insert the Surveillance System Software CD to your PC It will automatically run and a window appears 2 Select the Install V 8 0 0 0 System item 3 Select Dynamic DNS Service and follow the on screen instructions Page 277 Chapter 11 Useful Utilities Registering Domain Name with DDNS 1 Go to Windows Start point to Programs select DDNS and then run Dynamic DNS Service to bring up the DNSClient dialog box Click Registe
59. folders The flashing icon represents a triggered camera or an I O device Manually forces an output device Views the live video associated with that camera dome Chapter 7 E Map Application Setting the Pop up Map Function The E Map Viewer window can be set to pop up with the flashing icon indicating that a camera or an input device is triggered To set up the function follow the steps below 1 Click the Popup Settings button No 1 Figure 7 5 Select desired cameras and input devices for the application and specify Dwell Time for the interval between two pop up maps 2 Click the Toggle Popup button No 2 Figure 7 5 to enable the function Minimize the E Map Viewer window Once any camera or input device is triggered the map will pop up on your screen immediately Starting E Map from a Remote Site Activating and configuring E Map over a web browser is possible by the GV developed WebCam server Todo so follow the steps below 1 At the local server equipped with the GV System click the Network button and select WebCam Server to display the Server Setup dialog box Click OK to start the WebCam server 2 Atthe client PC open the web browser and type the address of the local server Once the connection is established the WebCam Compression Selection window will appear Refer to Figure 6 14 in Chapter 6 3 Select EMap and click Submit to display the E Map window on the client PC Page 216 Chapter 7 E Map App
60. for the following selections 1 Click the SMS button No 6 Figure 9 1 and select Send Short Message This sends SMS to an individual subscriber manually 2 On the Subscriber List No 4 Figure 9 1 right click one subscriber and select Send Short Message This sends SMS to an individual subscriber manually 3 On the Event List double click one Event Type except Attachment to call up a message window Click the Send Short Message icon on the window This sends SMS to an individual subscriber manually 4 Right click one display channel and select Send Short Message This sends SMS to an individual subscriber manually 5 Click the Preference Settings button No 10 Figure 9 1 and select Notification to display the Alarm Settings window Check the Send SMS Alerts item This sends SMS to subscribers automatically when set alert conditions occur For details see Notification Settings earlier in this chapter Page 262 Chapter 9 Central Monitoring by Center V2 E Mail Alerts You can send e mails to subscribers when alert conditions occur Setting Mailbox Before you can send e mails to a Separate e mail account you need to define your mailbox correctly To setup the mailbox 1 On the Center V2 window click the Preference Settings button No 10 Figure 9 1 and then select E Mail Setup This dialog box appears F Mail Setup Setup Charset Western European Windowsi k E Mail From qeovisionmigeovision com tw
61. free 1 45056 Are you sure to delete canei Figure 5 12 Delete Information 6 Click OK to start the deletion Page 161 Chapter 5 Backing Up and Deleting Files Deleting Files Using ViewLog To delete files using ViewLog follow these steps 1 On the function panel click the Tools button No 14 Figure 4 2 and then select Delete This dialog box appears m Time Period Start Time i2n2o0s 00 00 53 End Time fizns2oos fossese Select Camerats mji OD Camera s Files Status a Camera 1 4 Ready Camera 2 0 Ready Camera 3 Camera 4 Camera 5 Camera 6 Camera 7 Camera 6 Camera 9 Camera 10 Camera 11 Camera 12 Camera 13 Camera 14 Camera 15 JENS 7 oOogqgoo0od0qoqoqooqoqoooeo09q0 O mal o pt a lt j D D 2 Le mvm AC lt OAO Danaea video Audio Event gt Only Never Recycle Evert Total Event 4 Total Size 1009 KB Delete Close View Delete Log Figure 5 13 2 Define the time period for file deletion Uncheck the cameras which you don t want to delete the files of 4 Use the drop down list to select the types of events to be deleted e g video audio or both together 5 Ifyou only want to delete the never recycle events check the Only Never Recycle Event option Click the Delete button Tip If you just want to delete a specific event or several events within one day select the event
62. gives privileges to remote applications such as Center V2 and VSM to force the outputs in the Main System for cascade triggers For this example the System Wide feature is enabled in Output 1 When the VSM operator manually forces Output 1 Output 2 3 and 4 will be triggered in a cascade series If the System Wide feature is disabled the operator can only force Output 1 without cascade triggers Elevators Output 1 System Wide Output 2 Output 3 Output4 Figure 2 28 To enable this feature right click an output at the top level and then select System Wide Output Page 101 Chapter 2 I O Applications The Advanced Logical Input Status in Mutlicam Option If you already set a specific input to trigger a specific output in the Main System you can decide whether to apply the simple input trigger output setting in the Advanced I O Panel For example you have set a simple access system in the Main System Input 2 card reader triggers Output 3 the door opens Input 2 ale Marne Signal Type G Input 2 wo CN mM Monitor Input Ree Video B JEC W Invoke Alarm Notify Invoke to Send Alerts B Figure 2 29 But to tighten security you may set a group Garage in the Advanced I O Panel Both Input 1 power switch and Input 2 card reader should be activated together to trigger Output 1 light Output 2 alarm and Output 3 the door opens in a cascad
63. in the PTZ control panel Each user will be given 60 seconds of control time while the supervisor has 999 seconds Clicking the Stop button will stop the operation and turn over the control privilege to the next user waiting online If you want to enable or disable I O devices to the remote GV System click the Enable Disable I O button For this the remote GV System must grant the privilege first Enable the Enable Remote Control option in Figure 6 1 Two Way Audio To make two way audio possible both hardware and software must be properly set up and installed For the instructions on setup and installation refer to Audio Settings in this chapter Click the Speaker button No 9 Figure 6 18 to access live audio from the server site and click the Microphone button No 10 Figure 6 18 to speak to the server site When both buttons are enabled you can perform two way communication between the client computer and the server site Page 182 Chapter 6 Viewing Live Video Using WebCam Data Rate Configuration When sounds seem to pause or break up you can configure Data Rate to improve the situation Click the Change Server button No 1 Figure 6 18 and select Data Rate Configure to display the following window Moving the slide bar to the Low direction will decrease the frame rate but increase the audio performance moving the slide bar to the High direction will increase the frame rate but decrease the audio performance xi
64. in the lower part your setting in step 7 of Object Zooming Setup will be applied For example suppose you choose View 3 When you click the button the PTZ camera will go to the preset View 3 Configuring Hybrid Cameras If your system is installed with the Hybrid DVR card follow these steps to configure your cameras One Hybrid DVR card supports 4 camera channels and you may install up to 4 Hybrid DVR cards to one GV System so that you may configure 16 cameras at most For details on the Hybrid DVR card see nstallation Guide 1 Click the Configure button point to Camera Audio Install and then select Hybrid Camera Install The Hybrid Video Source dialog box appears Select the Hybrid DVR channels for setup Click Configure The Hybrid Camera Configure dialog box appears Page 61 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System Hybrid Camera Configure Select Hybrid Camera Camera 1 Video Attribute Brightness 128 Contrazt _ __ 125 Saturationl 1 128 Defaut Saturation j 128 Hue E Record Quality Video Resolution d 720x480 CD DWD en Figure 1 73 Select Hybrid Camera Select a camera for setup You can see the Hybrid DVR card image of the selected camera in the right window Video Attribute Modify video attributes if necessary To apply the changes to all cameras click the Finger button Record Quality Select recording quality up to five levels The
65. in these parts 1 Showing I O Status 2 I O Activation 3 Camera Audio Control 4 Camera Monitor 5 Viewing Subscriber Information and 6 Subscription Service Options Showing I O Status You can view the status of input devices at the subscriber s site as well as forcing the outputs On the Subscriber List No 4 Figure 9 1 right click one online subscriber and then select Show I O status to display this window VO Status 1 Module itetn Ty T m Ww Input Input 1 Input 2 Input 3 Input 4 Nia NA NA NA Nia NA NA NA MA WIA ia A WIA Status Normal Trigger Output Pin Output 1 Force Output Figure 9 23 Module Select a module from the drop down list Input Indicates the status of input devices of the selected module The blue icon means the input is deactivated the red lightening icon means the input is activated Output To force an output installed at the subscriber site select a desired output pin from the drop down list and then click the Force Output button For this the subscriber must grant the privilege to Center V2 first See the Allow Center V2 to Force Output option in Figure 9 16 I O Enable Setting The Center V2 operator can manually arm or disarm any I O devices of subscribers without interrupting the monitoring For this the subscriber must give the privilege first See the Allow Center V2 to Enable Disable I O option in Figure 9 16 Page 256 Chapter 9 Cent
66. later in this cheater If the feature is enabled use the Slide bar to adjust JPG image quality The bigger the number sliding it towards right the better the image quality and the bigger image file size m FTP Transfer JPEG file Allows you to view the recording files in a folder tree structure For details see FTP Server Settings later in this chapter Note The Create JPEG GIF file s item will not be available when you enable Enhance Network Security in Figure 6 1 Page 170 Chapter 6 Viewing Live Video Using WebCam SG These settings allow you to stream video and audio on your 3G enabled mobile phone For more information on 3G mobile phone connection please check our website a Server Setup xj General Server Video RFB sudo sG 3G Max connections aad Video Ait rate kbps Video size acir 176x144 Audio Encoder Bit rate kbps AM WB 6 60 Cancel Detaut Figure 6 7 Port The default communication port is 8554 Max Connections Specify the number of users that can connect to this server Set the number to be between 1 and 20 Video E Bitrate kbps Select a proper bit rate for video file transmission Larger bit rate means better quality but it also required larger bandwidth m Video Size Select QCIF 176x144 or sub QCIF 128x96 for transmission Larger video size means better quality but it also requires larger bandwidth m FPS Specify the number of
67. recording quality is directly proportional to file size To apply the change to all cameras click the Finger button Video Resolution Displays the NTSC or PAL resolution for the Hybrid DVR card images 6 Click OK for above settings Note The Hybrid DVR card only affects recording quality all live views are still provided by your capture card Privacy Mask Protection The Privacy Mask can block out sensitive areas from view covering the areas with black boxes in both live view and recorded clips This feature is ideal for locations with displays keyboard sequences e g passwords and for anywhere else you don t want sensitive information visible You can also choose to retrieve the block out areas during playback The retrievable areas will be protected by password Page 62 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System Setting Up a Privacy Mask 1 Click the Configure button and then select Privacy Mask Setup The Privacy Mask Setup dialog box appears Select the desired cameras for setup and then click the Configure tab This dialog box appears Privacy Mask Setup X Jv Enable Camera 4 C Un recoverable 3 a p eae Fecoverable STIR aa os Mote Wavelet and Wpeg4 codecs donot support Recoverable function eee a BEN RHEE T ia Figure 1 74 Privacy Mask Setup Select a camera from the drop down list and then check Enable Select Un recoverable and or Recoverab
68. related ports in the Server Setup dialog box See Figure 6 2 and then click OK Re open the dialog box and follow above steps to configure your router Note UPnP technology now is also available in other remote applications Control Center Center V2 Remote Playback Authentication Server VSM and TwinDVR Page 174 Chapter 6 Viewing Live Video Using WebCam FTP Server Settings The option of FTP transfer JPEG file allows you to access the recording files in a folder tree at a client computer installed with the FTP server In Figure 6 6 select the FTP transfer JPEG file option and then click the FTP Setup button to display the following dialog box Setup FTP x FTP Server Host Mame oo Ee Uzer Mame Password anonymous AEEEELEEEEEES Remote File Path Transfer Camera M Send file delay jo ZEC men Figure 6 13 FTP Setup 1 In the Server Host Name field enter the IP address or domain name of the FTP server Keep the port setting as default at 21 2 Enter a valid user name and password to access the FTP server Specify a file path to save the recording files on the FTP server Click the Transfer Camera button and assign which camera s files to be transferred to the FTP server 5 Inthe Send File Delay field specify the time of updating JPEG files from the GV System to the FTP server The time range is from 0 1 to 10 sec 6 Inthe Connection Retries field specify the number of retries when t
69. remind you that the video file previously played back has not been saved Clicking Continue would overwrite the previous file To always save viewed video files to a permanent location use Play Save button in screen view instead of the Rec button Page 231 Central Monitoring by Center V2 With Center V2 central monitoring station CMS can be deployed immediately because it brings multiple GV Systems together into an integrated interface allowing the operator to manage several systems from one point of control The basic feature of Center V2 is to view live video and receive video evidence in an attachment format when any alerts are sent to the Center V2 This helps the remote end operator easily determine the nature of the alarm Installing Center V2 There are two versions of Center V2 The standard version coming with the system software can serve up to 5 subscribers and 80 channels at atime The professional version can serve up to 500 subscribers and 800 channels For professional one see CMS User s Manual Before installation make sure your computer meets the following minimum requirements The standard version OS Windows 2000 Windows XP Server 2003 CPU Pentium 4 2 0G Memory 256 MB RAM Hard Disk 60 GB VGA NVIDIA GeForce II 32MB 1024 x 768 screen resolution Network TCP IP To install Center V2 follow these steps 1 Insert the Surveillance System Software CD to your CMS s Central Monitoring Station c
70. remote video Plays back video files at the client computer Keeps record of connection activity Keeps track of the connections Creates a quick connection to the RPB Server Sets download status text display and panel resolution Saves a video file as avi or exe format Refer to Exporting Video earlier in this chapter Saves a video image as bmp format Closes or minimizes the RPB Client window Moves forward and backward of the playback video Contains typical playback buttons Toggles between channels 1 16 and 17 32 Sets the screen divisions This displays the following Connect Ta Password Part SOB Default canes Figure 4 33 You may enter the IP address or the domain name of the RPB server Alternatively you may click the drop down list to find recently visited servers or click the Browse button to select a RPB server from the folder Disconnecting from RPB Server Click the Disconnect button No 4 Figure 4 32 and select to close all connection by choosing All Connections or close only the selected connections by choosing Select Disconnection Page 145 Chapter 4 Playing Back Video Files Downloading and Playing Remote Video There are two options to download and play remote video Normal and Advanced Normal Select Normal from the Download Play Remote Video button No 5 Figure 4 32 This displays the following Search amp Download panels
71. result of GV System s counter function POS This function shows the POS event information Double click on the log list will allow you to view related video in ViewLog or Quick Search depending on the video player you selected in the Activate System Log dialog box on page 22 Live Log Browser ee E E Time 1271872003 9 36 36 PM 1271872003 9 36 36 PM 1271872003 9 36 36 PM 1271872003 9 36 36 PM 12718 2003 9 36 37 PM 12718 2003 9 36 37 PM 1271872003 9 36 38 PM 1271872003 9 36 39 PM 1271872003 9 36 39 PM 1271872003 9 36 40 PM 1271872003 9 36 41 PM 12 78 2003 9 36 41 PM Camera Note Camera 1 Camera 1 Camera 1 Camera 1 Camera 1 Camera 1 Camera 1 Camera 1 Camera 1 Camera 1 Camera 1 Camera 1 Content Event Device 2003 12 18 21 36 Shop 01 POS 1 2003 12 18 21 36 Shop 01 Start Transaction POS 1 1 000000 208 Paqge 1 POS 1 farmerjohn hotdog 3 49T POS 1 knepy donuts 0 49T POS 1 treetop juice 2 99T POS 1 kraft cheese 1 99T POS 1 Kellogg s cereal 2 99T POS 1 campellsoup 1 99T POS 1 quaker oatmeal 1 50T POS 1 oreo cookie 2 497 POS 1 minute maid 1 75T POS 1 l Figure 1 41 ID This column shows the event ID number Time This column shows the time when POS event occurs Content This column shows the action taken in the POS device Event This column shows the following messages Start Transaction Appear when sales transaction starts m Stop Transaction Appear when sales transaction
72. select the corresponding device and port then press Detect button to test your modem Note Internal modems PCI or ISA are not recommended Page 16 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System HotLine Notice x The event can be set to trigger phone calls or pagers up to three 3 units A text message may be sent to the pager Enter the text message Figure 1 16 ok gt o N Enter the telephone number HotLine Alert 1 W Add to HotLine Alerts List f Attach Text Message 31 1 911 911 911 Default Attach Audio Message telephone icons gb Play Rec Browse Format PCM 8 000Hz 8Bit mono Click a telephone icon Enable the Add to Pager Tel hotline Notice List option Type the telephone or the pager number in the field Enable Attach Text Message and type the text messages to be sent to a pager The system allows you to send a custom sound file to telephone Your computer must have microphones connected to the MIC input of GV System for this operation To record a sound file follow these steps Click the Rec button to bring up the following dialog box j Sound Sound Recorder Piel x File Edit Effects Help Position Length 0 00 sec 0 00 sec ___ Figure 1 17 Click the Record button to start recording Speak the message script clearly to the microphone Click Stop button when it is done Click the Play button to listen to the recording To save
73. the Modify Schedule button to make changes To delete a schedule highlight the desired schedule in the Schedule List window and the press the Delete key on the keyboard Page 40 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System Special Days Schedule 1 Click the Special Day Schedule tab 2 All settings are the same as those in Video Schedule except the following section Click the drop down list and select a date from the pop up calendar Click Apply to add the date to the schedule Figure 1 43 I O Schedule Set up a schedule to activate the monitoring of I O devices automatically All settings are the same as those in Video Schedule except the following section After setting up scheduled time and dates select the I O Monitor option to activate the schedule Start M 12 Monitor Figure 1 44 Center V2 Schedule Set up a schedule to connect to Center V2 services automatically All settings are the same as those in Video Schedule except the following section After setting up scheduled time and dates select the Center V2 option to activate the schedule For details on Center V2 see Chapter 9 Start M Center Figure 1 45 Page 41 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System PTZ Control Panel PTZ control panel is used to control PTZ camera operations camera presets and magnification functions This control panel will not appear unless at least one PTZ camera is connected to the system Follow these steps
74. video in ViewLog or Quick Search depending on the video player you selected in the Activate System Log dialog box on page 38 Live Log Browser Recycle Log 7 29 2000 16 48 Monitor System Login Counter POS 1 POS 2 POSS Pos 4 IL Time Device Information Event 100 Tr a0rz2000 2 38 02 PM Camera 3 a Motion 101 Trop z2000 2 36 02 PM Camera 4 Ly Motion 102 a000i 2 38 02 PM Camera 5 a Motion 103 a000 2 38 02 PM Camera 6 a Motion 104 AUF 2000 2 36 12 PM Camera 1 Ly Motion 105 fo 2000 2 38 12 PM Camera 2 Lf Motion 106 FU 42000 2 36 12 PM Camera 3 a Motion 107 fo 2000 2 38 12 PM Camera 4 ia Motion 108 Trop z2000 2 38 12 PM Camera 5 a Motion 109 a000i 2 38 12 PM Camera 6 ia Motion 110 ff o0 2000 2 38 12 PM Camera f a Motion 111 rr SU 72000 2 38 12 PM Camera 6 Lia Motion 4 Figure 1 37 ID This column shows the event ID number generated by the system Time This column shows the time when a motion or I O monitor event occurs Device This column shows camera ID or I O device associated with the event Page 35 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System Information This column shows the I O module number Event These event messages mean E Motion Appear if motion occurs in the associated camera m Monitor Video Lost Appear if video lost occurs in the associated camera m Monitor Video Resume Appear if video resume in the associated camera E Signal On Appear if one of the input device connected to the associat
75. 1 Select a PTZ capable camera from the monitoring window or double click it on the Host Server window Click the PTZ Control button No 4 Figure 6 26 Turn the switch to the ON position 4 Use the directional zoom in zZoom out focus in focus out buttons to control the PTZ camera The Timer has the same functions as the one in the Single View MPEG4 Encoder Viewer The supervisor is given the highest priority to control PTZ in Multi View and won t be restrained by 60 second time limit When the supervisor logs in Multi View the Timer will show 999 The Option button lets you direct the PTZ camera to a preset position and configure the speed of the PTZ camera up to five levels 127 0 0 1 Camera 2 x Switch Timer The Option button Figure 6 28 PTZ control panel Page 187 Chapter 6 Viewing Live Video Using WebCam Output Control 1 Click the I O Control button No 5 Figure 6 26 2 Turn the switch to ON position 3 Select a module from the drop down list Each module provides 4 to 16 connected relay output devices 4 Click the Output x button to enable the output device x i on Switch P Module 1 Timer Figure 6 29 I O Control Panel Channel Status Information When choosing a camera from the Host Server window or the monitoring window the general information of the selected camera will be displayed in the Channel Status Window as shown below Taipei Host name Camera 1
76. 1 23 2 Type a code in the Token Code field 3 Click OK to display the Save As dialog box File name desktop token save az type SafeM odeT oken smt Cancel A Figure 11 24 Locate a path and enter a desired name in the File Name field Click Save to save the file When you enter safe mode and are in the status of the GV desktop Click the Settings button on the desktop You will be prompted to locate the stored token file and enter the set token code When the Settings window appears Figure11 20 select Windows in the Desktop Type field and then exit from the window Click the Log Off button to log off the GV desktop and enter the Windows desktop The token code and file are also required here Page 295 Chapter 11 Useful Utilities Authentication Server The Authentication Server allows a remote server to restrict access to the password settings of local GV Systems When the Sever is working the previous password settings in local GV Systems will be invalid Local GV Systems will submit to the full control of the Server Installing the Server To install this application in a remote sever follow these steps 1 Insert the Surveillance System Software CD It will run automatically and a window appears 2 Select the Install V8 0 0 0 System item 3 Click Authentication Server and follow the on screen instructions The Server Window Go to Windows Start point to Programs select AuthServer
77. 2 Save as exe Avi Size i Wulti Camera yj 2 f 640x480 f 800x600 C 1024x766 cancer Figure 4 8 Date Time Select whether to include date and or time stamps And select the stamp color Normal Audio Export This option is only available when your audio channels are set up m Time Merge Click to save a full length video with recorded and non recorded periods The non recorded period will display a blank blue screen This option is designed to accurately reflect your recording status m Save as EXE Click to save files as EXE format Enable this feature if you want to play back video at the computer without installing GV System This format allows you to auto play the files with any third party player AVI Size Select the screen size of the saved file Camera s Select which camera file for exporting 2 Click OK to apply above settings Page 123 Chapter 4 Playing Back Video Files Saving Images You can save the current camera view as an image file 1 Click the Save As Image button No 9 Figure 4 2 This dialog box appears Save Ir E My Documente ad ES My Pictures History My Network F Save as type JPEG jpa Cancel Stamp Text on the Image If Hostname W Camera name jw Date W Time W Transparent Set Font Figure 4 9 Stamp Text on the Image Select whether to include host name camera name dat
78. 2 There is an intruder Object Missing Unattended Object Alert Message of POS Scene Change Page 234 Chapter 9 Central Monitoring by Center V2 System Start end service IP change Record failed Status change of monitoring camera On xx Off xx By Schedule Stop start all cameras monitoring Start stop I O Monitoring By Schedule Schedule start Schedule stop All monitoring devise are stop too Start monitoring all type events Stop monitoring all type events Subscriber session is not established Wait time expired Unexpected logout before subscriber session is completed Attachment Record file of Camera xx Note Error Code 1 indicates a codec error Error Code 2 indicates that users can t write or record any data due to HD failure or user privilege Creating a Subscriber Account Before starting Center V2 add one subscriber to the center at least The standard version of Center V2 only allows 5 subscriber accounts On the Center V2 window click the Accounts button No 12 Figure 9 1 The Address Book window appears 8 Address Book Telephone H Telephone 0 Mobile Phone E mail Address a 87978335 87978377 v USA 6179253 6172594 I Group 0 Subscriber 2 Figure 9 2 Subscriber Information The buttons of the toolbar No Name Description 1 Add A Group Adds a group 2 Add A Subscriber Adds a subscriber 3 View Edit Subscriber Highlight one subscriber and click this button to open Sub
79. 2 34 Schedule List Window E Camera Tabs Tan eRecord Pager E Mail s sRemote View PO Monitor Centerv2 Cancel Figure 1 42 Page 39 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System Video Schedule 1 3 Set your surveillance preferences Time Enter the starting and ending time of the schedule Monitor Invoke Sets alert methods on motion detection m Rec Records while monitoring From the drop down list select to record video by Motion Detect or Round the Clock Pager E Mail Sends pager or e mail alerts on motion detection Output Triggers the corresponding I O devices on motion detection To set up I O devices see Adjusting Individual Camera on page 10 Remote Sends the triggered images to the remote applications WebCam MultiView or RemoteView Week Days Enable Schedule Select days for the schedule Start Only enabled in I O Schedule Camera Applies the settings to selected cameras Click the Add Schedule tab to apply above settings The set schedule will display on the Schedule List Window Repeat above steps to set up more schedules Clicking separate Camera tabs you will see the set schedule is displayed in different color bars Red Recording enabled Green Pager E mail notification enabled Blue System will send videos to Remote View Jade I O monitor enabled Purple Center V2 schedule enabled To modify a schedule highlight the desired schedule in the Schedule List window and then press
80. 24x768 Minitiew for M Remote Desktop 2 Camera 10 Camera 11 Camera 12 Camera 13 Camera 14 Camera 15 Camera 16 I O Device HotLine Network General Setting Camera 1 Camera 2 Camera 3 Camera 4 Camera 5 Camera Camera Camera 3 Camera 4 PT Control PT Device Setup PTZ int Location Name IPCA Video Log Storage Available 1 61 GE Monitor Option Recycle Log Start Delay fE Sec 10 19 2000 14 44 m P Post Rec Motion 3 Sec d eg Pre Rec Motion b m Keep z7 Lee all IV Recycle Send Evert Alerts b 2 Caption Evento Sre Ir Mo f ID D Name Max Video Clip SMin gt Kin sun Send Alerts Approach r Camera Scan E Mail Hotlne SMS e Scan Delay 3 Cer E E sit Option aaa A gt gt Wid Record s Auto Restart Windows o Use Digital Watermark Protection OF Cancel Figure 1 3 Configuring Global Recording Parameters Let s start with the options in the General Setting tab Startup The Startup options instruct the system to enable selected features at Main System startup Start Monitor Select one of the following monitor control modes at startup Monitor All Allows you to monitor all cameras and O if available at startup It is the same as to manually click Monitor button and select Start All Monitoring For details see Start Stop Monitoring later in this chapter
81. 33 235 236 237 238 239 241 245 Chapter 10 Normal Mode Setup Panic Button Setup Detecting Input Status Event Log Browser Opening the Event Log Filtering the Event Log Event Log Settings Page Setup Monitoring and Managing Subscribers Showing I O Status I O Enable Setting Camera Audio Control Camera Monitor Viewing Subscriber Information Subscription Control Output Alerts Forcing Outputs of Center V2 Forcing Outputs of a Subscriber Notification Settings SMS Alerts Setting SMS Server Connecting to the SMS Server Sending SMS E Mail Alerts Setting Mailbox Sending E Mail E Map Alerts Short Message Service Installing SMS Server The SMS Server Window SMS Server Setup Device Settings Server Settings Account Settings SMS Log Setting SMS Log Viewing SMS Log 245 251 252 252 203 203 204 200 206 206 206 20 208 259 259 259 259 259 260 260 261 262 262 263 263 264 264 265 265 266 267 267 268 2 1 2 3 2 3 2 3 Chapter 11 Troubleshooting Password Security Connecting GV System to SMS Server Setting Mobile Phone Numbers Useful Utilities Dynamic DNS Installing Dynamic DNS Registering Domain Name with DDNS TwinDVR System Starting TwinServer Installing TwinDVR Starting TwinDVR TwinDVR Settings Watermark Viewer Twin View Display Windows Lockup The GV desktop Screen GV desktop Features Authentication Server Installing the Server The Server Window Creating a DVR List Editing a Use
82. Application Bi OmHealthSvr exe Application Figure 5 10 Executing DMBackUp 500 exe Double click to run the program You should be promoted with the DMBackUp dialog box as shown in Figure 5 1 Follow the same steps as instructed in Backing Up Files Using Backup System This backs up files to the client PC Page 160 Chapter 5 Backing Up and Deleting Files Deleting Files Using Backup System To delete files using Backup System follow these steps 1 Inthe DMBackUp window click the Delete button Alternatively you can click Log on the menu bar and select Delete to bring up the following Delete Log dialog box Delete Log x Delete Time Period ij A F jos Start Time TE A2004 foo 00 OO i S End Time ff 2004 23 59 J Select Delete Camerals wi m2 wa M4 wo we Mr ME MOM 10M 1M iM 13m 14i 15 16 By E aE 20 E 4 eo a a N mesia e me fee ea eee Select All Clean All onea Figure 5 11 Delete Log 2 Define a time period for the file deletion The minimum time for deletion is 1 minute Select the desired camera channels for the file deletion 4 Ifyou like to reserve the never recycling events after the deletion check Only Reserve Never Recycle Event 5 ClickOK This brings up the Delete Information dialog box indicating how many files will be deleted and how much storage space will be free Delete Information x SH Camera G storage Size will be
83. Assign any available IP address and click the Test button to know if your SMS Server can access Internet Send SMS notification when no connectivity Sends SMS notification to the three defined mobile numbers when the SMS Server cannot access Internet m Mobile Icon Check the icon and define the number for the SMS notification Up to three recipients can receive the SMS simultaneously Page 270 Chapter 10 Short Message Service Account Settings Click the Account Setting button No 3 Figure 10 1 to display the following window Aci ount Setting Bs Gr X 2 H 84 Address Book 6 fi 1 sey Group 1 fh 2 fh 3 Account Information Notify Yes i Mobile 1 886 920632919 T Mobile 886 9352761 462 Mobile 3 886 930715856 Login IP 127 0 0 1 Login Time 1 5 2006 4 06 52 PM al 8 Statistics Group 1 Client 3 5000 Figure 10 6 Account Setting The controls in the Account Setting window No Name 1 Add A Group 2 Add A Client 3 Delete A Group Client 4 View Edit A Client Find A Client Address Book Account Information O INIOJ o1 Statistics Page 271 Description Creates a group Creates a client Deletes a created group or client Highlight one client and click the button to view or edit its information Searches a client Lists the created groups and clients Displays the highlighted clients account information Displays the number of created groups and clients T
84. Centrally manage I O devices across the wide area by the Advanced I O Panel Setting Up I O Devices Devices necessary for I O applications are GV Net GV Net card GV NET IO card GV IO and GV Relay For details see Chapter 2 in the Installation Guide To connect an I O device to GV System you need to configure the settings On the main screen click the Configure button point to System Configure and then click the I O Device tab This window appears System Configure i x General Setting Camera 1 Camera 2 Camera 3 Camera 4 Camera 5 Camera 6 Camera 7 Camera 8 Camera 9 Camera 10 Camera 11 Camera 12 Camera 13 Camera 14 Camera 15 Camera 16 0 Device HotLine Network Select 1 0 Device M Input 1 gt Device avio Format Adar Name Signal Type ioe gt atc Port com Add Input 1 CNO CNC OT Thao Address 1 v Remove Monitor Input Modify IV Rec Video 5 Sec Camera 1 V Invoke Alarm dd Notify MV Invoke to Send Alerts D V Output Module Mod 1 Pin 1 D Output 1 For PTZ Name Output 1 Force Output Signal Type N D N O Toggle C N O Pulse 5 C NC C NC Toggle p CN CPuse 1 See Cancel Figure 2 1 I O Settings Page 80 Chapter 2 I O Applications Select I O Device Adds an I O device to the system 1 2 Note Select the device from the Device drop do
85. Desktop Type Select Windows or GV desktop Multicam from the drop down menu The selected desktop will launch the next time when you log in to PC Log Off Click the Log off button to log off GV desktop A valid ID and password are required Shut Down Click the Shut Down button to shut down your computer A valid ID and password are required Task Manager Click the Task Manager button to view the programs currently running on your computer When you minimize a program it will be hiding and working in the background Double click the program listed in Task Manger to bring the program back to desktop Task Manager i X t Multicam Surveillance System 6 0 air untitled Paint ED iewLog 6 1 Figure 11 22 Page 294 Chapter 11 Useful Utilities Token File for Save Mode This option in the Settings section lets you export a token file In case you enter safe mode and are in the status of the GV desktop This token file will let you exit from the GV desktop and enter the Windows desktop To export a token file and apply it follow the steps below 1 Click the Export Toke button to display the following dialog box Enter Token Code i x In Safe Mode Boot users must locate SP Token File and enter Token Code to ss Jexit fram the Multicam Desktop Token Code 123 Enter the Code up to 32 characters with the combination of alphabetstignoring case and digits cane Figure 1
86. ERA IN Kant find record Figure 6 41 Advanced Search Display This option on the menu bar lets you choose which way to display search results a text form or a statistic chart Data Query To locate an event click Data Query on the menu bar The selections included inside are 1 Monitor 2 System 3 Login 4 Counter and 5 POS The five categories are based on those of System Log in the Main System see System Log in Chapter 1 so that you can locate any event type recorded in System Log Monitor System Login Counter The four selections let you locate an event about monitoring system login logout and counter status The dialog boxes of the four selections are similar so we take Monitor as an example below Click Data Query on the menu bar and select Monitor to display the following window Define your search condition in each field and click OK to start searching Page 199 Chapter 6 Viewing Live Video Using WebCam system Event Type Device Module Motion camera 1 Module 4 2004 08 04 Z booo fisoros Cancel Figure 6 42 Locating a system event m POS The selection lets you locate a desired POS transaction event Click Data Query on the menu bar and select POS to display the following window 200 M220 bl ma lt PFE a ooo fhessz Event Type Device i pos 1 Condition 1 f condition 2 Te Coke E condition 3 TE Coke
87. Figure 4 1 in Chapter 4 gt Audio can only be played back at 1X speed Remote Application 1 Remote View is unable to display video from GV System gt This symptom may appear when Remote View is installed in Windows XP SP1 or later Windows XP no longer includes Wavelet decoder after Service Pack 1 You may download a Wavelet codec at this link http geo support diomap com 100 remote waveletcodec zip gt GV System version 6 0 is not compatible with Remote View version 5 4 0 1 or earlier Make sure your GV System and Remote View are both version 6 0 or later Page 312 Troubleshooting 2 Network ports used in the remote applications 1 Page 313 Command 4550 Data 5550 Audio 6550 Remote Control 3389 RemotePlayBack RPBSvr 5066 RemoteView TCPSvr 3550 VSM SMS Server 5610 Server 6886 TwinServer Server 9650 TwinDVR Http 80 FTP 21 Command 4550 Data 5550 Remote Control 3389 IP Multicast DMMCast 3650 Authentication Server Server 3663 CenterV2 Center 5547 Command 5548 Connection Port 5545 Data 5549 Audio 5546 Dispatch Server Server 21112 GeoCenter Server 20001 DDNS Server 80 and 81 Control Center Command Port 3388 Data Port 5611 Log Port 5552 WebCam VV VV WV Check NAT port mapping is correct A message can t connect to server appeared when GV System is connected gt Check ports 4550 and 5550 ar
88. I O Applications Momentary Mode Pushbutton switches that are normally open and stay closed only as long as the button is pressed Momentary switches allow turn on or turn off from multiple locations For example certain premises have a designated entry exit door When the staff enters the entry door the system starts monitoring When the staff leaves from the exit door the system stops monitoring Maintained Mode Push on push off button switches that stay open until thrown and then stay closed until thrown again Maintained switches are convenient for only one switch location For example in the business hour when the door is opened the system stops monitoring in the non business hour when the door is closed the system starts monitoring Deactivating Alarm and Alert Settings The option lets you instantly deactivate all the prior alarm and alert settings Output Wave Alarm Send Alerts when an assigned input module is triggered Open the I O Application window refer to Figure 2 8 and find the following section M Deactivate notification when selected Hin is Obl Moa 1 Input Pin 1 Deactivate Notification Trigger by Motion Deactivate Selected Motitication J Output M Wave Alarm Figure 2 9 Deactivate notification when selected pin is ON When an assigned input module is activated all designated alarms and alerts will be disabled Assign an installed input module and a pin number for the appli
89. Inthe Main System click the Configure button and then select System Configure to display the System Configure window 2 Inthe Send Alerts Approach section click the right arrow button to display this dialog box Page 274 Chapter 10 Short Message Service Send Alerts Approach Setup X E Mail f Hotline Alternative Alert Approach f SMS Interval 10 Main Account Setting Test Account Figure 10 10 Send Alerts Approach Setup Check the Alternative Alert Approach item to enable other options 4 Specify the Interval of two sent out messages The Interval time can be set up to 1440 minutes Any alert condition will be ignored by the system during the interval 5 Click the Account Setting button to display the following window Connection Setup Mobile Setup Connection Server IF geoken dipmap com f Local Server Port fesse Default f Remote Login ID joycechang Password E cance Figure 10 11 SMS Setup Connection Setup Server IP Enter the IP address of the SMS Server Server Port Enter the server port of the SMS Server or keep it as default Login ID amp Password Enter a valid ID and password registered in the SMS Server See Figure 10 7 m Local Ifthe GSM GPRS modem is installed at the same server with the GV System select this item E Remote Ifthe GSM GPRS modem is installed at a separate server select this item Click OK to apply above settings
90. List RA TPE Urivelect AX OK Cacai Figure 11 28 Valid Group List and DVR Group Information Note In the Password Setup window of Authentication Server the Fast Backup amp Restore tab is not available Page 298 Chapter 11 Useful Utilities Starting the Server To configure the server and start the service follow these steps 1 Click the Server Setup button No 4 Figure 11 25 This dialog box appears fp Server Setup x Network Setting Server Port 3663 Default B Security Setting Authorized ID Authorized Password e Enhance network security Enable IP White List Server Setting Auto start service when server startup I Notify when DWF disconnected from server cancer Figure 11 29 Sever Setup Network Setting The default port number is 3663 Using UPnP for automatic port configuration to your router click the Arrow button For details see UPnP Settings in Chapter 6 Authorized ID and Password The ID and password entered will be those for the local DVRs to log in the server E Enhance network security Enable to enhance network security on Authentication Server m Enable IP White List Create a list of IP addresses allowed to connect to Authentication Server For details see P White List Settings in Chapter 6 Server Setting Auto start service when server startup Starts automatically the service when Windows Starts Notify when DVR disconnected fr
91. MB Figure 5 5 Pasting files Page 155 l0 x D dd Delete Total space used 0 0 ME Pm Next 6 RF Nero Lg More gt gt Ll seve Chapter 5 Backing Up and Deleting Files 7 After pasting you can see backup files pasted onto the CD writer program 2k Nero Express Disc Content Add data to your disc i My Disc 1024 VviewL MB U0ME Bitmap 400ME i a0 ME D Add Bitmap d 79KB Bitmap 24206 Delete 79KB Bitmap 124 200 a4 ViewLog_B 79KB Bitmap 124 200 1 1024 _ViewLog_B 79KB Bitmap 1 24200 1024 ViewLog_F 31KB Bitmap 7 28 200 Pl 1024 viewLog F 31KB Bitmap 7 28 200 4 1024 ViewLog_F 31KB Bitmap 7 28 200 1024 ViewLog_F 31KB Bitmap 7 28 200 AN 1024 _ViewLog_F 31KB Bitmap 7 28 200 wh 1024 ViewLogS0 2MB Bitmap 11 14 20 a4 ViewLogso 2 MB Bitmap 11 14 20 iewLogso 2 MB Bitmap 11 14 20 2 MEB Bitmap 5 Total space used l 592 8 ME Figure 5 6 The pasted files on the CD writer program 8 You can then start to copy these files onto your CD R Backing Up Log Data Using System Log Using the System Log you can back up all log data or filtered data based on criteria 1 To open the System Log click the ViewLog button on the main screen and select System Log 2 To open the Advanced Log Brows
92. Monitoring All input devices of this group are now disabled No cascade triggers will occur Pausing the Triggered Inputs This feature is designed for a group of outputs set to be Toggle mode When inputs activate outputs in cascade triggers right click this group and select Pause Monitoring The inputs of the group will be reset but the outputs keep on alarming Note With the System Wide Output option see System Wide Triggers above activated you cannot use these three options to manage a group of I O devices Page 103 Point Of Sale POS Application A POS system may be integrated to a GV System through the GV Data Capture box Through the integration you can investigate a transaction with transaction data overlaying on video footage by either live viewing or playing back POS System Connection POS systems vary in different forms with a receipt printer attached internally or externally also called cash register and with the text or graphic mode For the information on attaching the text mode POS system to GV System visit the related links below To access Visit DB9 Interface POS System http www geovision com tw english fag POSflowchart text DB9 POS pdf DB25 Interface POS System __http www geovision com tw english faq POSflowchart text DB25_POS pdf DB9 Interface Cash Register _http www geovision com tw english faq POSflowchart text DB9_cash pdf DB25 Interface Cash Register http Awww geovision com tw engl
93. Note The feature can monitor keystrokes or mouse clicks even from IR Remote Control and GV Keyboard Version Information To know which version of GV System you have click the Configure button and then select Version Information Page 74 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System Fast Key Reference This option lets you view the fast key windows of Main System and PTZ Control giving you an instant reference Click the Configure button point to Tool Kit and then select Fast Key List to display the fast key table of Main System Click Close to display the table of PTZ Control Main System Space Bar Page 75 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System Key Esc Num 1 9 0 and F1 F6 or Alt 01 Alt 16 F7 F8 F9 F10 F11 F12 A a R r Ctrl R M m T t W w i V v S s G g C c Ef L O 0 Q q Ctrl Q W E A S D Z X Z Z X X K k Page Up Page Down Ctrl Num 1 9 0 and F1 F6 Page 76 Function Return to the default screen Switch the camera channel Start Stop monitoring Start Stop monitoring schedules Open the System Configure Setup dialog box Open ViewLog Start Stop the camera scan function Enable Disable all network connections Display the version information Restart by Last Settings Restart by Startup Settings Start Stop modem connection Start Stop TCP IP connection Start Stop WebCam connection Start Stop IP Multicast connection Start Stop conn
94. One is for the hub where TwinServer is plugged in and the other for a DSL or ISDN modem with dedicated ISP service to the Internet Each TwinDVR serves its own group of WebCam Clients G WebCam Client Figure 11 5 Starting TwinServer 1 Inthe Main System click the Network button and then select TwinServer This TwinServer setup dialog box appears C ES Server Setting Port 9680 Default P f Use TCPIIP C Use Multicast Setting Video Quality Setting Figure 11 6 TwinServer Settings Page 281 Chapter 11 Useful Utilities 2 The default port 9650 is for video transmission Keep it as default or modify it if necessary Using UPnP for automatic port configuration to your router click the Arrow button For details see UPnP Settings in Chapter 6 3 Select the type of network to be used Use TCP IP or Use Multicast If Use Multicast is enabled click the Setting button to display the Multicast Setting dialog box See Multicast Settings below 4 Use the Video Quality Setting slider to adjust video quality for Low Med or High Click the Start button to activate the TwinServer Multicast Settings Group Port 19650 Default B Server Option Bind IF 182 1 68 0 1068 M Assign IP Realtek RTL8139 Fami fka cane Figure 11 7 MultiCast Settings MultiCast m Group IP Displays the IP address for the virtual buffer that stores the video streams in Multicast network Group Port U
95. R Setup Type the IP address of TwinServer in the Server IP field Keep the server port in default or it should match the TwinServer port See Figure 11 6 4 Click the Connect button to establish the connection between TwinDVR and TwinServer A valid user ID and password are required Page 283 Chapter 11 Useful Utilities If the connection is established the Network Server Show Video Status and Test Video buttons will be available You can now use them to set up TwinDVR for Testing Video Stream Starting WebCam Server at TwinDVR Setting Multiple TwinDVRs in TCP IP Mode Setting Multiple TwinDVRs in Multicast Mode Testing Video Stream This function allows you to test the video transmission between TwinServer and TwinDVR Click the Show Video Status button to display 16 monitoring windows beneath the TwinDVR dialog box the Test Video button and video streams from the connected TwinServer will be streamed to the monitoring windows for 10 seconds You may click the Hide Video Status button to close the monitoring windows TwinD R User ID 1 15 xi Setting Server IP 192 166 0190 Server Port 2680 Default System Bs ar Setting Hide Video Status Testvideo P Video Source 320 x 240 Figure 11 9 Testing Video Stream Page 284 Chapter 11 Useful Utilities Starting WebCam Server at TwinDVR Click the Network Server button and then select WebCam S
96. S Alerts later in this chapter Click the OK button to save the above settings You will be prompted to this dialog box Subscriber Settings Monitor Option Image Size J W Auto Record ideo Fecard Mode Live Mode Settings Attachment Mode Settings Both Live amp Attachment Mote Any changes ofthis property will be applied in next trigger can Figure 9 4 Subscriber Settings The options in the dialog box are discussed below You may accept the default settings here Page 236 Chapter 9 Central Monitoring by Center V2 and edit them later by clicking the Subscriber Settings button No 6 Figure 9 2 on the toolbar When you click the OK button the subscriber account then is created Subscriber Settings Monitor Option m Image Size Sets the video size from the subscriber The following chart tells how the image size set at the subscriber corresponds to different settings at Center V2 For example if Center V2 wants to receive 720 X 240 image the subscriber must set the video resolution to 720 x 480 or 720 x 240 os 640x480 640x 240 a 720 x 480 720 x 240 720x 76 Normal 320x240 x 240 320x240 x 240 320x240 x 240 380x240 x 240 380x240 x 240 380x288 xX 288 Middle 640 x 240 640 x 240 320 x 240 720 x 240 720 x 240 720 x 288 640 x 480 640 x 240 320 x 240 720 x 480 720 x 240 720 x 576 Auto Record Video Center V2 automatically records
97. Setting Up the Connection Remote View allows two connection methods and each are set up as follows Page 221 Chapter 8 Live Viewing Using Remote Applications To set up modem connection 1 Make sure modems at client PC and at sever PC are already setup The system currently supports only external modems Click the Network button on main screen and enable Modem Server from menu Click Preference and then select Configure Modem Select the network to use from drop down list Click the Connect button from menu bar of Remote View and then select Dial Modem from menu to bring up the Connect dialog box as shown Dial Modem Modem Login Phone Dial 5 87978377 71 5 Tone Pulse Login ID f Password i o IY Save password if connect success Hang Up Add to My Favorite Close Connect Status Press Make Call to Start Dialing Make Call 3 8797837 r r15 Line Hang Up Line Reply Lagin Figure 8 1 Making connection to GV system through dial up connection In the Phone Dial field type the telephone number you wish to use this column memorizes 10 most recently used telephone numbers Enter a valid user ID and password and then click the Make Call button Messages should appear in the Connect Status window when connection successful shown previous in Figure 8 1 To set up TCP IP connection 1 2 3 Make sure both your client PC and the sever PC have access to TCP IP network
98. Specifies how many times to repeat the audio message when a telephone call is made to you Selecting Screen Layout This feature gives you the option of screen layout for the 8 12 and 16 screen divisions 1 Click the Configure button and then select System Configure The System Configure window appears 2 Inthe Startup section click the Arrow button next to the Panel Resolution item to call up the following window The left mode is the default layout the right is the enhanced layout Page 18 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System Quad enhanced X 12 Channel 16 channel Figure 1 19 3 For the enhanced layout click the Activate Quad Enhanced option and click OK 4 Restart the GV System to apply it Note 1 When the enhanced screen layout is applied the camera 1 view will show on the central screen when the popup feature is enabled the pop up view will show on the central when the camera scan feature is enabled the scanned view will show on the central 2 If you are using the DSP card GV System won t support the enhanced screen layout Launching GV System from System Tray The feature lets GV System appear in the system tray when you launch Windows instead of displaying the system login window To enable the feature follow these steps 1 Click the Configure button and then select System Configure The System Configure window appears 2 Inthe Startup section click the Arrow button next to the St
99. Type Numeric Currency or Alphabetic amount choose Numeric or Currency Select the type of data followed by the specified transaction item text If the specified transaction item text is followed by a price If it is followed by alphabets choose Alphabetic With Comma if there are commas in a price amount check the option With Decimal Sign If there are decimal signs in a price amount check the option With Space The option is only available when you choose Alphabetic If there is space among a series of characters check the option MDB File Entry Name Enter a file name to store the data Click OK to apply the above settings Open System Log In System Log for this example you can see the last column created for the transaction item Coke The transactions matching the search criteria will be displayed under the created column Live Log Browser Recycle Log 7 20 2004 11 42 By Monitor system Lagin Counter POS Content Event Coke El O 2004 S 51 Coke 1 00 Filterl 1 O 2004 5 51 SUBTOTAL 1 00 O 2004 S 51 SSSSSs O 2004 S 51 TOTAL 1 00 O 2004 S 51 IN EURO 0 5l O 2004 S 51 CASH 1 00 O 2004 S 51 ITEMS PURCHASED 1 O 2004 S 51 Thank You O 2004 S 51 FOR TESTING AND SAVING WITH US O 2004 S 51 at TORE Ro l Ch l234 Tr 3049 Oo 2004 5 51 7 Ci ie a ei CeCe a a E rara E E oioi O 2004 S 51 atop Tran Draig 5iSlissa 2Sep Sees SSS ae se eee SSeS
100. Using Backup System Backing Up Log Data Using System Log Backing Up Files Using ViewLog Backing Up at the Client PC Deleting Files Using Backup System Deleting Files Using ViewLog Repairing Damaged File Paths Viewing Live Video Using WebCam Configuring the WebCam Server WebCam Server Settings IP White List Settings UPnP Settings FTP Server Settings Starting WebCam at the Client PC Single View MPEG4 Encoder Viewer Administrating Host Server Taking a Snapshot from a Live Video Pop up Setup Exporting Video PTZ Control 126 128 130 135 136 136 136 138 138 139 140 141 142 144 151 153 153 156 157 160 161 162 163 165 165 165 172 172 175 175 178 179 179 180 181 181 I O Control Two Way Audio Data Rate Configuration DirectDraw Setup Remote Configuration Multi View MPEG4 Encoder Viewer Working with the Host Server Window Working with the Hosts on the Same LAN Exporting Video Taking a Snapshot from a Live Video PTZ Control Output Control Channel Status Information Camera Polling Function Two Way Audio Multi View Configuration Creating a Quick Connection to a Host Server Creating a Multiple Host Camera Status Host Information JPEG Image Viewer Remote Playback on WebCam Searching and Playing Back Recorded Files Synchronizing Audio with Video Playback DirectDraw Setup Searching Object Index Advanced Search Remote Control Using Remote Desktop Remote Viewing with PDA G View Installation Connectin
101. VGA cards might not support DirectDraw and can produce distorted frames In this case disable the function from the Get Data List button Page 197 Chapter 6 Viewing Live Video Using WebCam Searching Object Index You can locate and play back the Object Index files through the WebCam RPB For the details of Object Index see Retrieving Images Using Object Index in Chapter 1 1 Click the Get Data List button and then select Search Object Index This window appears CAMERA 1 2005 02 03 08 00 08 30 Object List CAMERA 1 Hy 2005 02 02 E 2005 02 03 fh RTE 08 10 03 968 08 10 15 890 08 10 51 593 08 10 59 734 Search Figure 6 40 The Search Object Index Window 2 Click the Search button The Search window appears 3 Select the desired cameras and then click Search The found files will display in the left side of the Search Object Index window 4 Expand the files to access the thumbnail view Double click one displayed image The related video will play on the RPB Page 198 Chapter 6 Viewing Live Video Using WebCam Advanced Search The advanced search function in the WebCam RPB lets you easily locate an event by search criteria The search results can be displayed in a text form and or a statistic chart Click the Get Data List button and select Advance Search to open the following advanced search window Ex Data Query Display Set Font ID Start Time End Time CAM
102. Video Using WebCam 4 Select the desired camera channel and then press Enter User Name 1 l Live View Camera 1 Camera 2 Camera 3 Camera 4 Camera 5 Camera 6 Camera 7 Passwords Submit Cancel Figure 6 54 Entering the use name and password Figure 6 55 Selecting a camera for live view If you log in successfully the i Mode phone will start receiving live images from the GV Server Windows Smartphone With the MSView application you can monitor your GV Server remotely via a Windows based smartphone edition 2002 and 2003 You will experience live view when continuously receiving JPEG format images with the 160x120 resolution Installing MSView 1 Insert the Surveillance System Software CD It will run automatically and pop up a window Select the item of Install V8 0 0 0 System select MS Smart Phone Viewer and then follow the on screen instructions Locate MSView exe in the Smart Phone Viewer folder created in your computer The default directory is C Smart Phone Viewer oo ee oe bY Install MSView exe to your smartphone Consult your smartphone user s manual for how to install a program to the smartphone Activating the MSView Function You must activate the MSView function in the Main System to allow the smartphone application The activation is the same as that in Activating the Mode Function earlier in this chapter Page 206 Chapter 6 View
103. a Location Click to tag location name Transparent Text Background Transparent Color Box E Figure 1 36 Playing Back Video Files The ViewLog button is used for playing back video and audio files This function is discussed in Chapter 4 Page 34 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System Instant Playback You can instantly open ViewLog to trace the event s of a certain time length without interrupting the morning gt To instantly play back the event s of one single channel click on the Camera Name and then select the time length gt Toinstantly play back the events of all channels click on the ViewLog button select Instant Play and then select the time length Time length choices include 10 seconds 30 seconds 1 minute and 5 minutes System Log System Log displays detailed information about the GV System and remote operation This information is being saved in a database Access format for this can be a useful tool to Supervisor To view the System Log Click the ViewLog button and then select System Log from the menu This brings up the Live Log Brower viewer as shown below The Log Browser viewer displays five type of event information Use the control tab to switch between them Click the icon on the upper right corner to bring up Advanced Log Browser screen Monitor Displays information pertaining to motion and I O events Double click on the log list will allow you to view related
104. a click Mask Region and then drag an area on the image 7 If you want to ignore motion when the lighting condition is poor check Luminance Change Detection 8 Click OK to save your settings Note 1 This feature must work with the recording mode of Motion Detection click the Configure button point to System Configure click the Camera tab check Rec Video and then select Motion Detect see Figure 1 8 2 If you have set up Motion Sensitivity and Mask Filter in the System Configure settings Figure 1 8 note that the configurations of Advanced Motion Detection have priority over these settings Hard Disk Calculator Before actual recording the Hard Disk Calculator allows you to know the required hard disk space and frame size for different types of codecs and quality 1 Click the Configure button point to Video Attributes and then click Advanced The Advanced Video Attributes dialog box appears 2 Click the HDD Calculator tab at the right bottom The HDD Calculator dialog box appears Page 67 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System HDD Calculator 3 E Required Storage Analysis Ts Select Camera 2 select Video Compression Codec Wavelet Mpegt GeoMpegd GeoMpegd 45P Geo H 264 GeoMpeg4 45P Advanced Setting 3 Select Recording uality BS fF FF fF 4 Set Test Time Total Test Time 0 Hour 1 Minute s 0 Hour s 1 Minutes Set Expected Recording Time
105. acking Up ViewLog Files You can export ViewLog player and files to play back at any computer without the system On the Disk List right click the hot swap or portable hard drive to have these options Copy ViewLog Exports the ViewLog player and files to the hard drive m Recreate ViewLog database When the ViewLog player is already on the hard drive select this option to update the ViewLog files To play back files at another computer simply run EZViewLog500 exe from the created ViewLog folder on the hard drive Page 309 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Hardware 1 Messages Can t find keypro and Card Setup Fai appears when GV System starts gt Verify the video capture card drivers See Chapter in the nstallation Guide gt Insert the video capture card to a different PCI slot to see if this fixes the problem gt If you are using the video capture card V1 attach an appropriate Keypro to the PC s parallel port and run Dos2kreg exe in the GV System folder gt If your system is upgraded to version 8 0 or above an appropriate USB dongle is required 2 Amessage Video Lost appears gt gt gt Check video connection Make sure the video device is turned on Make sure the video standard in your country matches the setting in GV System See Choosing Video Source in Chapter 1 Check AGC setting See Adjusting Video Attributes in Chapter 1 Switch the cable from the functional channel to t
106. age 242 Chapter 9 Central Monitoring by Center V2 Network Preference General Layout Network Record Dispatch Server Network Settings Center Port Aad Default E Enhance Network Security Mote Anp changes of this property will be applied in nest startup Figure 9 10 Preference Network Settings m Center Port Indicates the communication port used by the Center V2 To automatically configure the port on your router by UPnP technology click the Arrow button For details see UPnP Settings Chapter 6 in the User s Manual m Enhance Network Security Applies enhanced security for Internet Note when the feature is enabled all subscribers using earlier version than version 7 0 cannot access the Center V2 anymore Page 243 Chapter 9 Central Monitoring By Center V2 Record The feature allows you to assign a path to store video files Click the Add New Path button 2 to assign a path click the X button to delete a path If the Recycle item is checked the system will delete old files when storage space falls short of 800MB if not checked Center V2 will stop recording when storage space falls short of 800MB Preference General Layout Network Record Dispatch Server x i Recycle a D Centery log Figure 9 11 Preference Record Note Every time when the Recycle function is activated the files of 400MB will be deleted Page 244 Chapter 9 Central Monitoring b
107. al disks the valid ID and password are also required to access the block out areas For more information on retrieving the block out areas in the exported files see Exporting Privacy Mask in Chapter 4 Scene Change Detection The Scene Change Detection can detect when a camera has been tampered physically This feature can generate an alert whenever someone or something has covered the lens of the camera or when the camera has been moved or when it is out of focus 1 Click the Configure button and then select Scene Change Detection Setup The Scene Change Detection Setup dialog box appears 2 Select the desired cameras for setup and then click the Configure tab This dialog box appears Page 64 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System Scene Change Detection Setup Camera Camera 1 seine cca Mask region Soe W Focus change View change Sensitivity 3 Delay Timers oa Ih Invoke Alarm a Output Module _ _ i Live disable alarm Ee If Never Recycle 2 Derma Focus change Flay Figure 1 76 Scene Change Detection Setup Camera Select the camera for setup Mask region Masks off the areas where motion will be ignored Focus change Sends an alert when the camera is out of focus View change Sends an alert when the camera has been moved or the lens of the camera has been covered Sensitivity Adjusts detection sensitivity The default value is 3 Delay Time s Sets the durati
108. all I O devices installed at entrances The Entrance group might contain other sub groups each of which contains just the related I O devices in various geographic locations a e Tete Group containing all I O devices installed at entrances ees Input 2 Input 2 installed at the front entrance Output 1 Output 1 sub group at the kitchen ii output 2 Output Output 3 sub group at the garage Figure 2 15 When Input 2 is triggered it will trigger Output 1 and Output 3 sub groups and Output 1 will trigger Output 2 in a cascade series Creating a Group 1 Right click on Advanced I O List and then select Add A Group This dialog box appears Group Information q ba Group Mame Cancel Host 1 Group Motity Setting M Invoke Alarm Buzzer lt a W Enable advanced logical inputin Multicam Figure 2 16 Group Name Names the group Invoke Alarm Invokes the computer alarm on I O trigger Select a sound from the drop down list E Enable advanced logical input in Multicam See Setting Advanced Logical Input Status later in this chapter 2 Click Save to apply the settings and return to the panel 3 To create a cascading hierarchy drag the desired inputs outputs from the left Standard I O List to the group Note In the cascading hierarchy each input can only be used once while the same output can be used repeatedly Page 94 Chapter 2 I O Applications Editing a G
109. all video frames are fully played back Real time Plays back video on realtime This method saves waiting time for rendering but drop frames to give the appearance of real time playback Network Speed and Buffering This feature provides network buffering options to meet your bandwidth needs This section is only available when the Connect to Remote ViewLog Service feature is enabled For Remote ViewLog Service see Playing Back over Internet Using Control Center Server later in this chapter Choose Connect Speed Select your connection speed for LAN Broadband or Narrowband The selection will bring up default settings in the Advanced Play Method and Network Buffering options Video download and playback simultaneously This method is recommended for broadband and busy network It partially downloads and stores a file in a buffer before it begins to play Specify the interval between downloaded files Page 132 Chapter 4 Playing Back Video Files Display Quad View Play Setting Display Database Cache User Interface Aspect ratio 4 3 r Event list Event Time Thumbnail Frame Interval 1 frames Image W Apply deinterlace render W Apply scaling render Camera Setting V Show camera name OK Cancel Figure 4 20 User Interface Aspect Ratio Select the ratio between the width of the image and the height of the image m Event List Click the drop down list to select the d
110. and Position Select whether to include the host name camera name date and or time stamp on the printed image Select Print note to include a note below the image Under the Print note field type the text of less than 64 characters Stamp position icons Sets the position where the stamp is printed Set Font tab Click to select the font type for the stamp 3 Click OK to save the settings or Print to print out the page Page 125 Chapter 4 Playing Back Video Files Object Search This feature allows you to perform two functions 1 Detect motion missing objects or unattended objects within a certain region of a recorded file 2 Perform the counting function within certain regions in a recorded file The following gives an example of motion detection For details on missing objects unattended objects and counting refer to Configuring Object Counting and Detecting Unattended and Missing Objects in Chapter 1 1 Select a desired video file from the Video Event list for the search Or select multiple files by clicking on each file while keeping pressing CTRL on the keyboard 2 Click the Tools button No 14 Figure 4 2 on the function panel and then select Object Search to display the following window Save Image Setup Option M Play All Events IM Show Mask V Find and Stop Show Search Open View Log Figure 4 11 Object Search 3 Inthe Video Process drop down list select Alarm 4 Click the Setup but
111. artup Auto Login item to display the following window Startup Auto Login Setup yg P ee 5 Fi a Fil Startup Auto Login User ID m Password F Auta Login in Fullscreen hode WM Startup Silently Hide into Systeri StatusBar H Cancel Figure 1 20 Page 19 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System 3 Check the Startup Silently Hide into System Status Bar option and then click OK to close the window 4 Restart the GV System You will see the following icon shown on the system tray Ad melb ws G4 iisisam The GV system icon Figure 1 21 Camera Audio Install Click the Configure button and select Camera Audio Install to bring up the following dialog box Camera Audio Install Camera Activate Startup a z Divizion W Limit Port Defaut Screen 16 El Wave In Device Audio audio 4 Iv Wave Out Monitor F Ja ie Rec Audio Sensitivity ain 5 Figure 1 22 Camera Click the Activate button and specify the cameras to be viewed by default Cameras deselected from viewing do not affect the cameras being recording Startup Configure the startup camera screens and screen divisions E Default Screen Division To select the desired screen divisions at startup check the item and click the right arrow button m Limit Port To restrict camera screens at startup check the item and select desired port numbers This function will execute at next system startup
112. be configured to use UPnP see below UPnP must be enabled on your router consult your router s documentation Page 172 Chapter 6 Viewing Live Video Using WebCam Enabling UPnP in Windows XP 1 Go to Windows Start click Start button point to Settings and select Network Connections This window appears Network Connections i E x Fie Edit View Favorites Tools Advanced Help ay lt Back gt x wi gt Search 4 3 Folders D S gt 4 i EBk Address e Network Connections z Name Type i Status Device Name Phone or Host Address Owner LAN or High Speed Internet Local Area Connection LAN or High Speed Inter Connected Realtek RTL8139 Family System Figure 6 9 Right click one Local Area Connection select Properties and click the Advanced tab This dialog box appears L Local Area Connection Properties Tl x General Authentication Advanced Windows Firewall Protect my computer and network by liruting or preventing access to this computer from the Internet Figure 6 10 3 Click the Settings tab and click Exceptions tab This dialog box appears Windows Firewall g X General Exceptions Advanced Windows Firewall i turned off our computer tt at risk of attacks and intrusions from outside sources such as the Internet We recommend that you click the General tab and select On Programe and Services
113. ble click on a camera icon and then its corresponding video will be loaded to the selected monitoring window First time users will only see one server icon as no additional servers are created yet For the details of adding new servers to the Host Server window refer to Creating a Quick Connection to a Host Server later in this chapter Server Icon EDs 2 Camera 2 3 Camera 3 I 4 Camera 4 ial Mew Host Camera Icon Figure 6 27 The Host Server Window Page 186 Chapter 6 Viewing Live Video Using WebCam Working with Hosts on the Same LAN With UPnP technology MutliView can detect all hosts on the same LAN without the need of user configuration 1 On the Host window click the UPnP Device tab for detection The blue icon means WebCam Server is activated at the host while the white icon means WebCam Server is not enabled 2 Double click one host for connection A valid ID and password are required Note For UPnP detection the host needs to open TCP port 5201 and the MultiView site needs to open UDP port 5200 Exporting Video You can save live videos in a client computer The files in AVI format are playable at the third party viewer Click the Save button and then select all or several cameras to start recording For the folder path see Figure 6 31 Taking a Snapshot from a Live Video Click a desired channel and then click the Snapshot button to take a snapshot of live video PTZ Control
114. box as shown on page 14 Apply Advanced Codec Setting See Geo Mpeg4 ASP Advanced Settings on page 15 E Invoke Alarm Sends computer alarm wav sound file on motion detection m Invoke to Send Alerts Sends an assigned alert E Mail Hotline SMS when motion occurs Use the slider bar to specify the motion duration to invoke the alert The choices include High 0 5 seconds Normal 1 second and Low 1 5 seconds For example Suppose you choose High When motion remains for 0 5 seconds the alert will be sent out Right Arrow button Click to set the delay time to activate assigned alerts Output Module Triggers the specified output pin on motion detection Use the drop down list to select an output pin to perform this function E Right Arrow button Click to set the delay time to activate the assigned output module E Register Motion Event Records motion events to System Log Page 13 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System Note The delay time functions in Invoke to Send Alerts and Output Module allow you time to deactivate prior alert and output settings To deactivate these settings you may stop monitoring or enable the assigned input module set at Deactivate notification when selected pin ON in Figure 2 9 in Chapter 2 Video Resolution Allows you to adjust video characteristics such as brightness contrast saturation and hue Setting Up Day Night Recording Mode Day Night Recording allows you to set u
115. broken for a specified time the system will automatically re connect to the remote ViewLog Resuming Backup Backing up files from a remote ViewLog is possible via the Control Center Server When the file transfer is interrupted by a network error you can even resume backup 1 When the backup is interrupted this message will appear There are x file s couldn t be backup Do you want to keep a log file and backup them later 2 Click Yes You will be prompted to save the partial backup file as Iv format 3 To resume backup click the Resume button in the Backup dialog box and then locate the partial backup file to continue Page 140 Chapter 4 Playing Back Video Files Media f Using Hard Disk ai Free Space 3 41 GB Backup Folder Mame SIBK 20051 209 Using CD ADYE fis CD Device 650 ME CD Burning Software C Program F i Using OS Burning 2 Media Information Used ize 55 29 MB Free Size Total Size m 2 Export to DWO Format View Backup Log Figure 4 29 Playing Back over Internet Using Remote Playback Remote Playback Client RPB Client allows client PCs to download history video files from server PCs through Remote Playback Server RPB Server Before getting started make sure the following requirements are met OS Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 CPU Pentium 500 minimum Memory 128MB RAM Hard Disk 20GB minimum VGA NVIDIA GeForc
116. c oH Camera SIZE a 00 31 05 001 G2ME 00 26 06 001 10 1MB 00 41 06 001 69MB 00 46 06 001 2 23MB 00 51 07 001 7 SMB 00 56 07 001 10 2ME 01 01 08 001 114MB 01 06 09 001 9 OMB 01 11 03 001 gaME ana Snapshot Get Date list Search Object Index Advance Search Enable Audio Enable DirectDraw Download Full Screen Figure 6 38 The Remote Playback Window A valid ID and password are required here File Tree Event List Channel Select Tab Page 196 Chapter 6 Viewing Live Video Using WebCam Searching and Playing Back Recorded Files The WebCam RPB allows you to play back video and audio files Audio files are only available when your system is equipped with the optional audio recording function 1 Click the Get Data List button and then select Get Date List This loads the recorded data from the GV System 2 Select a date in the File Tree 3 All video files recorded within the selected date range will be listed in the following Event List window T 4245001 aS et ee 16 43 23 Figure 6 39 Event List 4 Select one camera or audio channel from the Channel Select tabs 5 Select one video file from the Event List and then click the Play button to play it Synchronizing Audio with Video Playback To synchronize audio with video playback click the Get Data List button and then select Enable Audio DirectDraw Setup The DirectDraw setting is enabled by default Some
117. camera from the drop down list for setup Page 24 6 T 8 10 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System In the Definition section there are two options m Set Detection Zones Use the mouse to outline detection regions on the video image Number 1 is for region 1 number 2 for region 2 Defining multiple regions 1 and 2 is practicable Clicking the delete blue X icon button will clear all defined regions m Define Object Sizes Use the mouse to outline a region matching the normal size of the targeted object If the video is playing first click the Snapshot button to freeze the image before defining In the Setting section the three options represent E Enable Counting 1 Way Counting When an object appears in region 1 and then enters into region 2 it will be counted as 1 in 2 Way Counting When an object appears in region 1 and then enters into region 2 it will be counted as 1 in and when an object appears in region 2 and then enters region 1 it will be counted as 1 out m 1 2 Alarm When an object enters from region 1 to region 2 the event will be recorded as Intruder in System Log for later retrieval m 2 1 Alarm When an object enters from the defined region 2 to region 1 the event will be recorded as Intruder in System Log for later retrieval In the Option section select how you want to highlight the detected object If Enable Mask is enabled masks will be displayed on the detection regions
118. carding time is 6 1 Sec conce Figure 1 6 Pre Record Performance The amount of physical memory of the computer that the system is running on determines the pre recording performance Some options are grayed out if the computer does not have enough memory for the selections This table shows the maximum pre recording frame rate and the physical memory requirements of each setup Good Better Best Extra Maximum pre recording frames per camera fps 15 fps 30 fos 60 fps 90 fps RAM required 128 MB 256 MB 512 MB 768 MB Note The recording frame rate is based on a 320x240 recording size Pre Record Option per camera Determines the number of pre record frames m Total Frames Specify the maximum pre recording frames of the system Chapter 1 Configuring Main System m Frame Sec Limitation Specify the maximum pre recording frame rate fos of a camera Dividing the Total Frames by Frames Sec Limitation you will get the pre recording duration of each camera For example Pre recording duration Total Frames 30 5 seconds Frame Sec 6 Limitation Pre Recording using HDD Use the hard disk as a pre recording buffer This method gives you much longer pre recording time E Keep Pre Record Files Specify the number of video clips for pre record The maximum number of video clips you can specify is 9 and the time range of one video clip is from 1 minute to 5 minutes So the pre recording time can be from 1 minute
119. cation Deactivate Notification m Triggered by Select an alert condition from the drop down list for the application For example if you choose Motion all designated alarms and alerts upon motion detection will be deactivated when an assigned input module is activated E Deactivate Selected Notification Select the alarms and alerts you want to be deactivated such as Output Wave Alarm and or Send Alert when the assigned input module is activated Page 90 Chapter 2 I O Applications Detecting Input State This feature is designed to monitor all inputs for a change of state whenever you start I O monitoring A change from the defined state N O to N C or N C to N O can activate an alarm condition e g a warning light or buzzer 1 On the main screen click the I O button and then select Detect Input Status This dialog box appears M Module 1 Input 1 M amp s Input 2 Input 3 Input 4 Mod 1 Output Pin 1 Auto close abnormal notify after 5 Sec cancer _ Figure 2 10 2 Check the Input s you want to monitor For any state change you can trigger an alarm output by checking Force Output when one or more inputs are abnormal and assigning the output module and pin number When the state change is detected a warning message will pop up on the screen In the Auto close abnormal notify after x sec field you can define the duration of the message to close itself au
120. ccess the SMS Server anymore Startup Auto Start Service when Sever Startup Automatically starts SMS services when the program Starts Minimize to System Tray when auto start service Minimizes the SMS Server window to system tray when it starts Auto save the PIN number after start service Automatically saves the PIN number when SMS services start Page 268 Chapter 10 Short Message Service Message Filter ijn Server Setting a General Message Filter Notify Allow Message Type Wideo Lost Ea a Moke Vest E E ner re eee eee enone LO Trigger Camera Motion Intruder Missing Object Unattended Object POS Loss Prevention Disk Full Recording abnormal detected DWR Surveillance system abnormality Center 2 WS h Connection Lost Subscriber Login Subscriber Logout User defined MI T amann FL aka Figure 10 4 Server Setting Message Filter Check the desired alert conditions to send SMS messages The user defined condition refers to the SMS messages sent manually in Center V2 and VSM See Sending SMS in Chapter 1 and Chapter 3 in the CMS User s Manual Page 269 Chapter 10 Short Message Service Notify General Message Filter Notify Check Internet Connectivity Reference IF 168 95 1 1 Test Send SMS notification when no conmectvity Count Code fate Mobile Number 0939234697 Figure 10 5 Server Setting Notify Check Internet Connectivity
121. ck Object Index Live Yiewer Camera 1 Camera 1 Camera 4 Camera 15 Camera 4 16 09 13 16 09 14 16 09 16 16 09 16 16 09 16 Time ending without r Camera 15 Camera 15 Camera 4 Camera 3 Camera 15 16 09 17 16 09 21 16 09 21 16 09 23 16 09 23 Time ending with r i Camera 1 Camera 1 Camera 15 Camera 1 Camera 15 6 09 25 16 09 27 16 08 27 16 09 29 6 09 30 Camera 1 Camera 1 Camera 1 Camera 15 Camera 3 16 09 31 16 09 32 16 09 31 16 09 33 16 09 34 2 Camera 1 Camera 1 Camera 1 Camera 1 Camera 3 16 09 35 16 09 35 16 09 35 16 09 35 6 09 36 ba Figure 1 52 The controls in the Live Viewer window E The Lock button Click to pause the updating process Time ending without This means the file is a complete one and can be played back with the ViewLog or Quick Search player Double click the file to play it back m Time ending with This means the video can t be played back since the recording is still in process Page 46 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System Object Index Search You can locate frames within selected cameras and a specific time frame 1 Click the ViewLog button and then select Search Object Index to display the following search window 2152002 06 30 53 To 2152002 07 30 53 Camera cance Figure 1 53 The Search Window 2 Specify a time frame and cameras and then click OK to sta
122. cking Object Zooming Setup After the above PTZ setup go back to the menu bar 1 Click the Configure button point to Object Tracking Application and select Object Tracking Setup to display the Object Tracking Config window Then click the Zoom in Object tab in the upper part to display the following window Page 58 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System Note No images will show in the right screen until you complete the settings below Object Tracking Config Object Tracking Zoom In Object PTZ Selection E Camera 2 Selection Idle Mode Idle Timefsech Tracking 10 2 W Show Screen Mo Test view 4 Add Remove Remove All Cancel Figure 1 69 Click for the PTZ setup Refer to step 1 in the section of Object Tracking Setup Choose the camera screen of the PTZ For this example the images of the PTZ camera show in the camera 2 screen 4 Use the slide bars of Pan Tilt and Zoom to set up the View 1 as shown below Then click the Add button to apply the settings The View 1 will show in the upper left corner of the right screen view 1 l Add Remove Remove All Figure 1 70 5 Click the drop down menu to set up View 2 3 and 4 one at atime Refer to step 4 for the View 1 Page 59 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System 6 Specify Idle Time sec indicating the zooming duration in seconds Selection Idle Mode Idle Timeiseci view 1 fo 2 Figure 1 71 7 Click the drop d
123. click one subscriber on the Subscriber list No 4 Figure 9 1 select Event Log and then click a desired log type DBO we O O G amp Figure 9 18 Event Log Broswer Event ists From 12 24 2005 to 12 24 2005 ventLog Bro sser Ioj x EN TEIN i AS a tal FE ey ae EO eA o i e pa o eT System System Start Service 12 78 2005 1 38 08 PM System System Add a subscriber 1 12 28 2005 2 19 53 PM System System Add a subscriber 2 12 28 2005 2 20 04 PM System System Add a subscriber 3 12 28 2005 2 70 13 PM 1 Login Logout Login 12 28 2005 2 70 32 PM 1 System Start Monitoring All Type Events 12 28 2005 2 20 32 PM 12 28 2005 2 20 32 PM 1 System Stop VO Monitoring 12 28 2005 2 70 32 PM 12 28 2005 2 20 32 PM 1 System Stop all cameras monitoring 12 28 2005 2 20 32 PM 12 28 2005 2 20 32 PM 1 Connection Camera 2 Video Lost 12 28 2005 2 20 38 PM 12 28 2005 2 20 38 PM 1 Connection Camera 3 Video Lost 12 28 2005 2 20 38 PM 12 28 2005 2 70 38 PM 1 Connection Camera 4 Video Lost 12 28 2005 2 20 38 PM 12 28 2005 2 20 38 PM 1 Connection Camera 5 Video Lost 12 28 2005 2 20 38 PM 12 28 2005 2 70 38 PM 1 Connection Camera 6 Video Lost 12 28 2005 2 20 38 PM 12 28 2005 2 20 38 PM 1 Connection Camera 7 Video Lost 12 28 2005 2 20 38 PM 12 28 2005 2 20 38 PM 1 Connection Camera Video Lost 12 28 2005 2 20 38 PM 12 28 2005 2 20 38 PM 1 Connection Camera 9 Video Lost 12 28 2005 2 20 38 PM 12 28 2005 2 20 38 PM Total data list 216 mm g
124. ct Tracking Contig Object Tracking Zoom In Object PTZ Selection Ren Camera 2 Fixed Camera Selection Camera 1 Setup C Zoom In Object 10 Live tuning Tilt rog Selection Fan Object Tracking Track Time sec Zoom 290 a g Slo Sensitivity a T j Define Detect Regi Cancel Figure 1 62 PTZ Selection m Click to set up the PTZ m Camera Click the drop down menu to choose the corresponding camera screen of the PTZ Fixed Camera Selection Click the drop down menu to choose the corresponding camera screen of the stationary camera Setup Pan Tilt and Zoom Use the slide bars to adjust the PTZ camera view m Sensitivity Use the slide bar to adjust the detection sensitivity E The drop down menu Click the drop down menu to define detection region and object size Page 54 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System Selection E Object Tracking Click to specify the tracking time m Zoom in Object Click to specify the idle time Live Tuning Adjust directions and the desired level of zooming Enable Mask Click to display the mask on the defined detection region 1 Click to display the following window select the PTZ brand and the hardware address and click OK to apply the settings x Device Sensormatic Ultra yi Figure 1 63 Choose the corresponding camera screens of the PTZ and stationary camera For this example the images of the PTZ camera sh
125. d 4 Cache Click this button to open the System Configuration dialog box Page 130 Chapter 4 Playing Back Video Files Quad View Select four desired cameras to display in Quad View mode System Configuration l filed wiew Play Setting Display Databaze Cache biutti view To Be Activated in a Quad wiew H IPC 41 Camera 1 IPC 1 Camera 2 IPC 1 Camera 3 IPC 4 Camera 4 Cancel Figure 4 18 Play Setting System Configuration q Quad view Play Setting Display Database Cache Multi views General Play Method Auto play next event Auto play the latest event when Viewlag starts Default view mode when vievlog starts View mode Single View Advanced Playback Method Frame by Frame C without audio J i Realtime Network speed and buttering Choose Connect Speed LAM video download and playback simultaneously Interval 10 Seconds Cancel Figure 4 19 Page 131 Chapter 4 Playing Back Video Files General Play Method Auto play next event The next events can be put in sequence for auto playing Auto Play the latest event when Viewlog starts The latest event starts playing when ViewLog starts Default view mode when viewlog starts Select the desired view mode at startup Advance Play Method Frame by Frame without audio Plays back video frame by frame This method delays playback depending on bandwidth and computer performance but
126. d 2000 7 40 54 PM a od 2000 7 40 57 PM a4 ofd 2000 7 40 58 PM 35 ofd 2000 7 41 03 PM Information Event a LA Motion 3 Scene Change i STEN Figure 1 79 System Log Advanced Motion Detection To avoid false motion detection the Advanced Motion Detection feature provides three solutions Create up to 5 levels of motion detection sensitivity in one region Mask off unwanted areas for monitoring such as cloud and tree movement Ignore motion when the lighting condition is poor 1 Click the Configure button and then select Advanced Motion Detection Setup The Advanced Motion Detection Setup dialog box appears 2 Select the desired cameras for setup and then click the Configure tab This dialog box appears Page 66 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System Advanced Motion Detection Setup IY Enable Camera 1 Sensitivity 1 H Setregion B f Mask region B w Luminance change detection Hefault Figure 1 80 Advanced Motion Detection Setup Select the desired camera from the drop down list and then check Enable 4 To set detection sensitivity in a specific area select a sensitivity level by moving the slide bar and then drag an area on the image You will be prompted to click Add to save the setting This setup has sensitivity levels from 1 to 5 with 4 as default To create several areas with different sensitivity levels repeat Step 4 6 If you want to ignore motion in a certain are
127. d in your computer The default directory is C Symbain Phone Viewer 5 Install SSView jar to your smartphone Consult your smartphone user s manual for how to install a program to the smartphone Activating the SSView Function You must activate the SSView function in the Main System to allow the smartphone application The activation is the same as that in Activating the Mode Function earlier in this chapter Connecting to GV Server The following operations and screens may vary slightly for different modules ok Execute SSView in your smartphone 2 When the message V8 0 0 0 appears select Login The Login screen appears 3 Enter the IP address and port number of your GV Server login username and password 4 Select Connect When the message Host Connected appears it means you have connected to your GV Server successfully 5 Select Image View The Camera List screen appears 6 Highlight one camera and then select Open Camera for live view My Server You can create edit and remove a list of servers for a quick connection Select the My Server option and then select SSView to have these features Other Functions In addition to live view SSView offers other useful functions such as changing camera channels zooming in a camera view rotating images and seeing Server and WebCam information Select the SSView option to have these features Page 208 Chapter 6 Viewing Live Video Using WebCam Fast Key Refere
128. d models that GV System supports When you set up PTZ control in the System Configure window click the drop down list to select the PTZ device PTZ Protocol and Model Support Ademco Jupiter BOSCH TC 700 8560 Canon VC C3 VC C4 CBC GANZ ZC S120 Series Chiper V9KRP Direct Perception PTU Series D Max Dome DongYang DOH 240 DynaColor D 7720 7722 Dynacolor Dome Elbex Matrix 1000 GKB SPD 221 JEC Dome JVC TK S576B TK S655 Kalatel Cyber Dome with KTD 312 Kampro Technology K ZC23 Kenko DMP23 H1 Lilin PIH PIH 7000 7600 7600PL 7625 MESSOA SDS600 Series Mintron 54G2AHN P Minking Dome Panasonic WV CS850 854 Pelco Dome Pelco Spectra 3 PTZ in I O SAE DR E 588 Samsung SCC 641 643 Samsung SPD 1600 Sensormatic Ultra IV Sony EVI D100 D100T TOA CC551 VIDO Dome YAAN Dome Note GV System only supports original factory models Other brands of cameras claiming of the same protocol compatibility may not work properly with GV System GeoVision takes no responsibility of such incompatibility Page 79 I O Applications This chapter discusses how you can set up and control the I O devices connected to GV System I O applications include these features Configure I O devices Move PTZ to a preset location on input trigger Support access control systems of Momentary and Maintained modes Arm and disarm I O devices without interfering the monitoring
129. d restore your configurations in Main System Installing the FBR Program 1 Insert the Surveillance System Software CD It will run automatically and a window appears 2 Select the Install V 8 0 0 0 system item 3 Click Fast Backup amp Restore Multicam System and follow the on screen instructions Running the FBR Program Run Fast Backup amp Restore main System from the Start menu This window will appear oe Fast Backup amp Restore MultiCam System Fast Backup amp Restore Digital Surveillance System s Settings Please choose one ofthe selections below Select Skin Style Customize Features Backup System Settings Figure 11 33 FBR Window Page 302 Chapter 11 Useful Utilities Selecting a Skin The GV System provides two skin options silver default and conventional The skin change will only apply to the screens of Main System ViewLog and remote applications The dialog boxes won t be affected You can also change the screen image of startup splash non active video and video lost Changing the skin style 1 Inthe FBR window see Figure 11 33 click the Select Skin Style icon The option menu appears 2 To use one skin style for all applications simply select All use Conventional Style or All use Silver Style To change the skin style of a single application point to the desired application and then select the skin style you want to apply 3 Close the FBR window and start the GV System to s
130. devices are triggered their icons on the E map flash Uncheck this option if you don t want to see the flashing icons m EMap Auto Popup When cameras or I O devices are triggered the related map will pop up on the screen instantly Check this option and minimize the Remote E Map window for the application m Show Event Check to display motion or I O triggered events on the Host Information window Viewing Host Information The Host Information window lists camera and I O device trigger information Click the Host Information button No 2 Figure 7 6 to display oix ES a imme event Tee frea fuoa jivo lt diNare H HA CAMERA Motion Det 200502 06 33 49 Motion Camera 2 a v Fiend Motion Det Ap ZO0S 02 04 06 28 1 w 2005 02 04 06 28 3 Ags 2005102 04 06 28 5 Ag 2005 02 04 06 29 1 8G 2005102 04 06 29 3 s 2005 02 04 06 29 3 2005 02 04 06 30 4 Gs 2O05 02 04 06 33 2 H Module ti Inputty Ing Module ty Input2y Inpi 8G 2005102 04 06 33 2 LAG 2005102 04 06 33 2 Page 219 2005020 2005 0201 2005020 2005020 2005 02 2005 02 2005020 2005 02 200502 2005 02 200502 2005 02 2005 021 Figure 7 9 Host Information 06 33 29 06 33 27 06 33 26 06 3323 06 33 19 06 30 42 06 29 33 06 29 30 06 29 19 06 28 56 06 28 39 06 28 19 06 28 19 Motion Alarm Alarm Alarm Alarm Motion Motion Motion Motion Motion Motion Motion Motion Camera 1
131. e Directdraw Overlay Enables full screen at startup For the related applications see Switching to Full Screen View later in this chapter m Enable De interlace Render Avoids interlace of the odd and even video lines This feature affects only single view mode with the resolution of 640 x 480 and 720 x 480 After enabling the feature you must restart the GV System to apply it Note 1 The Enable Directdraw Overlay and De interlace Render features can greatly enhance image quality If your VGA card supports DirectX9 enable both settings 2 You may see a warning message Directdraw Create Overlay Failed when trying to use WebCam Remote Control to connect to a server The message indicates the server has the Enable Directdraw Overlay feature enabled It only means the remote side will not see the images with DirectDraw applied It is safe to press YES to continue the connection Tip To check the version of your DirectX search for the file name dxdiag Open the file and find the related information DirectX 9 0C is also included in the Surveillance System Software CD Startup Auto Login Select and press the Arrow button to assign an ID used at system auto startup After the setup the system will automatically login using this ID at next startup without asking for ID and Password For related settings see Launching GV System from System Tray on page 19 Panel Resolution Select the resolution from the drop down list that best fi
132. e II 32MB 800x600 screen resolution minimum Network TCP IP Page 141 Chapter 4 Playing Back Video Files Working with Remote Playback Server at the Server PC To establish a connection first activate RPB Server at one server PC RPB Server comes with the installation of Main System Follow these steps to activate it 1 Goto Windows Start select Programs point to the GV folder and then select Remote Playback Server This RPB window appears Remote Playback Server i O x Server Option view Re T Figure 4 30 2 Click the Start Service button Rel A valid ID and Password are required In the RPB window you can see the message for example 1 4 2005 6 14 36PM Start Sever indicating when the server is activated To stop a connection click the End Server button A valid ID and Password are required To minimize the RPB window in Windows taskbar select Option from the menu bar and then select Hide When Minimize Configuring RPB Server To configure the RPB Server select Option from the menu bar and then select Setup This displays the following dialog box Page 142 Chapter 4 Playing Back Video Files M Auto Run when Start Windows ID RemotePlayBack Password SSSR EEREESE J Save the Connective Record Path CiDocuments and Settingsitest 6ri DesktopiEFI Fort S066 Default E End connection when idle more than 30 minuters Maximum Users 16 W Enable IF w
133. e and or time stamp on the image Selecting Transparent will create the stamp on the transparent background Click the Set Font tab to set the font for the stamp The image Click on the image at the bottom to preview the stamp text Click on the image again to close the preview window 2 Name the file select a file format and then assign the location to save the image file Page 124 Chapter 4 Playing Back Video Files Printing Images You can print images in three layout styles single view quad view or multi view 1 Click the View Mode button No 5 Figure 4 1 to decide the screen layout Note that Thumbnail View is not available for print 2 Select an event in the Video Events list No 4 Figure 4 1 and then click the Print button This dialog box appears Page Setup q Image Ratio and Position Width TNO a a Height W Align to center Pos W 1440 Fixels Fos Y 2430 Fixels eit OK Page Setup Cancel Text Stamp and Position W Print hostname W Print camera name E 2 E W Printimage date m E O E O E Print note Set Font Figure 4 10 Image Ratio and Position Changes the size of the image and its position on the page This option is only available in Single View mode m Preserve aspect ratio Click to maintain the aspect ratio when resizing an image Align to center Click to change the position of the image on the page Text Stamp
134. e enabled in Firewall Check whether ports 4550 and 5550 are occupied by another application Check whether the dynamic IP address of GV System is changed Check Ethernet adapter ADSL modem must use the PPP SLIP device Check whether Web server changes download timing Dynamic Lan IP 1 min Dynamic WAN IP 5 min Troubleshooting 2 Unable to use the two way audio feature gt Y VV WV Check whether port 6550 is available Check the client PC s sound card driver This feature requires DirectX 8 or later Perform upgrade if necessary This feature requires Internet Explorer 6 0 or later Perform upgrade if necessary Check GV System s audio signal by using the Camera Audio Install function See Camera Audio Install in Chapter 1 3 Unable to run MPEG4 Encoder Viewer and WebCam RPB gt The security level of your IE browser may prevent WebCam components from downloading to your PC Start IE browser and go to Tools Internet Options Security Custom Level In Active X controls and plug ins options select Enable or Prompt and then click OK Log in to GV System again and WebCam components should be downloaded properly 4 What version of OS does G View support gt G View of V6 0 or above supports WinCE 3 0 Pocket PC2002 Pocket PC2002 Phone Edition Pocket PC2003 and Pocket PC2003 Phone Edition Page 314
135. e following dialog box Page 28 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System Mail Setup SMTP Server qeovision com geovision comtw Text Content E Mail From Jioycechang geovision comtw t E Mail To ccaa3311 yahoo com Charset Unicode UTF 8 wf Subject Alertsilll i ating Test Mail Account Attach Image m E Mail Alerts E Mail Slerts E lv Attach fes gt Jisoxi20 heoa 1 Pe a eee Hill Option Auto Modem dial up when mot connect go eet Mlin G to internet i 3l ao s SMTP Mail Server requires authentication Account joycechang Password dehbebees Figure 1 31 2 Inthe Mail Setup section set up following fields E SMTP Sever Enter your mail server name E Mail From Enter the reply E mail address optional E Mail To Enter the E mail address you want to send alerts to Charset Select the character set to be used when sending mail via the system Subject Enter a subject that would come with the alert message 3 You have the option to attach an image with the alert when sending mail Click to enable the option Select image format from the drop down list and the image size 4 Inthe Pic Field enter how many snapshots max 6 you wish to receive in an event Press the Arrow button if you wish to tag the snapshot with Time Date Camera number and Location name Select Transparent makes the tag background transparent and Color Box is for you to choose your text color 6 Click the T
136. e full screen and select Toggle Full Screen to switch back to normal view screen Alternatively press F on the keyboard to toggle between full screen view and normal screen view Listening to Live Audio Choose the Configure button point to Wave out and then select the audio channel you wish to listen to Deactivating Video Lost Beep To stop a beep noise when any of videos lost click the Configure button and select Disable Video Lost Beep Page 33 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System Start Stop Monitoring Select the Monitor button and select to start or stop all or individual camera monitoring Camera Name at the upper left corner of the view screen changes from yellow to red color when motion detected Blinking represents the camera is detecting motion F7 is the shortcut key of this operation Tip To take a snapshot of the current frame position your cursor over on the Camera Name When the Hand button appears click to open the Save As dialog box shown as below Save and tag the frame with Time Date Camera number and Location name Select Transparent will make the tag background transparent and Color Box is for you to choose your text color CommRes I FTPWebHTML __ tables template viewLog500_CommRes WebTemp Specify file name File name Select file type Save as type dex File dex Cancel Click to tag time date C Time Date Click to tag camera number Camer
137. e in this dialog box System Configure Cl x x General Setting Camera 1 Camera 2 Camera 3 Camera 4 OU Device Hotline Network Select O Device M Input 4 Device GV NET IO Card q erted Name _F Signal Type gg Port com o o Add ME u Input 4 NO CNE M ee Address Remove Monitor Input 4 m oea M 30 Sec Camera 1 M Invoke Alarm ts i pce Ee A Address IY Invoke to Send Alerts 1 GVNETAO Cad A Output Module Mod 3 F Pin DI I Register Input Event Output 1 a gt ForPTz Name Output Force Output Signal Type NO N O Toggle NO Pulse Ee Sec 4 gt T MC a NE Togale e A a oe odity C N C Pulse Figure 2 4 Page 84 Chapter 2 I O Applications Application Example In the above scenario Input 4 is set to N O and Latch Trigger as well When Input 4 is triggered e Camera 1 starts recording for 30 seconds and stops itself until the next input trigger see the Rec Video option e Computer Alarm sounds once see the Invoke Alarm option e The output Module 3 Pin 7 is triggered simultaneously based on the Latch Trigger mode see the illustrations below Following illustrations can help you understand different output signals see Purple Square in the above dialog box working with the Latch Trigger option 1 N O Normal Open Latch Trigger Once the input trig
138. e live display 4 Live View Menu Accesses the settings of POS Live View Exit Closes the POS Live View window Setting Up Live View To change the display status on the POS Live View window click the Live View Menu button No 4 Figure 3 10 and select Live View Setup This dialog box appears Live Yiew Setup X View Setting C Max Transactions in Each view 10 Was Rows in Each view 3 Mode Setting f Single View E kulti view Figure 3 11 View Setting m Max Transactions in Each View Enter the number of transactions you want to keep on the POS Live View window For example if you enter 99 there are always 99 transactions kept on the window When the 100 transaction is entered the oldest transaction data will be deleted to remain the max transaction number to 99 m Max Rows in Each View Enter the number of transaction rows you want to keep on the POS Live View window which includes any materials printed by POS System e g data and time Mode Setting Select one single POS Live View window or multiple windows to display on the screen Page 114 Chapter 3 Point Of Sale POS Application m Save User Define Arrange Position Allows you to freely place the multiple windows on the screen To use this feature 1 Drag the windows to the desired places on the screen 2 Open the Live View Setup dialog box and click this option When this warning message appears Are you sure to save User Define Arra
139. e of GPRS When using i Mode services you do not pay for the time you connected online but will be charged by the volume of data transmitted and or received Therefore i Mode will NOT receive live video streaming instead it will receive one image at a time and will not receive another unless it is requested to do so Jo request another image simply press the Enter key on your i Mode phone The images are in GIF or JPEG format with resolution of 96x72 pixels Activating the i Mode Function In the Main System click the Network button select WebCam Server click the JPG tab and check the Create JPEG GIF file s as shown in Figure 6 6 Your GV System must use a global IP address and be accessible from the Internet Connecting to GV Server After activating the i Mode function you can now receive live images from the GV Server via an i Mode phone The interface and operation of your i Mode phone may be different from the following example since the interface may vary from model to model 1 Open the i Mode menu and select Input Web Address 2 Enter the IP address of your GV System in the Address column and then press OK Input Web Address Address Login Histor a http 65 59 37 172 Return OK Cancel Figure 6 52 Opening the menu Figure 6 53 Entering the IP address of GV server 3 Type a valid user name and password and then press Submit Page 205 Chapter 6 Viewing Live
140. e schedule The Setup Wizard dialog boxes pops up again and then click Finish to exit Page 240 Chapter 9 Central Monitoring by Center V2 Configuring Center V2 On the Center V2 window click the Preference Settings button No 10 Figure 9 1 and select System Configure to display the following Preference window This window contains these tabs 1 General 2 Layout 3 Network 4 Record and 5 Dispatch Server General Preference General Layout Network Record Dispatch Server Monitor Option Manual close channel Fost motior F SEC Camera send by 10 trigger will monitor 10 Sec Image Quality MH ormal Enable Directdraw Start up Auto Run when Windows Starts Login SMS Server when Start Service Channel Caption Font and Color Settings Figure 9 8 Preference General Settings Monitor Option Manual close channel Closes the triggered camera view manually Close the camera view when motion stopped Closes the triggered camera view automatically when motion stops Post Motion Specifies the duration of the camera view remaining on the monitoring window after motion stops Camera send by I O trigger will monitor Specifies the duration of the camera view remaining on the monitoring window when an I O device is triggered Image Quality Adjusts the video quality Moving the slide bar to the right side for the better quality and the bigger image size Enable D
141. e series Simply activating Input 2 card reader shouldn t cause any output triggers in the cascading hierarchy Garage 4 Input _ Power switch 442 Input Card reader Output 3 door opens Output 1 _ light Output 2 alarm Output3 door opens Figure 2 30 So now you have the options gt At default the simple input trigger output setting is applied at the Advance I O Panel when I O monitoring is activated For this example Input 2 will trigger Output 3 gt To only apply the cascade triggers set in the Advanced I O Panel and ignore the simple input trigger output setting enable Use adv Logical input result as input status from the I O icon on the main screen and Enable advanced logical input in Multicam from a certain group see Figure2 16 together gt To switch to the simple input trigger output setting just disable Enable advanced logical input in Multicam Page 102 Chapter 2 I O Applications Managing a Group of I O Devices With groups of I O devices set up on the I O Advanced Panel you can enable or disable these I O devices by groups Enabling a Group On the I O Advanced Panel right click a desired group and select Start Monitoring All input devices of this group are now enabled When inputs are triggered outputs will be activated in cascade mode Disabling a Group On the I O Advanced Panel right click a desired group and select Stop
142. e set connection to main system Several settings are available for this feature To add a connection to My Favorite 1 Click My Favorite button from menu bar 2 Select Add to My Favorite from the menu to bring up Add to My Favorite dialog box shown as follows Add to My Favorite IP Address TOCPAIP Server 192 168 0 187 Port 2550 Login ID Richard wa Password Tithe Mame Cancel Figure 8 4 3 Enter the proper information and give a name to the new connection and then click OK To edit My Favorite 1 To change information in My Favorite click My Favorite button from menu bar 2 Select Edit My Favorite from menu 3 Select a connection you wish to edit Edit My Favorite Richard TCRAP Server My Connect IF Address 192 180 0187 Part a550 0 Delete Connect Now Figure 8 5 Page 224 Chapter 8 Live Viewing Using Remote Applications Go to My Favorite Once a connection is added it is listed in menu Click the connection from menu to login a system Camera Zoom Function Click the Zoom In and Zoom Out buttons in the toolbar to enlarge and shrink a particular camera view here are the steps 1 Click on the view screen you wish to zoom 2 Click the Lock button from the toolbar to lock the camera 3 Click either the Zoom In or the Zoom Out buttons and then click on the locked camera Playing with Screen View Window Functions All live video is displayed in the screen
143. e the entry delay expires Center V2 will get notified of the input trigger Output Module Enables the assigned output module when the selected input module is triggered For this example when the I O Device Module 1 Input 4 is triggered the Output Module 1 Pin 3 will be activated simultaneously Right Arrow button Sets the delay time to trigger the assigned output module Event Type Ifthe subscriber wants Center V2 always to get notified of the output trigger select Emergency Ifthe subscriber wants Center V2 to get notified of the output trigger only when an assigned input is triggered select Normal Note 1 2 To set an input trigger for the notification of Normal events see Security Service below The delay settings in Send to Center V2 when I O is triggered and Output Module allow you to enter your premises and disable input output module before it is activated To disable prior I O settings the subscriber may exit the connection to Center V2 or use the Stop monitor normal event when selected pin is Triggered feature in Figure 9 16 Allow Center V2 to Force Output Allows Center V2 to manually force output devices installed at the subscriber s site Security Service Supports two types of access control systems Momentary and Maintained Mode m Momentary Mode Pushbutton switches that are normally open and stay closed only as long as the button is pressed Momentary switches allow turn on or tu
144. e time does nothing with the system The feature must work with the Startup Auto Login function 1 Click the Configure button and select System Configure 2 Inthe Startup section enable Startup Auto Login and click the Arrow button beside see Figure 1 3 The Startup Auto Login Setup dialog box appears 3 Type ID and Password to set up a user for auto login and click OK Page 73 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System Startup Auto Login Setup z e r Startup Auto Login ser Appa aAaa ee ID 2 Password ii Auto Login in Fullscreen Mode Startup and Hide into System Tray Cancel Figure 1 88 4 Inthe System Idle Protection dialog box see Figure 1 87 enable the Auto Logout or Switch to Startup Login User if available option and then select Surpervisor or Supervisor Poweruser from the drop down list 5 In the System Idle Over field type the idle time from 10 to 300 seconds after which the specified user will be logged in Auto Start Recording lf the administrator does not press the mouse or press a key within a set period of time the system will automatically start recording 1 In the System Idle Protection dialog box see Figure 1 87 enable the Auto Monitoring option and select Monitoring All Schedule Monitoring or I O Monitoring from the drop down list 2 Inthe System Idle Over field enter the idle time from 10 to 300 seconds after which the system will start recording
145. eS start Tra Ez O 2004 S 51 CALYFSO r 2 OO y Figure 3 7 A created column in System Log Page 110 Chapter 3 Point Of Sale POS Application Abnormal Transaction Alerts When an abnormal transaction of the specified transaction item occurs this function can automatically activate the output device and send out assigned E Mail SMS Pager alerts To set up this function follow these steps 1 Click the Configure button point to POS Application Setting and then select POS Field Filter to display the POS Capture Data Setting window See Figure 3 5 2 Click the Loss Prevention Setting button to display the following dialogue box DYD Player Loss Prevention Setting x Alarm Conditions And T B 100000 w Alarm Output Moduel 1 Joutput 1 Alert Message Abnormal Transaction ance Figure 3 8 Loss Prevention Setting Alarm Conditions Check this option and define the price range for an alarm condition For this example when the price amount in a transaction is great than or equal to gt 10000 and less than or equal to lt 100000 the assigned alarm will be activated Alarm Output Assign an installed output module for the application Alert Message Enter a desired alert message To set up a notification type E Mail Hotline SMS refer to Send Alerts Approach in Chapter 1 Page 111 Chapter 3 Point Of Sale POS Application Codepage Mapping This feature is
146. eceiving JPEG images from GV System and limited to the single camera view the viewer is an ideal tool for the users with limited Internet bandwidth For this application the Create JPEG GIF File s option must be enabled see Figure 6 6 while the Enhance Network Security option must be disabled see Figure 6 1 To start the JPEG Image Viewer follow these steps 1 Open an Internet browser from a client PC 2 Enter the IP address or domain name of the GV System to display the WebCam Compression Selection window see Figure 6 14 3 Select JPEG Image Viewer and then click Submit A valid ID and password are required 5 The JPEG Image Viewer window appears View Selection Button Scroll Button Snapshot Camera Select Button _ aan Monitoring Window Prerio Camera LE Figure 6 37 JPGE Image Viewer Page 195 Remote Playback on WebCam Chapter 6 Viewing Live Video Using WebCam The WebCam Remote Playback RPB is a web based application allowing you to play back recorded video or audio files of the connected GV System To start WebCam RPB 1 Follow the steps in Starting WebCam at the Client PC earlier in this chapter until the WebCam Compression Selection window appears see Figure 6 14 2 Select Remote Playback and then click the Submit button to display the following RPB window Click the Play button to log in the application 10 47 27 Ee 2002 a De
147. ection to Center V2 Start Stop TwinServer Start Stop connection to VSM Start Stop CMS Server Start Stop full screen view Login Change the user Logout from the current user Switch the screen division Switch to a specific screen division Minimize the Main System window Exit the Main System Display the Fast Key Reference table Switch to the previous screen Switch to the next screen Take a snapshot Zoom in out the single camera view Chapter 1 Configuring Main System PTZ Control Pent Soot Pause Key Function lt Pan left gt Pan right t Tilt up l Tilt down Insert Focus in Delete Focus out Home Zoom in End Zoom out Num 1 9 0 and F1 F6 Switch the camera channel Page 77 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System Fast Key Lockup If you wish not to use certain fast keys and do not want them to interfere with the keyboard use you can disable the fast key functions 1 On the main screen click the Configure button point to Tool Kit and then select Fast Key Lock Setup This dialog box appears x Jf Lock Sensitive Fast Key E O O E E O E ADO Ft 4d4wW 7 7 ha F Cancel Browse Figure 1 88 2 Check Lock Sensitive Fast Key and check the fast keys you want to disable To restore the fast keys uncheck them again 3 Click OK to apply your settings Page 78 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System PTZ Protocol and Model Support This list is for you to view the PTZ protocols an
148. ed I O module are activated Signal Off Appear if one of the input device connected to the associated I O module are terminated I O error Appear if associated I O module failed I O resume Appear if associated I O module resume to action Missing Object Appear if objects miss from a defined camera view Unattended Object Appear if unattended objects show up within a defined camera view Intruder Appear if there are objects entering a defined region Disk Full Appear if storage space is full System This function shows which functions are being enabled or disabled in the GV System Live Log Browser eee LE Time Event Device Mode 12 16 2003 9 25 07 PM System Exit Local 12 16 2003 9 35 15 PM System Startup Local 12 16 2003 9 36 55 PM System Exit Local 12 16 2003 9 37 32 PM System Startup Local 12 16 2003 9 36 52 PM System Exit Local 12 16 2003 9 39 20 PM System Startup Local 12 78 2003 9 41 09 PM Start Monitor All Local 12 19 2003 10 43 54 AM Stop Monitor All Local 12 19 2003 10 47 09 4M Start Monitor All Local 12 79 2003 10 47 19 AM Stop Monitor All Local 12 19 2003 10 47 21 AM Start Moritor All Local 12 19 2003 10 52 43 AM Stop Monitor All Local 1 2 3 4 a E Fi 1 2 3 4 z Figure 1 38 ID Displays the event ID number Time This column shows the time when system event occurs Event This column shows the following messages when associated actions are taken Schedule Start Stop Appear wh
149. ee the change Customizing the screen images You can replace the screen images of Startup Splash Non Active Video and Video Lost with your own Before you start remember that each screen image has its specified size Create your own image according to these specifications Startup Splash Bit Depth 24 Width 319 and Height 272 Non Active Video Bit Depth 24 Width 720 and Height 576 Video Lost Bit Depth 24 Width 270 and Height 576 To customize the screen image follow these steps 1 Inthe FBR window see Figure 11 33 click the Select Skin Style icon point to DVR and then select Custom Logo This window appears Introduction File Path Startup Splash DVR CommRes Splash bmp DYR CommResicamlogo bmp DVR CommRes Lost bmp Figure 11 34 Page 303 Chapter 11 Useful Utilities 2 Click a desired screen image to be replaced with an imported image 3 Exit the FBR program and start the GV System to see the change Customizing the Features Not every feature may be of equal interest to you You can now specify which features are to be displayed at system startup 1 Inthe FBR Window see Figure 11 33 click the Customize Features icon to display this dialog box Customize System Functions Feature Description Devices Applications with lO Module PTZ Dome installed VO Module Wiave in Device POS Device Monitor schedule Configure VievyLog Camera Scan Network Defaut
150. eep them as defaults 10 Click OK The icon of the created multiple host in the Host Server window is yellow while others are blue Quick Creation of a Multiple Host 1 Click on a desired monitoring window which will be highlighted in the red frame 2 Click and drag a camera from the Host Server window The selected camera then displays in the highlighted monitoring window Repeat the step 1 and 2 to configure other monitoring windows for different cameras 4 Click the Save Camera to Multiple Host button No 24 Figure 6 26 to create the multiple host Page 192 Chapter 6 Viewing Live Video Using WebCam Camera Status To show the camera status of the selected GV Server click the Camera Status button to display the following window Camera ON indicates the camera is active No Privilege means you re not authorized to view this camera Clicking the View button will bring up a small window displaying the selected camera s video Clicking the Refresh button will refresh the information in this window Host Informations Host Name 2 dipmap com IP Address 2 dipmap com User Name 1 Camera Status Refresh F5 Camera 1 Camera ON View F Camera 9 Camera ON View F Camera 2 Camera ON View fe Camera 10 Camera ON View FS Camera 3 Camera ON View F Camera 11 Camera ON View TS camera 4 Camera ON View T Camera12 Camera ON view T Cameras Camera
151. el by using the camera tabs in the upper part Select the PTZ camera connected to the selected channel from the Device drop down list If you have two identical PTZ cameras set in the system you may use the Address drop down list to choose the one with the correct address Click OK to apply the settings Camera Mapping Setup x Camera 1 Device Petco Dome Address adaro 7 Figure 1 28 Camera Mapping Setup Setting Up Password The password setup allows you to assign permission and rights to users You can create up to 1 000 passwords The system will control and restrict access to system resources based on the permission and rights associated with each user account Only Supervisor account level is pre set with the access to the Password Setup function Click the Configure button point to Password Setup and select Local Account Edit to display the following window Page 26 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System Password Setup x A Guest P Accountis disabled FI User ID Pe FowerUser H S Supervisor Password C 25 ee 4 1 Hint Level Supervisor Exportthis ID for remote control tGY Keyboardi Login this ID automatically Single user mode I Monitor Start enter Sp Network Start fs k IY Network Stop Si I Schedule Start inh 14 I Schedule Stop i 15 M Input State M izi 16 I Output Control M PTZ F System Setting video Attribute V Object Tracking I Edit PasswordtSuperiso
152. elect Find Specific Account for quick search A valid password Is required to edit a supervisor Edit the properties as required Check the Account Is Disabled item if you wish to disable this user Three options you may also find in this dialog box Login this ID automatically Enabling this option allows auto login with this ID Export this ID for Remote Control This option allows the export of users IDs for the remote control When it is checked you can see the designated ID in the drop down menu of login Note For the operation of remote control the password should be restricted for digits Allow removing password System This option lets users remove the ID and password database from GV System To do this select this option only Supervisor level users can make the selection and then find PassUnInStall in the system folder Click the application anda message prompts to you for confirmation Click Yes to remove the entire ID and password from GV System Note If the Allow Removing Password System option is not checked the loss of passwords will require the reinstallation of Windows and the reset of passwords Sending Alerts thru E mail Accounts It is possible to send alerts through E mail accounts on motion or I O triggered events You may first set up your server to handle the sending of alerts Follow these steps to set up an E mail account 1 Click the Configure button and then select E Mail Setup This brings up th
153. en a host server is created it will appear in the Host List section at the left side Each server can be identified by its given host name Clicking on the host name and its information will be displayed in the Host Information section Adding Host Server Click the New button and all fields in the window will be cleared In the Host Name field tyoe a name to identify the designated GV Server Type the IP address or domain name of the GV Server Type a valid user name and passwords with privilege to use this function Leave all port configuration as defaults at 4550 5550 6550 and 80 respectively unless otherwise necessary Click the Save button and then the GV Server will appear in the Host List section with the given ID name Editing Host Server Select the GV Server you wish to edit in the Host List section All information of the selected server will be displayed in the Host Information section Change the information as required and click the Save button Removing Host Server Select the GV Server you wish to remove from the Host List section and click the Delete button Page 190 Chapter 6 Viewing Live Video Using WebCam Creating a Multiple Host You can create a multiple host including the camera channels all from different IP addresses There are two methods to create a multiple host the manual creation of a multiple host the quick creation of a multiple host Manual Creation of a Multiple Host 1 Click the Edit
154. en a user starts or stops the monitoring schedule Auto Reboot Appears when the system performs auto rebooting function System Start Exit Appear when a user starts or stops GV System Start Stop Monitor All Appear when a user starts or stops all cameras monitoring functions m Start Stop Monitor Appear when a user starts or stops the individual camera s monitoring function The camera number will appear in Device column Page 36 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System m 10 Monitor Start Stop Appear when a user starts or stops the individual I O module s monitoring function The I O module number will appear in the Device column Modem Svr Start Stop Appear when a user starts or stops GV System s Modem Server TCP Svr Start Stop Appear when a user starts or stops GV System s TCP Server Multicast Svr Start Stop Appear when a user starts or stops Multicast Server WebCam Svr Start Stop Appear when a user starts or stops WebCam Server Connect to Center Start Stop Appear when GV System connects or disconnects with the Security Center Twin Svr Start Stop Appear when a user starts or stops Twin Server Connect to Center V2 Start Stop Appear when GV System logs in or out Center V2 Connect to VSM Start Stop Net Down Net Resume Appear when GV System logs in or out VSM when the connection of both fails or resumes Connect to SMS Start Stop Net Down Net Resume Appear when GV System logs in or out t
155. er click button at the top right corner on the System Log window 3 Click the Backup button on the toolbar x Custom Database Export j Table Option Current Table This dialog box appears J Export with Video Audio data cresi Figure 5 7 Page 156 Chapter 5 Backing Up and Deleting Files Table Option E All Tables Backs up all log data E Current Table Backs up only the log table you are currently at Export with Video Audio data Backs up video audio attachments with log data 4 Click OK The Backup dialog box appears Figure 5 8 In the Media section select the destination to back up the log files and then click OK to back up Note 1 To back up the filtered data use the Filter function to define search criteria first 2 To open the backup data run EZSysLog exe from the backup file Backing Up Files Using ViewLog Using ViewLog you have three backup options e Back up to hard disk e Create CD DVD using a third party software e g Nero Roxio etc e Create CD using Windows XP Server 2003 inbuilt burning software To back up files 1 On the function panel click the Tools button No 14 Figure 4 2 and then select Backup This dialog box appears Page 157 Chapter 5 Backing Up and Deleting Files Media 5 Using Hard Disk feat FREE parera SEHI Backup Folder Name SIBK20051 004 f Using CD DVD fes CD Device 650 MB CO Bu
156. er recycling flag one by one When you like to unmark all the never recycling flags in certain cameras follow the steps below 1 Shut down ViewLog and Main System if they are running 2 Goto the Windows Start menu select Programs point to the GV folder and then click Repair Database Utility A valid ID and a password are required 3 When the Select Camera for Repair Database dialog box appears select the cameras of video files that you want to unmark their never recycling flags Click OK to open the Repair Database window See Figure 5 14 in Chapter 5 Click the Use Default Path button to unmark all the never recycling flags Reserving Never Recycling Flags If you like to reserve all the never recycling flags you marked on video events even after repairing the database check Reserve Never recycle Flag on the Repair Database window before making repairs See Figure 5 14 in Chapter 5 Playing Back over Local Area Network LAN Using LAN ViewLog it is possible to play back video files across the Local Area Network LAN This application provides access to file locations and allows playback in any local computer Same tasks would be accomplished by using Windows My Network Places but in a much more complicated process Before you start make sure both your system folder and to be view video files are made available to network users done through the proper setup in Windows Sharing And Security Page 136 Chapter 4 Playin
157. ered In this example the username is dynamicdns m Hostname The hostname you created Hostname is made by registered username and diomap com In this example the host name is http dynamicdns dipmap com This will be the domain name you use for login to GV System m IP Address Your GV System s current IP address This IP address will be updated every 10 minutes In the DNS Client dialog box enter the registered username and password and then press the Save button The system will show the connection information as illustrated below The DNS Client program is now activated However it will not upload IP address unless one of the following applications is running the Main System Center V2 VSM Dispatch Server Twin DVR and SMS Server If the IP address of your GV System is not updated for more than 30 days your host name will be deleted automatically Check Run at startup if you wish to auto run Dynamic DNS AP on the next Windows start up mE Username E prhamicdns Password soccceees I Run at startup Register Update successtul d2 Hostname dynamicdns dipmap cam TP eee Kea Figure 11 3 Page 279 Chapter 11 Useful Utilities TwinDVR System TwinServer is an external application that helps sharing the networking liability from the GV System Acomplete TwinServer concept requires at least two computers a TwinServer which should be run on the computer where GV Syste
158. erver to display the Server Setup dialog box See Figure 6 1 Setting Multiple TwinDVRs in TCP IP Mode Click the Network Server button and then select Extended Server The Extended Server is to duplicate TwinServer s video stream and transmit it to the next TwinDVR in the same network If there are five TwinDVRs in the network you should activate the Extended Server function in TwinDVR 1 2 3 and 4 respectively It s not necessary to activate TwinDVR 5 since there are no more TwinDVR running behind it Setting Multiple TwinDVRs in Multicast Mode Click the Network Server button and then select Use Multicast Mode The Multicast mode is now activated The Multicast Server is to instruct TwinDVR to obtain video streams from the virtual buffer lf there are five TwinDVRs connected to the network all TwinDVRs will be required to select the Use Multicast Mode option TwinDVR Settings Network Card Settings In Figure 11 8 click the Setting button and then select Network Setting to display the following dialog box The Network Setting option is only necessary when your TwinDVR has more than one network card Check Assign IP and select one network card This will automatically bring up Blind IP of the network card The network card will be used for connecting to TwinServer the other network card will be assigned for connecting to Internet If you want the TwinDVR to automatically reconnect to TwinServer check Retry until connected and se
159. es Start Service End Senice ok connected Figure 3 1 POS Data Sender 6 Click Start Service and then select the COM port to send graphic data to the GV System Note The GV System must be configured and ready for this application To set up the GV System see Setting a POS System below Page 105 Chapter 3 Point Of Sale POS Application Setting a POS System To connect a POS system to GV System follow these steps 1 Click the Configure button point to POS Application Setting and then select POS Device Setup The POS Sever Setup window appears POS Server Setup Pler hocity delete Figure 3 2 POS Server Setup 2 Click the New button in the upper part of the window The following dialog box appears Printer Type Serial Fort Device Pos 4 Mapping camerat Camera camera 1 POS Module JEpson COM Port com 1 GEO Mone 6 1 w Cash Drawer open signal Moduel 1 Jinput 1 Use Codepage Wapping 437 OEM United State Trace mode H Add Cancel Figure 3 3 POS system settings Page 106 Chapter 3 Point Of Sale POS Application Printer Type Select Serial Port Parallel Port or TCP IP Port that the POS system belongs to For TCP IP Port applications see GV Data Capture V2E User s Manual Device Assign the POS system to a camera screen POS 1 displays the images and data on the Camera 1 screen POS 2 on the Camera 2 screen andsoon Click the
160. es A Media Ea y4 y 2 E D Address http 192 168 0 192 RemoteControl htm v EJ co Links A 1 Windows Remote Desktop Web Connection Type the name of the remote computer you want to use select the screen size for your connection Server 192 168 0 192 and then click Connect acas ee CI Send logon information for this When the connection page opens you can add it 2298 connection to your Favorites for easy connection to the same computer Internet Figure 6 44 Remote desktop control 3 Type the IP address or domain name of the GV System you wish to control and then click the Connect button A valid user name and password are required If logging in successfully you will see the desktop of the GV System you want to control Note 1 The Enable Directdraw Overlay option in the Main System must be disabled 2 The DSP card cannot support this function Page 201 Chapter 6 Viewing Live Video Using WebCam Remote Viewing with PDA G View is a remote view application for Pocket PC device It can run on PDA using Windows CE or Microsoft Pocket PC operating system G View Installation G View is included in the Surveillance System Software CD This application should be installed in a PDA device with Microsoft Pocket PC operating system 1 Plug your PDA via USB or COM port to a computer installed with Microsoft ActiveSync The Microsoft ActiveSync program should come with your PDA soft
161. est Mail Account button to test if E mail function is working correctly You may click OK here or go on to set up with following options Email Alerts Setup If the camera continues to detect motion then the GV System will continuously send E mails to you You may specify the interval between E mails The default interval is 5 minutes configurable from 0 to 60 minutes therefore if motion lasts for more than 15 minutes it means you will receive 3 E mails If motion lasts for less than 5 minutes then you will receive only one E mail Page 29 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System Option Select Auto Modem dial up to dial up automatically when the system is instructed to send E mail alerts The Disconnect Delay disconnects the system from Internet after the set number of minute s from 0 to 30 minutes SMTP Mail Server requires authentication If the SMTP mail server needs authentication select this item and enter your account name and password Choosing Video Source Video Source sets the video standard of your system NTSC or PAL Click the Configure button and then select Video Source to display the following dialog box Video Setup Determines a video standard for your system Video Standard Select a video standard used in your country Video Resolution Consider your priority in image quality or CPU usage before making a selection For NTSC the image quality and CPU usage from the highest to the lowest is 720x480
162. et Location Click the Set Location button to specify a storage path The available free space will be displayed in left hand side Keep Days Set the number of days to keep log files Recycle Enable the system to delete old log files to make space for new files when HDD free space is below 500MB To view and learn more about System Log see page 35 Popping Up a Camera Window on Motion Detection Using this feature you may view the pop up camera at the moment event occurs To set up click the Configure button and then select Camera Popup Setting This brings up the following Camera Popup Setting dialog box Dwell Time Interrupt Interval roa iw 43 we fio 14 i 7 fi 15 roe 12 v 46 Check All Clear All Mod 1 afe Clear al Input 1 afe p Input Invoke camera 1 J Figure 1 25 Dwell Time Specify the amount of time a pop up camera window to remain in the foreground Interrupt Interval This feature is useful when more than one camera is set for pop up notification If cameras are all activated at the same time specify the interrupt interval here would allow you to set the amount of time between camera pop ups Camera Motion Invoke Choose which camera you wish to have auto pop up on motion triggered event Use the Mask Filter function in camera settings Figure 1 8 to adjust the area of activation Input Invoke Use this function to have an I O device trigger the auto pop up Page 23 Chapter 1
163. events based on the following Record Mode Record Mode m Live Mode Streams live video to Center V2 Make sure you have enough bandwidth to receive video in live To set the maximum time of a video clip to be sent to Center V2 click the Settings button The more the set minutes the bigger the file size and therefore more time is required to send the file over Internet E Attachment Mode A defined time of event will be recorded before sending to Center V2 The attachment will be sent out immediately once your subscriber is connected to Center V2 The Attachment Mode also provides several options associated with the attachment Click the Settings button to bring up the Record Settings Attachment Mode dialog box See Attachment Mode Settings below for further setup Both Live amp Attachment Sends both live and attachment file Page 237 Chapter 9 Central Monitoring By Center V2 Attachment Mode Settings In the Subscriber Settings dialog box see Figure 9 4 select Attachment Mode and click the Settings button beside This dialog box appears Record Settings Attachment Mode Record Option iper camera Pre Rec Total Frames 10 H H Pre Rec Framesfsec Limitation 2 H Motion Frames Sec Limitation 5 H Recording Quality A A OE Attachment Option Record by Motion Max Video Clip 30 Sec PostRec Motion 5 I Sec Alerts Interval 10 H Mir Attachment Option Record by WO Tr
164. ex files Indicates the location you have backed up the EZ ViewLog player The DVR Event Info updates every one minute The MDB Info Object Index Info and ViewLog Info update as data changes Adding a Disk Drive 1 2 appears A b Free Space 5 30 GB Total Space 11 22 GB Accept to Recording Delete all event Recording Folder lData Ji Run MediaManTools exe Insert a hot swap hard drive or plug a portable hard drive to your computer This dialog box Find some partitions What do you want Figure 11 39 Delete all events Accept to Recording Adds the hard drive to the recording path Deletes the recorded files already on the hard drive Page 308 Chapter 11 Useful Utilities 3 Click OK to automatically configure the hard drive to the recording path To verify the hard drive is added successfully select the drive in the MediaMan Tools window and see if Status in Disk Properties displays Standby Or in Main System click the Configure button and select Set Location to confirm the new recording path Removing a Disk Drive On the Disk List right click the hot swap or portable hard drive and select Stop for recording The Status in Disk Properties will display Unused Then you can remove the hard drive safely Note Removing the hard drive will affect ViewLog database To restore these events add the hard drive back to the system and run Repair Database Utility B
165. for intended PCs 5 Click the Add button A path to the server is now established Add ViewLog E LAN ViewLog Controller v Check ViewLog500 exe Loading DB file Check log file folder gt System B SystemB gv650 ViewLog500 exe Stand By v 1 E Data E 2 FAData F 3 G Data G Wlrest2 fgv650 ViewLog500 exe rl Add Figure 4 26 6 Highlight the path and click the Play button to open ViewLog that is loaded with video files More paths may be added for fast access through the application Playing Back over Internet Using Control Center Server Through a network connection the Control Center Server enables access to a remote ViewLog for playback It features All functions provided by ViewLog are available such as Backup Save as AVI Object Search and so on Capability of disabling certain camera connections under heavy network load Resuming file transfers for backup Accessing the Remote ViewLog Before you start make sure the Control Center Server feature is enabled in the remote GV System On the main screen click the Network button point to Control Center Server and select Remote ViewLog Service to start the connection At the local site Page 138 Chapter 4 Playing Back Video Files 1 On the function panel click the Tools button No 14 Figure 4 2 and select Connect to Remote ViewLog Service This dialog box appears Connect to Remote iewlog Service 5552 Default 123 Passwo
166. frames to be transferred per second Audio E Encoder For narrowband users select AMR and for wideband users select AMR WB Bitrate kbpts Select a proper rate for audio file transmission Note To enable 3G services on your mobile phone consult your network operator Page 171 Chapter 6 Viewing Live Video Using WebCam IP White List Settings The feature lets you create a list of IP addresses only which are allowed to connect to the WebCam server To enable the function follow the steps below 1 On the main screen click the Network button and then select WebCam Server to display the Server Setup dialog box see Figure 6 1 2 Inthe General tab check the Enable IP white list option and then click the Edit button This IP White List window appears IP White List x 123 12 0 0 n 123 12 00 10 Add Modity Delete OK Cancel Figure 6 8 IP White List 3 Click Add to enter an IP address or a range of IP addresses For this example only the IP range from 123 12 0 0 to 123 12 0 10 is allowed to connect to WebCam 4 Click Modify to change acreated IP address Click Delete to delete a created IP address Click OK to apply the settings UPnP Settings WebCam Server supports UPnP technology Universal Plug and Play to allow automatic port configuration to your router In order for UPnP to be enabled the following must be true Windows XP Service Pack 2 is required Windows XP must
167. g Back Video Files After the folders and files are made available you must download LAN ViewLog and install GV codec to your local computer first 1 Atthe local computer go to Windows My Network Places Find the server where the GV System is located 2 To download LAN ViewLog locate LANViewLogCtrl exe from the system folder Figure 4 24 1 and copy and paste this program to your local computer 3 To install GV codec locate the Install Codec folder in the system folder and run InstallCodec exe To view video files 1 At the local computer execute LANViewLogCtrl exe to bring up the LAN ViewLog Controller window See Figure 4 24 2 e5 G 650 o x E LAN ViewLog Controller File Edit View Favorites ae QO Back i i Address ClGveso GO H i P vee DeSte Wrest Piqv stiviewLog500 exe Stand by LoadDeSharebill dil MDB El Add Delete Play Figure 4 24 1 Figure 4 24 2 2 Click the Add button to bring up the Add ViewLog dialog box i x 192 168 0 1 78 qvB50 ViewLog500 exe S Figure 4 25 3 Click the Browse button and locate ViewLog500 exe in the server computer Page 137 Chapter 4 Playing Back Video Files 4 Click the Detect button to load video files from the server computer If you see a Red Cross sign instead of green checks Figure 4 26 go back to your Windows Sharing And Security in the server PC and check if you ve made these folders shared
168. g G View to GV Server Viewing GV Server Information Remote Viewing with Mobile Phone l Mode Phone Windows Smartphone Symbian Smartphone Fast Key Reference The Multi View Window 181 182 183 183 183 184 186 187 187 187 187 188 188 188 189 189 190 191 193 194 195 196 197 197 197 198 199 201 202 202 202 204 204 205 206 207 209 209 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 PTZ Control in Multi View E Map Application The E Map Editor Creating an E Map File Creating an E Map File for a Remote Host Starting E Map Setting the Pop up Map Function Starting E Map from a Remote Site The Remote E Map Window Logging in Different Hosts Configuring the Remote E Map Window Viewing Host Information Live Viewing Using Remote Applications Remote View Setting Up Remote View Working With My Favorite Camera Zoom Function Playing with Screen View Windows Functions Playing Back Video Files In Q View Preference Settings Remote PTZ and I O function Full Screen View IP Multicast Setting Up IP Multicast Starting IP Multicast Central Monitoring by Center V2 Installing Center V2 The Center V2 Window Creating a Subscriber Account Creating a Subscriber Subscriber Settings Attachment Mode Settings Creating a Subscriber Schedule Configuring Center V2 Connecting to Center V2 210 211 211 213 213 214 216 216 21 218 218 219 221 221 221 224 225 225 226 226 22 229 229 230 230 232 232 2
169. g at the locations specified to save the files in the Main System For details see Log Storage in Chapter 1 5 Click the Search Hard Disk button to search the entire PC and then to re build paths for the files recorded by GV System Note 1 The repair and the search function will not apply to the files that have been renamed manually 2 Use this Utility if encountering any of the following scenarios in ViewLog Page 163 Chapter 5 Backing Up and Deleting Files 1 Aquestion mark appears right before a video file in the Video Event list 2 When you click the Playback button no video is displayed even a file is selected Page 164 Viewing Live Video Using WebCam With Microsoft Internet Explorer at the remote PC it is possible to view live videos download and play back video files manage systems within the security network control PTZ camera and I O devices via the WebCam server Before starting the WebCam make sure your system meets the following minimum requirements OS Windows 2000 Windows XP Server 2003 CPU Pentium 4 2 0G Memory 256MB RAM Hard Disk 60GB VGA NVIDIA GeForce II 32MB 1024x768 screen resolution Network TCP IP Web Browser IE6 0 Netscape Navigator with limited functionality DirectX Version 9 0 or above Configuring WebCam Server GV System is built in with a web sever Click the Network button and then select WebCam Server to display the following Server Setup dialog box WebCam
170. gers the output the output will be triggered for a short moment and then turn off itself N C N C N C N C Input Output N O N O N O N O N O N O 2 N O Toggle Latch Trigger Once the input triggers the output the output will keep triggering until a new input trigger N C N C N C N C Input Output N O N O N O N O 1st Input Trigger 2nd Input Trigger Page 85 Chapter 2 I O Applications 3 N O Pulse Latch Trigger Suppose you set the Pulse time to 60 second Once the input triggers the output the output will remain ON for 60 seconds before turning off itself N C N C N C N C 60 60 sec sec Input Output N O N O N O N O Keeping Last Toggle Status This feature can memorize the current output state when the monitoring is stopped or the system is restarted For example suppose the output is lights When remaining on the premises you stop monitoring but the triggered lights remain ON not affected by the system state Setting up Keep Last Toggle Status In the System Configure dialog box see Figure 2 3 select N O Toggle or N C Toggle click the Arrow button beside to check Keep Last Toggle Status Signal Type g C AO f N O Toggle E C AO Pulse ri C N C NC Toggle w Keep Last Toggle Status Figure 2 5 Page 86 Chapter 2 I O Applications Application Example Following two illustrations help you understand how the input works with the output set to Keep Last Toggle Status
171. he SMS Server can serve up to 5000 clients at one time Chapter 10 Short Message Service Creating a client 1 Click the Add A Client button No 2 Figure 10 6 This dialog box appears x Login ID Host 1 Password tatt Cancel Information Country Code Mobile Number fata a 22318098 fata a 206759603 fata a 9354231 Telephone 2220098 FAX 2228097 E mail gvi geovision com tw Address Meihu Rd Taipei Taiwan Mote Motity Setting Send SMS notification to the clients network administrators W when connection is abnormal Set Up three mobile numbers in above Information section Send SMS notification to the client s operators when Z connection is abnormal Iw Figure 10 7 Client Information 2 Type a login ID and password They will be the ID and password for the client to log in the SMS Server Refer to Figure 10 11 3 Inthe Information section type the client s related information You can specify three mobile numbers of the client s network administrators for SMS notification 4 Inthe Notify Setting section you can send a SMS to the client in the case of gt Internet disconnection between the client and the SMS Server or gt Improper program shutdown in the client The recipients can be gt The client s network administrators define three mobile numbers in above Information section gt The clients operators See Setting Mobile Numbers later in this chapter For the
172. he Client PC RPB Client software is to be installed at the client PC and the software is included in the Surveillance System Software CD Install and execute Remote Playback Client Site Camera views from different servers may be displayed in a single 16 channel screen view Clicking the Page Select button turns the screen view to the next page Maximum two pages total 32 channels may be displayed in one RPB Client 2 TEST48 Camera 6i Ry PTT ae 2 ies 1 AINE amera 3 ay B amera 64 igre alt Hood i i 2 oe a s os Se 8 ma p 7 A fii 1 9 14 2005 13 31 56 337 x _ EDT 13 15 14 Figure 4 32 Page 144 Chapter 4 Playing Back Video Files The controls in the RPB Client za ololNninion Alolrm eS 12 13 14 15 16 17 Name Camera Name Camera View Connect Disconnect Download Play Remote Video Play Local Video View List Connection Record Address Book Preference Setting Save As AVI Save As BMP Exit Scroll Bar Playback Panel Page Select Screen Division Connecting to RPB Server Click the Connection button on RPB Function Panel No 3 Figure 4 32 Connect to dialog box Enter the login information Description Indicates the given camera name Displays playback video Sets the connection to the RPB server Closes all or selected connections to the RPB server Downloads and plays the
173. he FTP connection fails Max 999 Inthe Retry Delay field specify the interval between each retries Max 9999 sec 7 Click OK to apply above settings Starting WebCam at the Client PC Once the WebCam server at the GV System is enabled it is then possible to view images using a web browser at a client PC or from a remote site Microsoft Internet Explorer will be used as the browser through the entire chapter 1 To start the connection open an IE browser Page 175 Chapter 6 Viewing Live Video Using WebCam 2 Type the IP address or the domain name of the GV System to display the following window Compression Selection oM peg4 Encoder Viewer q 1 JPES Image viewer Remote Play Gack sf Emap Ce Remote Control i Figure 6 14 WebCam Compression Selection E MPEG4 Encoder Viewer Provides the most complete functionality of the WebCam applications allowing you to view up to sixteen cameras from different GV Systems m JPEG Image Viewer Provides least features but is suitable for the users with limited bandwidth for example users viewing with Apple Mac and operating systems using Netscape Navigator Remote Play Back Downloads history files from the GV System onto the client PC Emap Accesses the Emap files Remote Control Accesses the GV System settings 3 For the purpose of this demo select MPEG 4 Encoder and then click the Submit button to display the following window Selec
174. he New button In Host Name field type a name to identify the designated GV Server Type the IP address or domain name of the GV Server Type a valid user name and password with privilege to use this function Leave all port settings as defaults at 4550 5550 and 6550 respectively unless otherwise necessary Click the OK button Then the created GV Server will appear in the drop down list Editing Host Server Select the GV Server you wish to edit from the Host drop down list All information of the selected server will be displayed Change the information in the fields as required and click the OK button Then the information is updated and connection is switched to the edited GV Server Removing Host Server Select the GV Server you wish to remove from the Host drop down list and then click the Delete button to remove it Taking a Snapshot from a Live Video Click the Snapshot button No 8 Figure 6 18 to display the following Snapshot window Click the Print button to print out the displayed image Or click the Save button to save this image in a client PC Page 179 Chapter 6 Viewing Live Video Using WebCam SnapShot Figure 6 20 Take a Snapshot Pop up Setup The Single View MPEG4 Encoder Viewer can be set to pop up as soon as motion is detected or I O devices are triggered To enable the function follow the steps below 1 Click the Change Server button No 1 Figure 6 18 and then select Alarm Notify to disp
175. he SMS server when the connection of both fails or resumes Device This column shows the individual camera number Mode This column shows whether actions are being taken in local side or remote side Login This function shows whom and when has logged in and out from the GV System and WebCam server Liye Log Browser ax ID Time User Login User Logout Status Mode Note a 12 78 2003 9 35 15 PM Success Local 12 18 2003 9 37 32 PM Success Local 12 78 2003 9 39 20 PM Success Local 12 19 2003 10 55 31 AM guest Success Local 1271972003 10 55 33 AM Success Local 12 79 2003 10 55 36 4M Success Local 12 79 2003 10 55 53 AM Success Local 12 79 2003 10 55 56 4M Success Local 12 79 2003 10 55 58 4M Success Local 12 79 2003 10 56 07 Ak Success Local 12 79 2003 10 56 05 Afl Success Local 12 79 2003 10 56 09 Atl Success Local 5 2 4 2 d 4 5 6 E 4 Figure 1 39 ID Shows the event ID number Time This column shows the time when Login event occurs User Login This column shows the ID of the login user User Logout This column shows the ID of the logout user Status This column shows whether login or logout attempts were successful or failed Mode This column shows the following two messages Local Appear if a user login to or logout from the Main System mE WebCam Mpeg4 Appear if a remote client login to or logout from the WebCam server Note This column shows the IP address of the client server
176. he following options are available on the Connection tab of the Preference Setting Login Setup Specify user name and password for Remote View Image Quality Specify the compression ratio of the video Lower number gives higher compression smaller file size but the image quality will suffer There are also options available on the General tab Preference Setting x Connection General Text Color J Background Color Select Transparent Opaque C Invisible Temporary Record Butter ButterPath C QOCUME T ADMINITTSLOCALS T Browse W Prompt Save Figure 8 9 Text Display Sets camera description s text color and background color 3 options are available to present the camera description Transparent text only no background Opaque text and background and Invisible no text and no background Temporary Record Buffer Determines a temporary folder that holds recording videos Remote PTZ and I O Function If you have installed PTZ or I O devices on the connected main system then you will be able to control these devices through TCP IP or dial up network To use remote PTZ control Select View PTZ Device from the menu bar to bring up the PTZ control panel Use the PTZ select buttons to choose the type of camera you wish to control The control panel may look slightly different depending on camera model Page 227 Chapter 8 PTZ select button Direction control button Zoom
177. he frame rates Assuming that all cameras are in action selecting High ensures this camera always receive higher frame rate than the rest of the cameras Effect can be seen in live mode Low The system will distribute low percentage of frame rates to the selected camera Assuming that all cameras are in action certain cameras are of least importance The system can be set Low in order to allow frame rate to go to more important cameras m Frame Rate Button Allows you to set the maximum recording frame of this camera so as to save storage space Page 11 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System Rec Frame Rate Setting x Limit Video Frame Rate Jv Max Frame Rate Rec of Motion Framesisec 10 Vv Max Frame Rate Rec of Mon Motion for Economic Round the Clock emen Figure 1 10 Frame Rate Settings Max Frame Rate Rec of Motion Set the maximum frame rate on motion detection For example if you set 10 Frames sec in the field the maximum frame this camera will record is 10 frames second This setting does not mean it always records at 10 frames second because the actual recording frame rate is also affected by other settings in the system and CPU loading Max Frame Rate Rec of Non Motion for Economic Round the Clock This option provides a space saving solution for the round the clock recording Set the maximum frame rate for non motion periods so as to save as much storage space as possible Motion Detect Moti
178. he non functional channel and vice versa If the previously non functional channel is now able to deliver video check the video device itself and its related cables 3 A message Cant find I O Module 1 Address 1 in Com or Not GV IO in COM appears gt gt Check the RS 485 connection between GV Net Card Box and GV IO Box Check whether the power adapter is properly connected to GV IO Box 4 Amessage No PTZ Device Installed or Default PTZ Device not Activate appears gt Make sure the Active option is enabled in Main System See PTZ Control Panel in Chapter 1 When multiple PTZ cameras are installed make sure to activate each PTZ camera individually Page 310 Troubleshooting Software 1 How to upgrade to the latest version gt Download the latest version from GeoVision website http www geovision com tw english 5 O asp 2 Recycle mode doesn t work and recording stops gt Exit Main System and run RepairLog500 exe from the system folder to fix this problem gt Check Properties of the folder used for saving video files Make sure the Read Only option is disabled 3 Passwords are lost Cannot access my GV System gt See Setting Up for Password in Chapter 1 for details 4 A message Directdraw overlay fail appears gt Make sure your VGA card meets the GV System s minimum requirement that is NVIDIA GeForce II MX 32MB gt The driver included in your VGA card pac
179. hite list Edit Maximum Speed 100 KBytes f Sec W Enhance network security Cancel Figure 4 31 Auto Run when Start Windows Automatically starts RPB Server at Windows startup Enter an ID and a password that are allowed to use the server Save the Connective Record Check to create a log that keeps the login and logout status of the server Type a storage path in the Path field Port The default port is 5066 To automatically configure the port on your router by UPnP technology click the Arrow button For details see UPnP Settings Chapter 6 in the User s Manual End connection when idle more than x minute s Stops the connection after the assigned idle minutes Maximum Users One RPB Server allows the maximum of 16 connections You can determine the maximum number of client PCs allowed to log in your RPB Server Enable IP White List Check the item and click Edit to create a list of IP addresses only which are allowed to access the RPB server For the setting details see P White List Settings in Chapter 6 Bandwidth Control Check to prevent overloading on slow network You can set the bandwidth from 0 to 100 000 Kbytes to transfer in one second Enhance network security Enable to enhance Internet security Please note when the feature is enabled the subscribers using earlier version than 7 0 cannot access the RPB any more Page 143 Chapter 4 Playing Back Video Files Working with Remote Playback Client at t
180. hot from the video image Use this drop down list to switch cameras Use the two buttons for focus in and focus out control Use the two buttons for zoom in and zoom out control Use these buttons to control left up down and right of the PTZ camera Click to switch to a full screen view Page 203 Chapter 6 Viewing Live Video Using WebCam Viewing GV Server Information Click on the Server Information button to bring up the Server Info screen which contains the following four categories of information Ea 2003 11 18 AGF 11 10 27 Qf 11 10 28 gr 11 10 30 GF 11 10 36 Server Update time 2003 11 18 11 1 a Recycle Lag 2003 11 17 04 13 Camera CTt None Camera Signal Lost None 10 Device Norrmal Module Input Alarm None EL Figure 6 49 Server Info Server Info Displays general information of the connected server a 2003 11 18 Bg 11 10 27 Bg 11 10 28 gr 11 10 30 H 11 10 36 WebCam Update time 2003 11 18 11 1 WebCam Server Startup Time 2003 11 Mpeg4 Current Channelis i 17 RPE Current Channelfs O Audio Current Channelisi 0 WebCam Wersion Yebcam 6 0 0 0 Figure 6 50 Web Info You may use the control tabs to toggle between them i 2003 11 18 m e 11 10 27 Bg 11 10 28 gr 11 10 30 Ege 11 10 36 Wieb Info I O Events Connect 1 4 gt Event001 2003 11 18 11 10 27 Modul a Event002 2003 11 18 11 10 28 Modu Event003 2003 11 18 11 10 28 Modu EventO04 2003 11 18 11 10 30 Modu
181. hout interrupting the monitoring For example when an alarm is triggered at the subscriber site the Center V2 operator can turn it off remotely before arriving at the site Meanwhile GV System still remains on monitoring Send to Center V2 when I O is Triggered Notifies Center V2 when any selected input is triggered With Camera s Sends the camera video to Center V2 when the selected input is triggered Click the Set Camera s button to assign cameras for the application Event Type If the subscriber wants Center V2 always to get notified of the input trigger select Emergency Ifthe subscriber wants Center V2 to get notified of the input trigger only when an assigned input is triggered select Normal Page 249 Chapter 9 Central Monitoring By Center V2 Right Arrow button Sets the delay time to notify Center V2 of input trigger This feature is only available when the Normal type is chosen Exit Delay While the system Is activated this feature provides an interval of time for the subscriber to exit the premises During this time the specified input e g a exit entry door is inactive Once the exit delay expires the input will be fully armed Entry Delay While the system is activated this feature provides an interval of time for the subscriber to entry the premises During this time the specified input e g a exit entry door is inactive so that the subscriber can disarm the system If the subscriber fails to do onc
182. ices for cascade triggers Monitor different I O cascade configurations at different times of the day Quickly access triggered I O devices by a Quick Link window The Advanced I O Panel To open the panel click the I O button on the main screen and then select Advanced I O Panel a 1 0 Central Panel kaen T Mode Defaut 8 Standard VO List fen Advanced I O List E TEST27 1 Modules Module 1 die Input 1 2 i gt Input 2 Input 3 Input 4 Output 1 O Output 2 Output 3 Output 4 Figure 2 14 The controls on the Advanced I O Panel No Name Description 1 Configure Accesses Panel and Schedule settings 2 Mode Schedule Starts stops Mode Schedule 3 Toggle Quick Link Displays the Quick Link window for quick access to triggered I O devices 4 Advanced I O List Style Displays the Advanced I O List in various styles View Edit Icon and Detail 5 Expand Tree Row Expands tree branches 6 Collapse Tree Row Collapses tree branches 7 Mode Configures various cascade modes 8 Standard I O List Displays connected I O modules 9 Advanced O List Groups I O devices in cascade mode Page 93 Chapter 2 I O Applications Creating a Group for Cascade Triggers You can group I O devices by function or geography Further the group allows cascade triggers meaning that the trigger actions of one trigger can activate another trigger For example you might have a group called Entrance that contains
183. ider in Playback Meter No 10 Figure 4 1 forward and backward to navigate video frames To play back multiple events keep pressing CTRL on the keyboard and highlight the desired events on the Video Event List No 4 Figure 4 1 Then click the Play button to play these events To select events from different dates click the date from the Date Tree No 3 Figure 4 1 Events of that date will be listed in the Video Event List Page 117 Chapter 4 Playing Back Video Files The controls in the ViewLog window No Name 1 Camera Name 2 Camera View 3 Date Tree 4 Video Event List 5 View Mode 6 Camera Select 7 Advance 8 Event List 9 Function Panel 10 Scroll Bar 11 Voice 12 Playback Panel 13 Function Icons 14 Playback Speed 15 Time Display 16 Date Display 17 Exit Description Indicates the given camera name Displays the playback video Displays date folders Displays video events within a certain date folder Sets screen divisions Single Thumbnail Quad or Multi View Sets a desired camera for display Accesses the basic or advanced search see Searching a Video Event later in this chapter And reloads video event list Displays the date tree and video event list Provides various settings for ViewLog Scrolls forward or backward of the playback video Enables audio playback Contains typical playback control buttons A highlighted icon indicates an enabled function From left to right are the A t
184. ified time can t be found a prompt will appear for you to select a next or previous video event available Advanced Search 1 Click the Advance button No 7 Figure 4 1 and select Advanced Search to call up the following dialog box Alternatively press F8 on the keyboard to call it up Time Period Start Time 12 1 2005 xi Cancel End Time fizi 6 2005 Select Camerats mOh WV Camera 1 WV Camera 2 W Camera 3 W Camera 4 Figure 4 6 2 Specify the desired date time period and cameras for search Click OK to start searching In the Video Event list the events matching the search criteria will be highlighted in gray color Click the Play button to play back the highlighted events Page 121 Chapter 4 Playing Back Video Files Exporting Video You can export a certain time period within a video event and play it back at the place where ViewLog is not available The maximum length of the exported file is 1 hour 1 Locate a desired file from the date tree and video event list No 3 amp 4 Figure 4 1 2 Select the screen division from the View Mode button No 5 Figure 4 1 Click the Save AVI File button No 8 Figure 4 2 This window appears Alternatively press S on the keyboard to call it up Save Avi File Avi View Setting Start Time 15 29 50 End Time 15 29 53 Decode Video Protection ID 123 Password m
185. igger hax Video Clip BO Sec PostRec Motion Alerts Interval Default Cancel Hy Figure 9 5 Recording Setting Record Options per camera m Pre Rec Total Frames Determines the total pre recorded frames in a video attachment m Pre Rec Frames sec Limitation Determines the frame rate in the pre recorded period Note Dividing the Pre Rec Total Frames by Pre Rec Frames Sec Limitation you will get total time of the video attachment a Motion Frames sec Limitation Determines the frame rate of the video to be sent as an attachment Recording Quality Use the slider bar to adjust the video quality in 3 levels Attachment option Record by Motion Defines the duration of the video attachment delivered upon motion m Max video Clip Determines the duration of the video attachment Pos Rec Motion Determines how many more seconds of video to be sent when motion stops a Alerts interval Determines the interval between sent motion events Attachment option Record by I O trigger Defines the duration of the video attachment delivered upon I O trigger Page 238 Chapter 9 Central Monitoring by Center V2 Creating a Subscriber Schedule The Center V2 operator can create schedules to monitor subscription status When subscribers don t log in Center V2 on the programmed time the operator and subscribers will get notified e When a subscriber doesn t log in Center V2 on time this
186. ile m Text Alignment Set Font Click the Set Font button to set up the font for POS and Camera Time text Select how you want the camera information to be aligned on a view screen The option Apply Stereo Font makes texts stand out from the background by giving white edge to the texts Page 108 Chapter 3 Point Of Sale POS Application POS Field Filter POS Field Filter allows you to create a column of a transaction item in System Log It further filters the transaction conditions based on your criteria and displays the results under the created column To set up the function follow these steps 1 Click the Configure button point to POS Application Setting and then select POS Field Filter The following window appears POS Capture Data Setting x Pos 1 Modity Lose Prevention Setting OK Cancel Figure 3 5 POS Capture Data Setting 2 Click the New button The following dialog box appears Caption Data Setting x key Yord Coke Capture Data Type vith Comma 6 9 1 000 W With Decimal Sign B MOB File Entry Mame Cake cael Figure 3 6 Setting search criteria Page 109 Chapter 3 Point Of Sale POS Application Key Word Enter a meaningful keyword that matches exactly one of transaction items texts in the receipt The field is case sensitive Suppose we enter Coke Every text matching to Coke will be screened out Capture Data
187. ime Status DYR1 001555123456 1 13 2005 15 18 30 SMS Alert From DYR TEST79 Camera 3 Motion 1 13 2005 3 22 10 PM 1 13 2005 3 22 14 PM Failure DYRI1 586932073920 1 13 2005 15 25 25 SMS Alert From DYR TEST79 Camera 3 Motion 1 13 2005 3 29 06 PM 1 13 2005 3 29 09 PM Success centery2 centerv2 centerv2 centerv2 vsmi ysm vsmi vsmi 1 8860935806947 Page 273 1555123456 1555654321 1555125456 1555123456 1555123456 1555123456 1555123456 1555125456 1555123456 Video Lost Test message test message TPE Camera 1 detected motion At 1 13 2005 3 46 14 PM TPE Video Lost Test message video Lost Test message DYR1 DYR1 Camera 1 video LostAt 1 13 2005 4 01 28 PM The connection of client 1 1P 127 0 0 1 is abnormal at HiD Figure 10 8 1 13 2005 3 48 13 PM 1 13 2005 3 49 41 PM 1 13 2005 3 50 14 PM 1 13 2005 3 51 03 PM 1 13 2005 3 51 24 PM 1 13 2005 4 04 39 PM 1 13 2005 4 05 09 PM 1 13 2005 4 05 30 PM 1 13 2005 4 05 52 PM 1 14 2005 3 43 43 PM 1 13 2005 3 48 16 PM 1 13 2005 3 49 44 PM 1 13 2005 3 50 16 PM 1 13 2005 3 51 06 PM 1 13 2005 3 51 27 PM 1 13 2005 4 04 42 PM 1 13 2005 4 05 11 PM 1 13 2005 4 05 32 PM 1 13 2005 4 05 55 PM 1 14 2005 3 43 46 PM Success Success Success Success Success Success Success Failure Chapter 10 Short Message Service System Event Log Clicking the System Event Log button on the toolbar you can monitor the server activities client login and logout and connection pr
188. ing Live Video Using WebCam Connecting to GV Server The following operations may vary slightly for different modules 1 Execute MSView exe in your smartphone Figure 6 56 appears 2 Select Control and then Connect Figure 6 57 appears 3 Enter the IP address and port number of your GV Server a login ID and password Select Control and then Connect Once the connection is established the live image will appear You can use the scroll key on your smartphone to navigate camera channels See Figure 6 58 smartonone 200x Oe E EQ gt 40 7c iE Figure 6 56 MSView Main Screen Figure 6 57 Entering GV Server Info Figure 6 58 Viewing live camera Other Functions In addition to live view MSView offers the functions such as zooming in out a camera view and rotating images Select the MSView option to have these features Symbian Smartphone With the SSView application it s also possible to monitor your GV Server remotely via Symbian based smartphone edition 7 0 You will experience live view when continuously receiving JPEG format images with the 160x120 resolution Installing SSView 1 Insert the Surveillance System Software CD It will run automatically and pop up a window 2 Select the item of Install V8 0 0 0 System 3 Select Symbian Smart Phone Viewer and then follow the on screen instructions Page 207 Chapter 6 Viewing Live Video Using WebCam 4 Locate SSView jar in the Symbian Phone Viewer folder create
189. ing Object 12 Unattended Object 13 Scene Change 14 POS Loss Prevention 15 Disk Full 16 Stop all camera monitoring 17 Stop I O Monitoring 18 Start Monitoring All Type Events 19 Stop Monitoring All Type Events 20 Wait Time Expired and 21 Unexpected Logout Alert Approach E Invoke Alarm Select a computer alarm from the drop drown list Or select User Define from the list to import one desired wav sound Click the Arrow button beside to test the assigned alarm Output Module Select an installed output model and pin number to alert the Center V2 operator E Send E Mail Alerts Enables e mail alerts to send e mails to subscribers Click the Edit button to edita message For E Mail settings see E Mail Alerts later in this chapter Send SMS Alerts Enables SMS alerts to send SMS messages to subscribers Click the Edit button to edita message For SMS Server settings see SMS Alerts later in this chapter Page 260 Chapter 9 Central Monitoring by Center V2 Text Format of SMS ASCII for English text limited to 160 characters Unicode for other languages limited to 70 characters Note For E mail and SMS alerts ensure to set up e mail addresses and mobile numbers for each subscriber in the Subscriber Address Book Figure 9 3 SMS Alerts You can send SMS messages to subscribers when alert conditions occur Setting SMS Server Before sending SMS messages to an individual subscriber you need to
190. inton screen If Frinton POS Live View Text Alignment f Lett C Upper left hand corner C Lower lef hand comer C Right O Upper righthand corner C Lower righthand corner w Enable Clean time Clean time 5 Sec 2 Dwell time 5 sec O Text Overlay Setting l x CameralTime Text Print on video file Text Alignment Upper left hand comer 0 Lower let Hand corner f Upper righthand toner M Lower righthand tomer Set Font H W Apply Stereo Font Cancel Figure 3 4 Text Overlay Settings POS Text E Print on video file E Print on screen Enable this option to display POS data on the recorded video file Enable this option to display POS data on the transaction scene m Print on POS Live View Enable this option to display POS data on the POS Live View window Text Alignment Enable clean time Select how you want POS data to be aligned on a view screen When the option is enabled after the specified time in seconds that if GV System hasn t received the transaction data from your POS system the already displayed data will disappear from the camera screen i e the cashier stops entering the transaction data Dwell time Specify the amount of time in seconds that POS data stays on a view screen before the next transaction Camera Time Text Enable this option to display camera ID and location name on the E Print on video file recorded video f
191. ion displays a message Pass Otherwise a message No Pass will appear m Original vs Extracted The Extracted section should have the same icon displayed as that in the Original section If not it indicates the video may have been altered 3 Click the Open File button No 1 Figure 11 13 select a video file and click Open The video file is then listed in the status field of the window Also you can drag multiple video files directly from storage folders to the status field 4 Highlight the file and double click it to play Page 288 Chapter 11 Useful Utilities Twin View Display You can display Main System and ViewLog in two separated monitors To make this operation possible your system must equip with VGA card having dual video outputs Each output should be connected to its own monitor display 1 Right click on the Windows desktop and select Properties This displays the Display Property dialog box 2 Select Settings enable Extend my Windows desktop onto this Monitor and then click the Apply button Display Properties 2 x Themes Desktop Screen Saver Appearance Settings Drag the monitor icons to match the physical arrangement of your monitors nn 2 Default Monitor on AT RADEON 9600 Seres Secondary Color quality Highest 32 bit initia Screen resolution Less More S00 by 600 pixela 7 Use this device as the primary monitor i Extend my Windows desktop onto this m
192. irecdraw Enables an enhanced image performance for live video Page 241 Chapter 9 Central Monitoring By Center V2 Start up Auto Run when Windows Starts Automatically runs Center V2 when Windows starts m Login SMS Server when Start Service Automatically logs in SMS Server when Center V2 starts You will be prompted to enter the IP address Port ID and Password of the SMS server Channel Caption E Fontand Color Click the Settings button to change the font and color of the captions Layout This function transfers the Event List window to a separate computer while the monitoring windows are displayed in the current computer For the application your VGA card must support Twin View discussed in Chapter 11 and your Windows desktop must be properly set up for the display across two computer monitors Preference General Layout Network Record Dispatch Server Layout 1024 M Floating Event List Event List Position Bottom Right Mote Any changes of this property will be applied in next startup Figure 9 9 Preference Layout Screen Resolution Detects the current screen resolution on your PC Main Panel Resolution Sets the Center V2 panel resolution to 1024 x768 or 1280 x1024 This function is only available when your PC screen resolution is higher than 1280 x 1024 E Floating Event List Moves the Event List window to a separate monitor at the bottom or right side P
193. ish fag POSflowchart text DB25_cash pdf To attach the graphic mode POS system to GV System first check if your POS system has these two characteristics Windows operation system Serial port COM port for output For the application of the graphic mode POS system you need Additional USB dongle POS Data Sender program Included in the Surveillance System Software CD If you are not sure about the printing mode of your POS system refer to The Printing Mode of POS System Cash Register at this link http www geovision com tw english fag POSflowchart The_ printing mode of POS system cash _register pdf Page 104 Chapter 3 Point Of Sale POS Application POS Data Sender To attach the graphic mode POS system with the Windows operation system and serial output to GV System follow these steps 1 Connect the POS system as illustrated below Windows based and built in serial port POS System Cross over RS232 GV System USB dongle Printer 2 Insert the Surveillance System Software CD to the POS system It will run automatically anda window appears Select the Install V 8 0 0 0 System 4 Select the Software POS Driver Only for Graphic mode POS System and follow on screen instructions to complete the installation 5 Goto Windows Start point to Programs select DVR POS and then click DVR POS Driver The following window appears Pel
194. isplay layout of Video Event List You can select to display Event Time only Event Time together with Total Frame Event Time together with Total Time or Event Time together with File Size Thumbnail E Frame Interval Specify the number of frames between each video thumbnail m Show Frame Time Displays time stamp on each thumbnail Image Apply De interlace Render Enable the De interlace function and then restart ViewLog to apply it Note This function requires DirectX 9 0C The De interlace only works in single view with the resolution of 640 x 480 and 720 x 480 Page 133 Chapter 4 Playing Back Video Files m Apply Scaling Render Select to smoothen mosaic squares when enlarging a playback video Restart ViewLog to apply it for the first time Note This function requires DirectX 9 and VGA card with the video scaling support And the scaling only works in single view Camera Setting Display the camera number and name on the screen Database Specify the duration of event files to be loaded at ViewLog startup System Configuration s Quad view Play Setting Display Database Cache tutti views Read Database when Viewlog starts i Local Only J Display all Date and Time f Display latest Date and Time Interval Figure 4 21 m Display all Date and Time Load all recorded event files m Display latest Date and Time Check this item and select time length of the event files to be
195. ivity is in your surveillance area Smaller file size makes backup process faster Camera Scan Select to rotate through screen divisions Click the drop down list and specify the amount of time that elapses before switching to the next screen division group Press the Arrow button to select the mode of screen divisions Video Record Click to watermark all recorded videos Watermark is a way to verify the authenticity of video streams and to ensure that they have not been tampered with or modified in any way Adjusting Individual Camera Select any camera tab to make change only to the selected camera Choose the Configure button System Configure Camera XX XX represents camera number to display this dialog box System Configure l x Camera 15 Camera 16 lO Device HotLine Network Camera 8 Camera 4 Camera 10 Camera 11 Camera 12 l Camera 13 Camera 14 General Setting Camera 1 Camera 2 Camera 3 Camera 4 Camera 5 Camera 6 Camera 7 Video Resolution 3206240 Brightness H E Contrazt aa t Saturation j era Camera Mame Camera 3 Rec Control Recording Quality 4 eo oo Frames Sec Smat Thigh TF Motion Detect Motion Sensitivity J Mask Filter a EH ae Monitor Control M Rec Video e Detect 4 Ele Apply Advanced Codec Setting M Invoke Alarm ip Notify z F Invoke to Send Alerts Low J E Output Modu
196. kage may not be the latest and might not support Directdraw Visit related websites and upgrade your VGA driver to the latest version gt Disable the Directdraw feature if you do not wish to upgrade your VGA card or driver See Configuring Global Recording Parameters in Chapter 1 5 Shifted horizontal lines appears in the 640x480 video image gt Enable De Interlace Render See Configuring Global Recording Parameters in Chapter 1 This feature requires the VGA card of DirectX9 Make sure to upgrade your VGA card driver and DirectX version 6 Unable to record audio even though all setups and configurations are done correctly gt Audio recording is not available in the 640x480 video resolution See Wave n Device Camera Audio Install in Chapter1 7 Can t invoke hotline alerts gt GV System only supports external modem using Zyxel or Lucent chipset gt Make sure Modem Device and Com Port are set up properly See Modem Configure Configuring Hotline Network Notification in Chapter Page 311 Troubleshooting 8 A mark appears in the ViewLog s event list window gt These files may already been deleted in the previous Recycle run Exit Main System and run RepairLog500 exe under the system folder to remove these files from the database 9 Unable to play back audio in ViewLog gt The video you select may not have any audio records gt The speaker icon at the lower right corner is not enabled See
197. l list all I O modules connected to the system Select one to bring out the control panel in out Module 1 Input 1 Input 2 Input 3 Input 4 Input 5 Input amp Input Input amp Module Number Input Device te Yio the to Bie te be he Figure 2 6 Input Control Panel The input panel displays status of current input sensors The walking man icon indicates the sensor is being triggered I O Output Control Panel Click the Out button to switch to the following output panel Pressing an alarm icon will send an output signal to the corresponding relay n Lolt n or il Module 2 Module Number Output1 Outputs Output2 Output 10 Outputs Output11 Output4 Output12 Output 5 E Output 13 utput Device tpt Ouwtptit Output Output 15 Outputs Output 16 Figure 2 7 Output Control Panel Page 88 Chapter 2 I O Applications Moving PTZ Camera to a Preset Location upon Alarm Event lt is possible to direct a PTZ camera to a present location upon an alarm event The setup determines how the PTZ camera moves to respond to an O triggered event Click the Configure button and select I O Application Setting from the menu to bring up the following dialog box I O Application s X Module 1 oll the Clear All Input 4 MV Deactivate notification when selected pin is OM J Preset Go by O Moa 1 Inpoutt Pin 1 vers s
198. lay the following dialog box Alarm Notify x W Motion Motit M WO Alarm Motity W Alert Sound Auto Snapshot File Path CwinntlaviF iles Browser oneen Figure 6 21 Alarm Notification Motion Notify The Viewer will pop up as soon as motion is detected I O Alarm Notify The Viewer will pop up as soon as I O devices are triggered Alert Sound Enable the computer noise alarm on motion and alarm activation Auto Snapshot The program will take a snapshot every 5 seconds on motion and alarm activation mE File Path Assign a path to save the snapshots 2 Click OK to apply the above settings Minimize your IE browser to test the pop up function Page 180 Chapter 6 Viewing Live Video Using WebCam Exporting Video Click the File Save button No 6 Figure 6 18 to save video in a client PC Files saved in AVI format are playable at third party viewers PTZ Control Click the Camera Select button to select one PTZ camera and then click the PTZ Control button No 3 Figure 6 18 to bring up the PTZ control panel xi 2 Auto Scan Auto Focus FTZ Speed Figure 6 22 PTZ control panel One PTZ camera only allows one user to control at atime If several users are trying to control the same PTZ camera at the same time the Single View viewer will give the priority to the first login user and then to the next user in queue Each user will be given 60 seconds to control the PTZ
199. lays live video 12 12 2005 6 15 47 PM 12 12 2005 6 15 47 PM 12 12 2005 6 16 03 PM 12 12 2005 6 16 04 PM 12 12 2005 6 16 14 PM 12 12 2005 6 16 28 PM 12 12 2005 6 16 28 PM T The following monitoring 9 10 a Indicates the date time remaining disk space and the total number of online channels versus available channels Type the desired ID in the Current Subscriber field and click this button to search Displays subscribers ID names and online status Blue Icon Indicates the subscriber is online White Icon Indicates the subscriber is off line Alarm Icon Indicates either motion has been detected or the I O has been triggered at the subscriber s site CO N OO O 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Event List SMS I O Device Screen Division Host Info Preference Settings Exit Accounts Refresh Channel Next Page Previous Page Flag Clip ID Event Type Message Message Time Start Time Chapter 9 Central Monitoring By Center V2 Accesses Event Log and Event List Configures the SMS service Configures and forces output devices at Center V2 In the 1024 x 768 resolution you can select 6 15 or 24 screen divisions for a single monitor 9 25 or 36 screen divisions for dual monitors In the 1280 x 1024 resolution you can select 6 12 or 24 screen divisions for a single monitor 9 20 or 42 screen divisions for dual monitors For resolution see La
200. le m Un recoverable You cannot retrieve the block out area s in the recorded clips Recoverable The block out area s is retrievable with password protection Drag the area s where you want to block out on the image You will be prompted to click Add to save the setting The Un recoverable region is marked in red while the recoverable region is shown in green Click OK on the right bottom to save the settings Granting Access Privileges to Recoverable Areas The user must be granted access privileges to see the block out areas when launching ViewLog for playback Click the Configure button point to Password Setup and select Local Account Edit The Password Setup dialog box appears Select one account click the Privacy Mask tab and check Restore Recoverable Video to grant the privilege Page 63 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System Guest Password Setup a un plei User PowerUser Supervisor Password 2 Hint Level Supervisor M Exportthis ID for remote control GY Keyboard M Login this ID automatically Single user mode V Restore Recoverable Video w ai Taga adaza i 5 a E gt XI K I 4 oM 1 11 15 12h 16 Contl Cente Multicam Multicast viene Remote vi Webcam New TEMGVE Search Remote Playback Fast Backup amp Restore M Allow removing password system Cancel Figure 1 75 Note If you open the event files avi directly from loc
201. le Mod 1 Pin 1 Register Motion Event OF Cancel Figure 1 8 Camera Settings Page 10 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System Several settings could be configured here Camera Name The name entered here will appear in the upper left hand corner of the camera screen Rec Control The Rec Control section allows you to set each camera s recording quality The camera s recording quality is based on its resolution and compression rate Higher quality picture will require more storage space Apply to all cameras Adjust recording quality Rec Control A Recording Quality A Frames Sec Smart cat Smart recording option Select high low frame rate Resolution button Frame rate button Figure 1 9 m Recording Quality Allows you to adjust the video quality in 5 levels Higher value means lower compression rate Resolution Button This button is only available after you change the default video resolution see Choosing Video Source on page 30 Click to select recording resolutions E Frame Sec Allows you to adjust camera s recording frame rate There are three options available Smart High and Low Smart The system will distribute as many frame rates as possible to the camera where motion occurs High The system will distribute high percentage of frames not a definite frame number to the selected camera while the other cameras will share rest of t
202. lication The Remote E Map Window a eMap ooo Paris El Taiepi Local 1 Local2 a Output 1 IE Camera 2 Camera 4 f i camera di x k ao 2 ry teats 3 ei Figure 7 6 The Remote E Map Window The controls in the Remote E Map window No Name 1 Login 2 Host Information Previous Home Next Tree List 3 4 5 6 Configure 7 8 Flashing Icon 9 Output Icon 10 Camera Dome Icon Page 217 Description Click to login up to 500 host servers Click to view the information of incoming events upon motion detected and I O devices triggered Click to go to the previous E Map file Click to back to the top of the tree view Click to go to the next E Map file Click to configure the Remote E Map window The list displays all created E Map files and folders The flashing icon represents a triggered camera or I O device Click to manually force the output device Click to view the live video associated with that camera dome Chapter 7 E Map Application Logging in Different Hosts When the client PC connects to WebCam server all the E Maps saved in the local server will be downloaded to the client PC with the E Map files of 500 hosts at most The E Maps created for remote hosts can only function on WebCam after you log in these hosts You can l
203. m is installed and a TwinDVR which should be run on a separate computer connected to the same LAN as the TwinServer The TwinServer sends video stream to TwinDVR while TwinDVR acts as a WebCam Server and serves all WebCam clients over the Internet One TwinDVR can serve approximately 200 channels over the Internet Multiple TwinDVRs can be added to the network as online traffic increases There are two ways to connect TwinServer and TwinDVR TCP IP mode and Multicast mode Both have its advantages and disadvantages choose the one that suits your application mostly TCP IP Mode TCP IP is a simpler and cost effective solution In the TCP IP mode the TwinServer and TwinDVRs are connected in a point to point connection It means that video streams are sent from TwinServer to TwinDVR A then TwinDVR A duplicates the video streams and sends them to TwinDVR B If the connection between TwinServer and TwinDVR A is broken TwinDVR B will not be able to receive video streams as well ers ce eee GY System Twin DYR A Router WebCam Client Figure 11 4 Page 280 Chapter 11 Useful Utilities MultiCast Mode Multicast Network is more complicated and expensive to setup In the Multicast mode the TwinServer transmits video streams in packets to a virtual buffer of the Multicast network The virtual buffer then broadcasts the video streams to all TwinDVRs under the network Each TwinDVR should be installed with two network cards
204. me period for backup The minimum time for backup is 1 minute Select Backup Camera s Select desired cameras for backup m The drop down list Select the types of video events for backup Back up video and audio events together video events only or audio event only Database Files Check this item to back up the files from System Log Only Never Recycle Event Check this item only to back up the never recycle events 3 After the above settings click OK to bring up the following window It shows the information about the backup files Backup Information l q x he selected backup range is used Select Date 0671772004 16 04 061772004 23 59 eae i he backup log data size is 120 53MB s he backup media size is B40 O0MEB E Are you sure to backup onea Figure 5 3 Backup Information Page 154 Chapter 5 Backing Up and Deleting Files 4 Click OK if all the information stated is correct When the following message appears click OK DMBackUp my i a N _l Please paste the backup log files to CDR WWriter program Figure 5 4 This pastes all copied files to the CD writer 6 Open your CD writer program Right click anywhere on the program interface to call up a menu and then select Paste 2k Mero Express Disc Content Add data to your disc Mame ab Select All Add Files Ctrl D Create Folder ME 200ME SUOMB a 400M6 BOO
205. message will appear on the Event List Subscriber session is not established Wait Time expired When a subscriber logs out suddenly during a service time this message will appear Unexpected logout before subscriber session is completed e To activate the computer and output alarm to notify the operator while a SMS and E mail message being sent out to a subscriber use the Notification feature For details see Notification Settings later in this chapter To set up a schedule 1 On the Center V2 window click the Accounts button No 12 Figure 9 1 to display the Address Book window 2 Highlight one subscriber and click the Subscriber Schedule No 7 Figure 9 2 to display the Schedule window amp Schedule Plan Schedule OK Figure 9 6 3 On the Schedule window menu select Setup Wizard and follow the Wizard instructions 4 When the following window appears during the instructions drag the mouse over the Login timeline to define the Start and End time Page 239 Chapter 9 Central Monitoring By Center V2 Setup Wizard 356 7J Application Login Login 0O 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Lon a O O Previous i Cancel Figure 9 7 The controls on the Setup Wizard No Name Description 1 Include Displays task time 2 Exclude Displays non task time 3 Add Draws task time 4 Erase Erase task time 5 Login Timeline 5 Click Next when you finish th
206. mii W Cam05 I Camis I Cami3 W Cami W Camihe W Camilo W Cami4 Brightness j i W Camia W Cami W Camii I Cami5 Contrast j ji M Cami4 W Camis W Cami I Cami G Saturation KF Joon Select All Clear cll Hue jl j Scan Setting Interval ho Sec Apply to All Default Sean by Manua F Figure 1 85 Video Attribute Select a desired camera from the drop down list to adjust image attributes such as Brightness Contrast Hue and Saturation Video Enable Check the desired cameras for display on the spot monitor Scan Setting Enter the interval between the scanned pages Select Auto if you want to automatically scan the cameras or Manual to scan at your own speed Page 71 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System Spot Monitor Panel Click the Configure button point to DSP Spot Monitor and then select Spot Monitor Panel This panel appears GQ 9 10 11 12 i 13 14 15 16 S Figure 1 86 The controls on the DSP Spot Monitor Panel No Name 1 Scan 2 Previous Page 3 Next Page 4 Exit 5 Switch 6 Channel Menu 7 Screen Division 8 Zoom Esc Description Automatically or manually rotates channels and stops rotation Goes to the pervious page of the scanned pages Goes to the next page of the scanned pages Closes the DSP Spot Monitor Panel Opens or closes the channel menu Displays the desired channel for single view Sets screen divisions to 1 4 6 8 9 10 12
207. nce The Multi View Window BODOO PABA DAgS offvl ufo Zo o O 80 Bo Space Bar Key Function Ctrl Z Minimize the MultiView window Ctrl I Open the Host Information window Ctrl E Open the Edit Host window Ctrl C Open the Configure window Ctrl H Open the Camera Status window Ctrl X Close the MultiView Ctrl Q Switch screen divisions Ctrl F Switch to full screen view Ctrl S Take a snapshot Ctrl M Turn the microphone on and off Ctrl L Turn the speaker on and off F7 Start all recording Zoom in the selected monitoring window Page 209 Zoom out the selected monitoring window PTZ Control in Multi View See RELPET Sjz x cjvjejnjm lt gt sre i S Bar fat on emj At Key Home End Insert Delete gt lt f Space Bar Function Zoom in Zoom out Focus in Focus out Right Left Up Down Chapter 6 Viewing Live Video Using WebCam Pin soa Pase E ER Back rpfa wie Rit yjulijolr Page 210 E Map Application E Map displays the monitoring area on an electronic map by which the operator can easily locate the cameras sensors and alarms triggered by motion or I O devices Topics discussed in this chapter include creating an E Map file with E Map Editor working with E Map in the Main System and working with E Map on the WebCam server The E Map Editor The E Map Editor program allows you to import a floor plan in BMP GIF and JPG formats and use the ic
208. ndex Monitor Setup to display the Camera Applied Object Index Monitor window 2 Check the desired cameras for the application The checked cameras will also be applied for the settings of Object Index 3 Click the Configure button to display the Video Object Setup window see Object Index Figure 1 51 4 Click the Object Monitor tab in the upper part to display the following window Page 48 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System ideo Object Setup Object Index Object Monitor Camera Camera 5 Mask Filter Bebe Setup Unattended Object i Accept Define Object 2 RD Save Reference Image a Show Reference Image Never Recycle 7 iv Embed alarm region into recorded video W Live disable alarm region S Luminance change o n detection 3 Sensitivity 3 Delay Times Trigger output fs H sl voke Alarm ance Figure 1 55 Object Monitor In the Camera field select a desired camera for setup Select Unattended Object from the drop down list Click the Accept check box to make other options available Use the Mask Filter function to ignore any motion detection within a certain area if necessary Click the Define Object button Use the mouse to outline the max and min detection regions separately on the screen Every time when finishing an outlining you will be prompted to select Maximum Size or Minimum Size See the illustration below Minimum Size Cancel
209. nge Position click Yes to save your arrangement Whenever you want to place the POS Live View windows as your previous arrangement click the Live View Menu button point to Arrange Views and select Custom View Page 115 Playing Back Video Files Recorded files can be played back using five different software applications offered by the system ViewLog Quick Search Remote Playback System Remote Playback System WebCam version and Q View Following is a comparison table for these applications This is not a complete comparison table because many of these features are dealt with in details throughout the manual However this table may help you to decide which application to use under a given situation Application Description ViewLog Plays back video files on the servers and computers within the LAN as well as supporting the Backup function Quick Search A more convenient tool that allows you to search video files recorded on motion alarm or POS events Remote Playback System Plays back files through network connection Offers most complete playback features among the five This application is a management system itself It can download and play back history video files from several servers over Internet See Playing Back over Internet Using Remote Playback later in this chapter Remote Playback System No additional software installation is necessary Just play back by WebCam version your web browser See Remote Playback
210. ns Video files may be played back with or without audio below A to B Playback Mode When playing video events you can set a starting and an ending frame for auto playing 1 To set the starting frame A click the A to B Mode button No 15 Figure 4 2 Playback Scroll Play Home Figure 4 3 Next L E3 Ba d 3 Bies Qi Chapter 4 Playing Back Video Files To play back with audio check Voice as shown Please note not all GV cards support the audio function Speed Figure 4 4 to B Mode Set A appears on the screen 2 To setthe ending frame B click the A to B Mode button appears on the screen Voice The message A The message A to B Mode Set B ViewLog will start playing the set frames A to B repeatedly To stop the playing click the A to B Mode button the message A to B Mode Cancelled will appear Page 120 Chapter 4 Playing Back Video Files Searching a Video Event ViewLog offers two search methods the Basic and the Advanced allowing you to locate a video event within a certain date time or camera Basic Search 1 Click the Advance button No 7 Figure 4 1 and select Basic Search to display the following dialog box Alternatively press CTRL F8 on the keyboard to call it up Evert Time Bis 2004 19 3354 Close Figure 4 5 2 Specify a desired date and time 3 Click the Search button for the search If the spec
211. nt Interval of Motion Event eo SEC Interval of Input Event e0 SIS Default Video Player Monitor Table viewLog POS Table Quick Search Import Previous Days of Fi Live Log Browser Available 1 03 GB rj keep Days fao g OK Iv Recycle E Cancel Me Ut Figure 1 24 General Event Record system startup exit network server start stop and recording start stop Login Logout Event Record local user login logout GV System and WebCam Server Monitor Event Record motion triggered and O triggered events For this feature you must also enable Register Motion Event in Figure 1 12 and Register Inout Event in Figure 2 1 in Chapter 2 POS Event Record POS transaction data Counter Event Record counting results Interval of Motion Event Specify the log interval between motion iriggered events This setting could prevent the System Log growing too big when trying to log all events under a motion intensive surveillance area E Interval of Input Event Specify the log interval between O triggered events Default Video Player E Monitor Table Specify the playback software for playing back monitor events Each playback application is discussed in details in Chapter 4 m POS Table Specify the playback software for playing back POS events Page 22 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System Import Previous Days of Live Log Browser Specify how many days of data to be loaded to the System Log S
212. nt Log Setting to display the following dialog box Page 254 Chapter 9 Central Monitoring by Center V2 Event Log Settings i Event List Auto Import Days E Event Log Keep Days 30 H z Log Fath CACentervAEventLon P E g Available 455 9 ME cn Figure 9 21 Event Log Settings Event List Auto Import Specify the number of days to be loaded when Event Log Browser is launched Event Log m Keep Days Enter the number of days to keep log files m Recycle Delete the files of the oldest day when storage space is lower than 500MB Log Path Click the button to assign a storage path Page Setup You can create the Footer and Header on the printout of Event Log 1 On the Event Log Browser click the Page Setup button No 7 Figure 9 18 to display this dialog box 2 Check the items and type the information you want to print out 3 Click OK to apply the settings Creator H Event lists From 12 6 2000 to 12 6 2000 EventLog Browser User defined text Connection Camefa 2 Video Lost Connection Camefa 3 Video Lost Connection Camefa 4 Video Lost Page Setup Header j Creator GeoVison WV User defined data Camera Lost Footer Wv Printtime canei m lt Print time and date Printout Figure 9 22 Page 255 Chapter 9 Central Monitoring By Center V2 Monitoring and Managing Subscribers This section describes how to monitor and manage subscribers
213. nt system 1 Open the backup file exe you previously stored A valid ID and password are required to display this window oe Fast Backup amp Restore MultiCam System Fast Backup amp Restore Digital Surveillance System s Settings Please choose one ofthe selections below Eran acam SETTE S Restore MultiCam System to Current MultiCam System Figure 11 37 2 Click the Restore Multicam System icon and then check which backup settings you want to restore 3 Press the Next Step button to start restoring When the restoration is complete this message will appear Successfully Restore MultiCam System Settings Page 306 Chapter 11 Useful Utilities Hot Swap Recording The program Media Man Tool provides a hot swap feature allowing a non stop recording You can add and remove a hot swap or portable hard drive to the GV System while the monitoring keeps on When the new drive is added it will be configured to the recording path automatically Additionally you can back up ViewLog player and files to play back at any computer Note The hot swap feature supports the disk capacity of 800 MB at least The Media Man Tool Window This program comes with the installation of Main System Run MediaMentTools exe The following window will appear D C 3 MediaMan Tools Exit Tools Wiew Help 4 E C Sp E a Media Type Local E Free Space is I4 File System FAT32 E DVR Used 4 Free
214. ntrol it to zoom in a desired area Click the Zoom in Object item and specify Idle Time sec Idle Time sec indicates the zooming duration in Page 56 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System seconds lf a target appears after the specified idle time the PTZ will start tracking If not the PTZ will remain on the zoomed place Selection Object Tracking Idle Tirmetsec f Zoom In Object 10 Figure 1 67 10 Click the Test button to check your settings There are two major settings you have to observe in the testing 1 Tracking Observe if the target showing in the defined detection region is being tracked with a highlighted mask and magnified automatically in the left screen If not increase the sensitivity degree 2 Zooming Use the mouse to outline an object in the right screen and observe if it is magnified in the left screen clearly If not use the Live Tuning buttons to adjust directions and the desired level of zooming 11 Click OK in the lower of the window to save your settings of the tracking time the idle time for zooming in objects and the testing results Starting Object Tracking After the above settings you can start the object tracking application Click the Configure button point to Object Tracking Application and then click Object Tracking Start to start the function Zooming in Objects While the PTZ is being applied for tracking you can still control it to zoom in any desired area by launching the Z
215. nts come up Notifies Center V2 when any of these alert events occur Intruder Missing Object Unattended Object and Scene Change Event Type If the subscriber wants Center V2 always to get notified of these alert events select Emergency Ifthe subscriber wants Center V2 to get notified of these alert events only when an assigned input is triggered select Normal Note To set an input trigger for the notification of Normal events see Security Service I O Device later in this chapter Page 247 Chapter 9 Central Monitoring By Center V2 Other Define other communication conditions between GV System and Center V2 Advance Settings General Camera Uther 140 Device Accept Audion from Center Other Allow Centerv2 to Get System Information M Send Alert Message of POS s Loss Prevention to Center Time synchronization with Centery2 Figure 9 15 Advanced Settings Other Audio Appling any of these options here may generate privacy issues Think before you make any selection Allow Audio Out to CenterV2 Allows Center V2 to listen to the audio from GV System Accept Audio in from CenterV2 Allows CenterV2 to use the talkback feature when emergency occurs Other Allow Center V2 to Get System Information Allows Center V2 to get system information on your GV System E Send Alert Message of POS s Loss Prevention to Center V2 Notifies Center V2 about the events of POS Loss Prevention
216. o B Mode auto playing of next events the contrast and brightness function the light enhancement and equalization function the sharpness and smoothness function the grayscale function and reconnection to Remote ViewLog Indicates the playback speed x1 represents normal playback speed Indicates the time of the playback video Indicates the date of the playback video Closes or minimizes the ViewLog window 1 8 2 9 3 10 4 11 5 12 6 13 7 14 15 Figure 4 2 Function Panel Page 118 Chapter 4 Playing Back Video Files The controls in the Function Panel No Name Description 1 Sample Gives the examples of Before and After effects of contrast brightness light enhancement equalization sharpness smoothness and Grayscale 2 Contrast Brightness Modifies color contrast and brightness of the video image 3 Light Enhancement Modifies light enhancement and equalization of the video image Equalization To remove the applied effect click the Undo button 4 Sharpen Smooth Modifies smoothness and sharpness of the video image To remove the applied effect click the Undo button 5 Grayscale Switches between the color and black white image 6 Copy Copies the video image 7 Undo Undoes the applied effects on the video image 8 Save AVI File Saves a video file as avi or exe format see Exporting Video later in this chapter 9 Save As Image Exports image files in bmp jpg gif png or tif format 10 Print Prints out
217. o Using WebCam RPB xi General Server Video RPE Audio JPG 3c Max speed 100 KBytes sec Cancel Detaut Figure 6 4 Server Setup RPB This feature is used to prevent overloading on slower networks m Max Channel s Specify the number of channels allowed to download to a client PC Bandwidth Control Enable and specify the rate of data to be transferred over network The option effectively controls the bandwidth being used by the WebCam server Audio Connecting Audio Devices Via WebCam you can access live audio at a remote site and talk to the server site This feature is useful when the remote site requires speaking to the personnel at the server site in case of emergency Before using this feature make sure all the necessary hardware are in place 1 If you purchase a BNC connector GV System connect the audio extend card to the system see Chapter 2 in the nstallation Guide f you purchase a D type connector GV System audio extension cable lines should come available with the D Type extension cables For GV 1000 the audio card must be purchased separately 2 Make sure your sound card is already inside the computer Connect a multimedia speaker to the audio output of your computer s sound card 3 Connect a desktop microphone to the input of the audio extension card or cable line Page 168 Chapter 6 Viewing Live Video Using WebCam Audio Setup xl General Serve
218. o external storage media such as CD R DVD MO or ZIP drives Video files saved on the hard disk can be easily deleted as well This chapter explains how to back up and delete video audio files using Backup System and ViewLog Backing Up Files Using Backup System Video and audio files may be backed up to a CD R through a third party application such as Nero or EasyCD as long as it contains the feature of paste Nero is used as an example below 1 Go to Windows Start and then select Backup System from the system folder The DMBackUp window appears f DMBackUp x File Log wiew Start Date Hour End Date Hour Backup Date Time Figure 5 1 The DMBackUp Window 2 Click the Backup button on the toolbar to bring up the following Backup Log dialog box Alternatively you may click Log and select Backup from the menu bar Page 153 Chapter 5 Backing Up and Deleting Files x Media lt y CODD Writer Size E40 MIB C Harddisk MOV ZIPUAZ DVD RWCD RW driver Backup Time Period start Time rr S004 00 00 00 End Time ff gi2004 23 59 59 select Backup Camerals MiSs Me Mirr aar 26 2 M2M6 MIO 47 iP 2 r a Gade gids oe aar ar Mave vw iv bP 0p aa 2 ae Select All Clean All Database Video Audio Event a Files cel Figure 5 2 Backup Log Media Select the media where you want to back up the files Backup Time Period Specify a ti
219. o the menu For the example below Paint is a new program added to the menu gt Multican Surveillance System a Video Log H Backup System il Repair DataBase Utility Be Remote Playback Server ce eMap Editor Mi Paint apeg Figure 11 19 Page 292 Chapter 11 Useful Utilities Settings Click the Settings button to display the following window A valid ID and password are required SS LtsCS Er ID 7 Password Export Tok DA Multicam Surveillance System Ar Ha video Log Figure 11 20 Password Click to change the password For the option of Allow Removing Password System see Setting up Password in Chapter 1 Export Token This option is discussed in Token File for Save Mode later in this chapter System Menu The menu lets you rename system programs Select a desired program and click the Edit button to change its name Customized Menu The menu lets you add other programs to the Programs menu Click the Add button to display the following window In the Target field type a path or click the button next to the field to assign a path Then enter the program name comment or even change an icon for the program Finally click OK to add the program Page 293 Chapter 11 Useful Utilities Shorteut t RE Name Paint Target Ewi HNT systema2 MSPAINT ESE T Comment Microsfot Faint My Change Icon cot _ Figure 11 21
220. oblems int lists From 1 11 2005 to 1 26 2005 SMSLog Browser cools View Help Message Time System System Change server setting Server Setting 1 26 2005 1 46 25 PM System Account Add Client 1 1 26 2005 1 46 45 PM System Account Modify Client 1 1 26 2005 1 46 59 PM System System Change server setting Server Setting 1 26 2005 1 47 05 PM Login Logout 1 IP 127 0 0 1 login 1 26 2005 1 47 19 PM Login Logout 1 IP 127 0 0 1 logout 1 26 2005 1 47 19 PM Login Logout 1 IP 127 0 0 1 login 1 26 2005 1 47 21 PM System System Change server setting Server Setting 1 26 2005 1 48 28 PM 1 Connection The connection of client 1 1P 127 0 0 1 is abnormal 1 26 2005 2 09 50 PM 1 Login Logout 1 IP 127 0 0 1 logout 1 26 2005 2 09 50 PM 1 Login Logout 1 IP 127 0 0 1 login 1 26 2005 2 10 05 PM 1 Login Logout 1 IP 127 0 0 1 logout 1 26 2005 2 10 21 PM Figure 10 9 Password Security To prevent unauthorized users from changing your settings set up an administrator password To apply the password security follow these steps 1 Click the Exit button No 6 Figure 10 1 and then select Change Password to set a password 2 Click the Exit button and select Logout Administrator to lock the SMS Server window 3 When you want to log in click the Exit button and select Login as Administrator A valid password Is required Connecting GV System to SMS Server To connect the GV System to the SMS Server follow these steps 1
221. ogin 500 hosts at a time Click the Login button No 1 Figure 7 6 to display the following Login window J Hosts CJ Host4 Q Hosts O Host Logout CJ Hostia Figure 7 7 Logging in different hosts Configuring the Remote E Map Window Click the Configure button No 6 Figure 7 6 to display the following dialog box Configure Download Erap files Use local EMap files Browse Hide Tree List iM Enable DirectDraw Motion 1d Input M Alert Sound Alert Sound CAProgram Filesw oO CAProgram Filesw oO Browse Browse W Camera Blink W VO Blink EMap Auto Popup EMagp Auto Popup jw Show Event jw Show Ewent Figure 7 8 The Configure window Page 218 Chapter 7 E Map Application Download EMap files Click to download E Map files from the local server to the client PC This option can reduce network load when you want to view E Maps of multiple hosts m Use local EMap files Once downloading E Map files to the client PC you can use these E Map files for connection Hide Tree List Check to hide the tree list Enable DirectDraw The DirectDraw is enabled by default Some VGA cards might not support DirectDraw and can produce distorted frames In this case disable the feature Motion I O Input E Alert Sound Check this option and assign a wav file to alert the operator when motion is detected or I O devices are triggered Camera Blink I O Blink When cameras or I O
222. ol Full Screen File Save Change Quality Snapshot Speaker Microphone Stop Play Countdown Timer Description Brings up these options Alarm Notify Data Rate Configure Remote Config Change Server Show Camera Name and Enable DirectDraw Selects the desired camera for display Displays the PTZ control panel Displays the I O control panel Switches to full screen view Saves live video in the local computer Adjusts video quality in 4 levels Takes a snapshot of the displayed live video Enables live audio from the remote GV System Enables speaking to the remote GV System Terminates the connection to the remote GV System Connects to the remote GV System Indicates the remaining time when you log in as Guest When the time is up you will be logged out automatically Page 178 Chapter 6 Viewing Live Video Using WebCam Administrating Host Server This option allows you to add edit and remove a GV Server from the Host drop down list The drop down list is used to switch the connection to a different GV Server listed inside Click the Change Server button No 1 Figure 6 18 to display the following dialog box Change Server The Host drop down list iNew Server Default Mew Host Name Mew Server IF Address 127004 User Mame Password Command Port a550 Data Fort 5550 Audio Port 6550 Figure 6 19 Change Server Adding Host Server To add a host server to the drop down list click t
223. om server Notifies the Authentication Server with a pop up window when the DVR and server loss connection 2 Click OK to apply above settings 3 Click the Start Stop Service button No 5 Figure 11 25 to start the connection Page 299 Chapter 11 Useful Utilities Connecting GV System to the Server To configure the GV System in order to access the Authentication Server remotely through a network connection follow these steps 1 Click the Configure button point to Password Setup and then select Remote Authentication Setup This dialog box appears Setup Remote Authentication Server i x When Remote Authentication Server off line rd Allow local supervisor to Stop Use Remote Authentication System Allow user to use local account login remote application eq Webcam Remote View Setup Server cancel Figure 11 30 Setup Remote Authenticator Server m Use Remote Authenticator Enable the connection with the Authentication Server Allow Local supervisor to stop use remote authentic system Allows the local supervisor to stop the Authentication application when the connection fails If the option is disabled and the connection fails the dialog box won t be accessible until connection resumes Allow user to use local account login remote application Allows the local users to access other remote applications with their previous password and ID settings when the connection fails 2 Click the Setup Server bu
224. omputer It will run automatically and a window appears Select the Install V8 0 0 0 System item Click CenterV2 and follow the on screen instructions Page 232 Chapter 9 Central Monitoring by Center V2 The Center V2 Window After the installation start the application from the Windows Start menu window will appear TPE Camara 1 PB TPE Camere aX TPE Camere DEMRE 1 Camer BEE Camer PX TPE Camer AS j PETTA Message es Message Titre No images will appear until you add and connect to subscribers ig tm ea Jac 16 17 No Name 1 Monitoring Window Motion Attachment Motion Attachment Motion Attachment Motion Attachment Attachment Motion 2 Status Panel 3 Find A Subscriber 4 Subscriber List Page 233 Camera 1 detected motion Record file of Camera 1 Live Camera 1 detected motion Record file of Camera 1 Live Camera 1 detected motion Record file of Camera 1 Live Camera 1 detected motion Record file of Camera 1 Live Camera 1 detected motion Camera i detected mAn Record file of Camera 1 Live Camera 1 detected motion 12 12 2005 6 14 56 12 12 2005 6 15 12 12 2005 6 ioe 12 12 2005 6 15 47 12 12 2005 6 15 47 PM 12 12 2005 6 15 52 PM 12 12 2005 6 16 03 PM 12 12 2005 6 16 13 PM 12 12 2005 6 16 14 PM 12 12 2005 6 16 28 PM 12 12 2005 6 17 01 PM Figure 9 1 The Center V2 Window The controls on the Center V2 window Description Disp
225. on No 9 Figure 9 1 on the Center V2 window to display the Host Information window Choose a subscriber from the list and click the View Information button to view its related information Host Information View Information Server Info Server Update time 2001 01 04 15 39 56 Recycle Log 2000 1 2 26 15 22 gu alee Camera On 01 Ja Spain Camera Off None Camera Signal Lost 02 03 04 10 Device Normal ModuleQ1 Input Alarm None Last 100 10 Events Event001 2001 01 04 14 37 23 ModuleO1 Pin01 Event002 2001 01 04 14 37 24 Module01 None Figure 9 26 Subscription Control The Center V2 operator can disable its services to an individual subscriber when subscription expires On the Address Book Figure 9 2 right click one subscriber and select Disable To restore the subscription right click again to select Enable Output Alerts When alert conditions occur you can activate the output devices installed either at the Center V2 site or at the subscriber site Forcing Outputs of Center V2 To configure output devices at the Center V2 site click the I O Device button No 7 Figure 9 1 on the Center V2 window and then select I O Device from the menu Currently the application only supports GV IO modules For setup details see Setting Up I O Devices Chapter 2 on the Surveillance System Software CD To automatically force outputs when alert conditions occur see Notification Settings later in this chapte
226. on Sensitivity There are 10 levels of sensitivity for motion detection The higher the value the more sensitive the system is to the motion m Mask Filter Mask instructs the system to ignore movement within the masked area Mask could be applied to repetitive motion that should be ignored within the surveillance area such as street trees Buttons used to modify the masked area are as below Apply to all camera Adjust Sensitivity Motion Detect Motion Sensitivity 4 Mask Filter Clear mask Cut mask Add mask Set mask color Figure 1 11 Page 12 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System Monitor Control Apply to all camera Recording Codec Monitor Control Day Night Recording Mode Advanced Codec Setup Alarm Type Delay Time Setup Delay Time Setup Figure 1 12 Monitor Control Setup m Rec Video Enable the recording function Use the drop down list to select the desired recording mode Motion Detect Round the Clock or Day Night Recording Codec Select the method of recording compression for your video Wavelet Mpeg4 Geo Mpeg4 Geo Mpeg4 ASP or Geo H264 If your video resolution is set to 720 x 480 720 x 576 or above the only choices here are Geo Mpeg4 Geo Mpeg4 ASP and Geo H264 For details on video resolution see Choosing Video Source on page 30 For details on Geo Mpeg4 ASP see Geo Moeg4 ASP Advanced Settings on page 15 Arrow button Click to bring up the Day Night Recording Mode setup dialog
227. on WebCam in Chapter 6 Q View Plays back files saved at the remote site It comes with the installation of any GV remote applications Remote View IP Multicast and Center V2 for instant playback This feature is discussed in Chapter 8 This chapter discusses ViewLog Quick Search and Remote Playback System in details Playing Back on ViewLog The ViewLog would play back recorded video files without affecting recording There are two ways to launch ViewLog Page 116 Chapter 4 Playing Back Video Files Start Video Log from the GV folder Windows Start menu Programs Inthe Main System click the ViewLog button and then select Video Audio Log Or press F10 on the keyboard Advance Normal a a s F ERANA je ae en i A i 10 53 39 gt b 7 10 58 40 11 03 40 11 08 40 11 13 40 bam in Er E 11 38 42 11 43 42 11 48 42 11 53 42 11 58 42 12 03 43 12 08 43 Lil Sy J i G K Figure 4 1 The ViewLog Window By default when you open ViewLog it will play the last event of camera number 1 Without further settings you could already play back the event by clicking the Play button No 12 Figure 4 1 on Playback Panel Click the View Mode button No 5 Figure 4 1 to switch the current view mode to a multi channel view Use controls on Playback Panel to view the event in the way you want Move the sl
228. on of Scene Change to record to System Log Invoke Alarm Activates the computer alarm when Scene Change is detected Click the button beside to assign a wav sound file Output Module Activates the output device when Scene Change is detected Click the button beside to assign the output module and pin number Page 65 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System E Live disable alarm Choose whether to invoke the warning message when Scene Change is detected Click the button beside to display Figure 1 77 C Auto Manual Delay Time s 5 Cancel Figure 1 77 After confirmation the scene change detection will use the new current Figure 1 78 If you select Auto there is no warning message if you select Manual the warning message Figure 1 78 will appear when Scene Change is detected Under Delay Time s you can define the duration of Scene Change to invoke the message The range of delay time is from 1 to 99999 seconds m Never Recycle When the item is checked the Scene Change events will not be recycled by the system E Demo See three examples of Focus Change and View Change Click the Play button to see the demonstration Note When the event of Focus Change or View Change has been detected it will be recorded as Scene Change in System Log for later retrieval Live Log Browser Recycle Log 7 25 2000 18 53 Monitor System Login Counter POS 1 Pos 3 ID Time Jz o
229. onitor Identify Troubleshoot Advanced cores to _ Figure 11 14 3 Go the system folder and locate DMPOS exe i D G 650 File Edit View Favorites Tools Help Q Bak i Bi pO Search gt Folders ElbexDIl all eMap emp eMap exe dawn gif eMap StringTable DrawFrm dll eMap view ocx Figure 11 15 Page 289 Chapter 11 Useful Utilities 4 Double click the program to display the Set Application Function Position window Set Application Function Position X Screen Setup MultiCam ViewLog RPE EZviewLog LPR DMMultiview Displayer Setup Select Monitor Displayer Mode Twin View Screen Resolution fi2s0 s 1024 0 0 Screen origin c ja m f User define Monitor 7 Figure 11 16 In the Screen Setup tab select TwinView from the Displayer Mode drop down list In the MultiCam tab select Monitor 1 from the Select Monitor drop down list In the ViewLog tab select Monitor 2 from the Select Monitor drop down list Click the OK button and start GV System which should appear in monitor 1 aoe oS ee p Click the ViewLog button on the main screen and select Video Audio log from the menu ViewLog should appear in monitor 2 Note The Select Position option allows you to determine where to position GV software on Windows Itis only necessary if your GV System is set at 800x600 panel resolution but your Windows desktop is set at 1024x768 or higher Itis
230. onitor different I O cascade configurations at different time For example you may want I O cascade triggers one way during business hours and another way for non business hours Modes can be switched automatically at a scheduled time Creating a Mode 1 Click the Mode drop down list No 7 Figure 2 14 and select More Edit This dialog box appears Advanced 1 0 Modes Advanced lf Settings cave Mewhlode 1 Cancel Add Delete Rename Figure 2 20 2 Click Add and name the created mode You can create up to 100 modes Click Save to return to the panel Select the created mode from the Mode drop down list and create the groups in the Advanced I O List For details see Creating a Group for Cascade Triggers Page 98 Chapter 2 I O Applications Creating a Mode Schedule Define the times and days you like the panel to switch modes 1 On the panel toolbar click the Configure button and select Schedule Setting This dialog box appears Add Modity Delete sae Cancel Schedule 1 Default O0 00 00 23 00 00 Figure 2 21 2 Click Add to create aschedule This dialog box appears Schedule Information Mame Schedule 1 Mode Defaut Time 00 00 00 F 2300 00 Days Figure 2 22 Name Type a name for the schedule Mode Select a mode from the drop down list Time Define a time period you want the mode to run Days Check the day s you want the mode to run Click OK to a
231. ons of cameras and I O devices to edit a map per your requirement The E Map Editor program comes with the installation of Main System Go to the system folder and execute eMap exe File Edit View Bak ty P Dos2kreg exe E down aif DrawFrm dll a elap emp eMapview exe 4 Type Appli 600 KE ka Myr g Figure 7 1 eMap exe The following E Map Editor window will appear Page 211 E Map Editor Eg Cameras B 15 HO Devices 1 Module 1 Chapter 7 E Map Application 18 x Fe gat Mop Hof wew 0 pl Ci S Ga m x Map View E i lel s Output 2 B ni il LE Figure 7 2 The E Map Editor Window The controls in the E Map Editor window No Name 1 Save Up Add Map Add Host Load Map Rename Delete Map View O O NI OD AIAI OJN Host View Floor Plan Description Saves a file Goes back to the previous E Map file Adds an E Map file Adds a host folder Imports a floor plan Renames an E Map file and or folder Deletes an E Map file and or folder Tree view of E Map files and or folders Tree view of host folders The window displays the imported graphic file Page 212 Chapter 7 E Map Application Creating an E Map File To create and edit an E Map file follow the steps below 1 Click the Add Map button No 3 Figure 7 1 on the toolbar A New Map file will be created in Map View and the Floor
232. oom in Dialog window 1 Click the Configure button point to Object Tracking Application and then click Object Tracking View to launch the Zoom in Dialog window overlapping in the main screen as shown below Note The Zoom In Dialog window is for the stationary camera view and the main screen is for the PTZ view Page 57 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System Selection Eyam fn Type Fined Camera GV 800 CCC lll eee tJ a z aE i L xs iss k rat i zH E al Ban a i as Figure 1 68 The outlined area in the Dialog window is magnified in the main screen In the Zoom In Type field select Fixed Camera In the Camera field select the assigned camera screen for the stationary camera 4 Use the mouse to outline a desired area in the Dialog window It will be magnified in the main screen When the specified idle time of zooming is up PTZ will go back for tracking If you want to stop the zooming function before the specified idle time click the Back to Tracking button in the lower of the Dialog window Then PTZ will go back tracking instantly Object Zooming If only one PTZ camera is available without the stationary camera you can simply apply it for the object zooming function The feature allows you to configure up to 4 critical views for instant monitoring and zooming PTZ Setup Before configuring the Object Tracking function first configure the PTZ device Refer to the PTZ Setup of Object Tra
233. or multiple events on the Video Event list and right click to select Delete The Delete dialog box will then appear and you can follow the steps described above to delete files without setting up the time period Note 1 If you want to view the history of file deletion click the View Delete Log button 2 To view the information of files from a desired camera right click the camera and select Event View Page 162 Chapter 5 Backing Up and Deleting Files Repairing Damaged File Paths The only way to correctly delete video and audio files is through the operation you ve just performed in the previous section If you move or delete a video file using Windows Explorer or Windows File Manager GV System will not know what you have done unless you ve run the Repair DataBase Utility This Utility comes with the installation of Main System Follow these steps to repair the paths 1 Goto the Windows Start menu select Programs point to the GV folder and then select the Repair DataBase Utility A valid ID and password are required 2 When the Select Camera for Repair Database dialog box appears select the desired cameras to fix the file paths 3 Click OK to bring up the following RepairDB dialog box RepairDB Default Path Status Result Jf Reserve Never Recycle Flag Search Hard disk Exit Description Figure 5 14 The RepairDB Dialog Box 4 Click the Use Default Path button to start the path re buildin
234. ort is the port used to transfer data over Internet Enable SSL Enable the Secure Sockets Layer SSL protocol to ensure the security and privacy of Internet connection Detect UPnP For details see UPnP Settings later in this chapter Video x RPB audo se 3 General Server Video Max Channels Max on line time tor w u quest users 60 SEC Max Image size 640x480 De interlace Codec Geo Mpeg PTZ Allowed PTZ camera Cancel Detank Figure 6 3 Server Setup Video m Max Channel s Specify the number of channels allowed to access WebCam with the upper limit of 200 channels m Max on line time for guest users Specify the time length allowed for a guest user to connect to WebCam The time range is between 10 to 3600 seconds m Max image size Selecta resolution The default resolution on WebCam is 320 x 240 If you want to apply the 640 x 480 De interlace or 720 x 480 De interlace resolution you also have to configure Video Source Click the Configure button on the main screen and then select Video Source Inthe Video Resolution field select 640 x 240 or higher resolutions and then click OK to apply Codec WebCam provides two codec options Geo Mpeg4 and Geo H 264 Allowed PTZ camera The option allows you to control selected PTZ cameras at a remote computer Click the button and select the desired PTZ cameras to work on WebCam Page 167 Chapter 6 Viewing Live Vide
235. ow in the camera 2 screen while the images of the stationary camera display in the camera 1 screen Adjust the screen view of the PTZ camera with the slide bars of Pan Tilt and Zoom Let the PTZ camera view similar to the stationary camera view Click the Save button to save the both views as image references Adjust Sensitivity or keep it as default Select Define Detect Region from the drop down menu Use the mouse to outline a detection region in the right screen you will be prompted to enter Detect Region See the illustration below Page 55 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System Define A Selection f Object Tracking Detect Region Zoom In Object Delete Detect Sven e aeea Region cme Figure 1 64 W Enable Mask 7 Select Define Object Size from the drop down menu Use the mouse to outline the max and min object sizes for tracking separately Every time when finishing the outlining you will be prompted to enter Maximum Object Size or Minimum Object Size See the illustration below Maximum Object Size Minimum Object Selection wee Object Trackin C Zoom In Object Live Tuning i E d E Tip W Enable Wask Figure 1 65 8 Click the Object Tracking item and specify Track Time sec Track Time sec indicates the tracking duration in seconds Selection Object Tracking Track Timetsec C Zoom In Object E Figure 1 66 9 When the PTZ is tracking you can still co
236. own menu of the Idle Mode item The seven options included inside are None View 1 View 2 View 3 View 4 Tracking and Refresh View m None After zooming the PTZ camera will remain on the same view until the next zooming command m Tracking After the idle time the PTZ camera will start tracking if it is also being applied for the tracking function m View 1 2 3 4 After the idle time the PTZ camera will go back to the preset View 1 2 3 or 4 Refresh View After the idle time the 4 views will be refreshed 8 Click Test to check your settings Use the mouse to outline a desired area in one of the four views The area will be magnified in the left screen 9 Click OK to apply the displayed selections and close the window Starting Object Zooming After the above settings you can start the object zooming application 1 Click the Configure button point to Object Tracking Application and click Object Tracking View to open the Zoom in Dialog window overlapping in the main screen see Figure 1 68 In the Zoom In Type field select Quad View In the Camera field select the assigned PTZ camera screen Then the four views you set up before will show in the Dialog window as illustrated below Page 60 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System Zoom In Dialog Figure 1 72 4 Use the mouse to outline a desired area in one of the four views The area will be magnified in the main screen 5 When you click the Go to Idle Mode button
237. p different recording modes for different time frames of the day Each day can be divided to 4 time frames each represented by 1 Span up to 4 Spans Click the Day Night Recording Mode bution in Figure 1 12 and this dialog box appears Day Night Rec Mode Setup i x Time Span Setup WM Spant fam ooon v i Motion Detect M Spana jamosoo v Round the clock ff Span3 Phi 1200 aan Cae Motion Detect lf Span Pm 20 00 SM PM 2too Round the clock W Weekend Apply Round the clock a Sunday amp Saturday C Sunday Only Cancel Figure 1 13 1 Enable Span1 and specify the Start time in the first time field click the check box in the second time field and specify the End time Use the drop down list to select recording mode for the Span 1 Repeat above steps to set up multiple spans if required 4 Ifyou do not wish to apply your settings to the weekends enable the Weekend Apply option and select recording mode for the weekend Use the radio button at the bottom to define whether your weekend includes Sunday and Saturday or Sunday only 5 Click OK to apply the settings Note Ifthe End time field is disabled the span will run to the start of the next span Page 14 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System Geo Mpeg4 ASP Advanced Settings The Geo Mpeg4 ASP codec supports a number of advanced settings that allow experienced users to fine tune the encoding process In Figure 1 12
238. pper of window to access the thumbnail view 12 Select one video segment and then click the Play button in the Object Search window to play it back Or click the Open ViewLog button to play it with ViewLog Page 127 Chapter 4 Playing Back Video Files Searching and Playing Back Motion Alarm and POS Event 1 Click the Tools button select Advanced Log Browser from the menu and the following dialog box will appear Advanced Log Browser Open Database x Select a period to open 11102006 111672006 Import Database Range 1 7 Days Cancel Figure 4 14 Specify a time range click the OK button and all events within the specified range will be displayed on this Advanced Log Browser window E Event lists From 17 10 2006 to 1 16 2006 Acl anced Log Browser 1 10 2006 2 19 35 PM 1 10 2006 2 21 32 PM 1710 2006 2 29 16 PM 1710 2006 2 29 16 PM 1710 2006 2 29 16 PM Device Camera 1 Camera 1 Camera 2 Camera 3 Camera 4 eee Pt eT tee 3 te r T 3 3 a JA A A E Os rob amp Information Event Motion Motion Video Lost Video Lost Video Lost Figure 4 15 Advanced Log Browser The buttons on the Advanced Log Browser No Name J 2 NN 5 6 7 8 9 Open Reload Filter Backup Print Monitor Table System Table Login Table Counter Table 10 POS Table Description Opens an event log Selects Reload All Table or Reload Current Table to refre
239. pply the settings and click Save to return to the panel To start the mode schedule click the Mode Schedule button No 4 Figure 2 14 and then select Mode Schedule Start Page 99 Chapter 2 I O Applications Quick Link The Quick Link provides a quick access to triggered I O devices It is a separate window to display all group icons The group icon flashes when any included I O device is triggered Clicking the flashing icon will bring you to the I O location in the Advanced I O List gt To open the Quick Link window click the Toggle Quick Link button No 3 Figure 2 14 gt To set the Quick Link window at panel startup see the Show Quick Link option in Figure 2 19 1 0 Central Panel oll a ac zl Mode Defaut Entrance J Standard I O List Fl Advanced I O List Exit H TEST27 1 Modules Entrance l 5 Module 1 ee Input 1 Lobby 2 d Input 3 ff Gutput 4 C Output 2 oe Lobby Figure 2 23 Forcing Output To manually force an output click one output and select Force Output gt Inthe Standard I O List you can force the output individually gt Inthe Advanced I O List considering cascade triggers you can only manually force the output at the top level e g Figure 2 24 Other outputs at sub levels cannot be forced manually e g Figure 2 25 However if the output is not in a cascading hierarchy you can definitely force it manually e g Figure 2 26 4
240. r To manually force outputs click the I O Device button No 7 Figure 9 1 on the Center V2 window and then select Force Output to display the Force Output of Local I O Device window Selecta desired module and then click Finger buttons to activate outputs Page 259 Chapter 9 Central Monitoring By Center V2 Forcing Outputs of a Subscriber see Showing I O Status earlier in this chapter Notification Settings Center V2 can automatically activate the assigned computer and output alarm to notify the operator while a SMS and e mail message being sent out to subscribers when alert conditions occur For this application click the Preference Settings button No 10 Figure 9 1 on the Center V2 window and select Notification to display this window Alarm Settings Alert Approach Video Lost a VO Module Lost 7 Invoke Alarm d VO Trigger Normal VO Trigger Emergenti F Output Module Pind ow Connection Lost Subscriber Login Subscriber Logout Camera Motion Surveillance System Abnorm Intruder Missing Object Text Format of SMS Unattended Object Figure 9 27 Send SMS Alerts List box Select an alert condition for configuration The alert conditions include 1 Video Lost 2 I O Module Lost 3 I O Trigger Normal 4 Trigger Emergency 5 Connection Lost 6 Subscriber Login 7 Subscriber Logout 8 Camera Motion 9 Surveillance System Abnormality 10 Intruder 11 Miss
241. r Video RPE Audio e Max Channelts 20 Codec Selection Good ADPCM wf Client to Server Max Channeli 5 Codec Selection Good ADPCM Port 6550 Figure 6 5 Server Setup Audio Server to Client Allows a client PC to access live audio from the server site m Max Channel s Enter the number of client PCs allowed to access live audio with the upper limit of 40 PCs m Codec Selection Select the audio codec ADPCM requires 4KByte bandwidth while G 723 requires only 0 66KByte bandwidth But ADPCM offers much better audio quality than G723 Client to Server Allows aclient PC to speak to the server site m Max Channel s Enter the number of client PCs allowed to speak to the server site with the upper limit of 20 PCs Codec Selection The same as the above Codec Selection Port The default audio port is 6550 Note If your server site is installed a firewall configure the port settings in the firewall as 4550 5550 6550 and 80 Page 169 Chapter 6 Viewing Live Video Using WebCam JPG x General Server videa RPB Audio JPG 3G Create JPEGIGIF filets g FTF transfer JPEG file HTE Setup Cancel Detautt Figure 6 6 Server Setup JPG E Create JPEG GIF file s Allows the connection to G View see Connecting G View to GV Server later in this chapter i Mode see Mode Phone later in this chapter and JPEG Image Viewer see JPEG Image Viewer
242. r Starting the Server Connecting GV System to the Server Fast Backup and Restore Selecting a Skin Customizing the Features Backing Up and Restoring Settings Hot Swap Recording The Media Man Tool Window Adding a Disk Drive Removing a Disk Drive Backing Up ViewLog Files 274 274 2 6 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 8 280 281 283 283 285 287 289 291 291 292 296 296 296 297 297 299 300 302 303 304 305 307 307 308 309 309 310 Configuring Main System The system prompts you for a Supervisor ID and Password when starting the system for the first time shown as below First Execution Digital Surveillance System X You execute Digital Surveillance system at first time Please enter Supervisor ID Password ID Password Password Confirmation Hint Auto Login To memorize this ID and password and to login When you execute Digital Surveillance system evervtime Allow removing password system eea cama Figure 1 1 Enter a name you wish to be the Supervisor ID in the ID field Finish the setup by entering Password Password Confirmation and a Hint optional that would remind you of the password Messages entered at the Hint field will only pop up when passwords are entered incorrectly m Auto Login Allows auto login as the current user every time when the system is launched For security purposes this feature is only recommended for single user systems E Allow removing password Sy
243. r Onl I Minimize or Logout F FullScreen Enter I FullScreen Exit F Snapshot Multican Multicast VWiewlog Remote View webcam Control Center Privacy Mask Other New merae search Remote Playback Fast Backup amp Restore m jiw rernaving password system cancel Figure 1 29 Adding a new user 1 Click the New button at the lower left hand corner to bring up the New Account dialog box ID Password Password Contirmation Hint Level Figure 1 30 2 Enter the user s ID name and password Re enter the same password in the Password Confirmation field 3 Give a Hint optional that would remind you of the password Page 27 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System Select the user s authorization level Supervisor PowerUser User or Guest By default users belonging to the Supervisor level have full rights over GV System settings PowerUsers have the same permission and rights as Supervisors except that they cannot edit user information and delete the password system described later Users belonging to the User level are restricted to all system settings and have only limited access to certain functions Users in the Guest level can only view videos Click OK to add the user Editing an exiting user Only supervisors are allowed to do it 1 Select a user from the user list to display its properties Or right click on any of the user levels User PowerUser Supervisor and then s
244. r and the following Dynamic DNS register page will appear Type a username in the Username field Username can be up to 16 characters Username will accept a z O 9 and but will not accept space or as the first character Enter a password in the Password field Passwords are case sensitive and must be at least 6 characters Re enter the password in the Re Type password field for confirmation In the Word Verification section type the code within the box In this example the code you should enter is N4GN Word verification is not case sensitive DynamicDNS Register Username Username Oynamicdns Username is 16 character maximum Password ett username may not start with spaces or minus signs 3 Username will be your hostname Re type Password Password The password is case sensitive Enter the characters as they are shown in the Word erification box below N4GN This step helps us prevent automated registrations Figure 11 1 Click the Send button and the system will display the following message if the registration is completed successfully Username dynarmcdns Hostname dynarucdnis dipmap com IP Address 418 160 65 7 Your hostname will be activated in 4 minutes Your hostname will be deleted you don t update your host address for 30 days Figure 11 2 Page 278 Chapter 11 Useful Utilities m Username The username you regist
245. r the IP address or domain name of the server ID Enter an ID that was already created in the server Password Enter the password associated with the ID Port Use the default port 5066 unless otherwise necessary You may create a group click the New Group button before adding any user Click on any group and then click the New Server button to add users to that group Click the Close bution to finish the setup Delete to remove the entry from Address Book Connect to connect the RPB Client to the RPB Server instantly Preference Settings Setup Download iw Always overwrite files Always tell me when download is finished Channel Text W Show Channel Number Mw Show Server Name W Show Camera Mame Panel Resolution Figure 4 37 Download The options allow you to specify how your files are saved when your storage space is full Channel Text The selections determine the effect you want your camera view to display Panel Resolution Select the screen resolution of the RPB Client window Page 149 Chapter 4 Playing Back Video Files RPB Client Playback Control Panel File Indicator Playback Status Panel Local File 1 11 29 2004 16 34 24 125 x1 Playback Meter Previous Frame Disconnect First Next Speed Speed Frame Frame up down Figure 4 38 Page 150 Chapter 4 Playing Back Video Files Fast Key Reference This feature lets you view the fast key window of ViewLog giving yo
246. ral Monitoring by Center V2 To arm or disarm I O devices 1 On the Subscriber List No 4 Figure 9 1 right click one online subscriber and select I O Enable Setting 2 Check the Input Output to arm or uncheck the Input Output to disarm the device s Camera Audio Control This feature allows two way audio communication between CenterV2 and the subscriber as well as PTZ control On the Subscriber List No 4 Figure 9 1 right click one online subscriber and then select Camera Audio Control to display this window Click the Play button to start the application Figure 9 24 The controls on the Camera Audio Control Description Closes the Control window Plays live video Stops playing video No Name 1 Close 2 Play 3 Stop 4 Microphone 5 Speaker Enables speaking to the subscriber The subscriber must grant the privilege first See the Allow Audio Out to Center V2 option in Figure 9 15 Enables live audio from the subscriber The subscriber must grant the 6 Change Camera privilege first See the Accept Audio in from Center V2 option in Figure 9 15 Switches camera channels 7 PTZ Control Panel Controls PTZ camera remotely Page 257 Chapter 9 Central Monitoring By Center V2 Camera Monitor Use the Camera Monitor window to define the following 3 Enable and disable live display The subscriber must give the privilege first See the Allow Center V2 to View Live Camera option in Figu
247. rd M Add to Address book Group Mame Mew Group Open Address book oone Figure 4 27 2 Enter the IP Address ID and Password of the remote GV System 3 Click the Connect button When the connection is established you will see the remote ViewLog appears on your screen Then you can use all ViewLog features for playback Viewing Connection Status You can view connection status of each camera and disable certain camera connections when the Internet is overloaded On the function panel click the Setting button No 13 Figure 4 2 and then click the Mulit View tab This dialog box appears Page 139 Chapter 4 Playing Back Video Files System Configuration Quad view Play Setting Display Database Cache Mutti View To Be Activated in a Muti views Host Mame Camera Mame IPC 1 IPC 1 IPC 1 IPC 1 Local Local Local Local Local Local Local Local Local Local Camera 1 Camera 2 Camera 3 Camera 4 Camera 5 Camera 6 Camera T Camera 8 Camera 9 Camera 10 Camera 11 Camera 12 Camera 13 Camera 14 Disconnect I Auto retry when connection has broken Interval 10 Seconds Cancel Figure 4 28 Host Name column Indicates the host name of a remote camera Uncheck to disconnect from one camera Status column The message Ready indicates an established connection while Fail means a failed connection Auto retry when connection has broken When the connection is
248. re 9 14 Define the interval between incoming events triggered by motion detection and video lost On the Subscriber List No 4 in Figure 9 1 right click one online subscriber and select Camera Monitor The Camera Monitor window appears F Camera Monitor Camera Mame Live Suspend Suspend Status Camera 1 Play 0 Camera 2 Stop 0 0 Video Lost Camera 3 Stop 0 0 Video Lost Camera 4 Stop 0 Video Lost Camera 1 Suspend Motion Monitoring o Min ok Suspend video Lost Monitoring o Min Cancel Figure 9 25 Live drop down list Highlight one camera and select Play enable live display or Stop disable live video Suspended Motion Monitoring Highlight one camera and set the interval between incoming events triggered by motion detection Alternatively you can right click one live camera channel on the monitoring window and select Suspend for the same setting Suspend Video Lost Monitoring Highlight one camera and set the interval between incoming events triggered by video lost Status column Displays the status of video lost from cameras or disconnection Click OK to apply the settings If the camera is enabled for live display you will see in the upper right corner of its monitoring window otherwise you will see E Page 258 Chapter 9 Central Monitoring by Center V2 Viewing Subscriber Information To view the general information about your subscribers click the Host Information butt
249. re CD to the PC connected to a GSM GPRS modem It will run automatically and a window appears Select the Install V 8 0 0 0 System item Click SMS Server and follow the on screen instructions Page 265 Chapter 10 Short Message Service The SMS Server Window Run the SMS Server program from the Start menu The following window appears Device Information Device GM862 PCS aagi Band Gohl 9001800 MHz SMS Status Queue 0 Send Successi Oi Failure 0t Figure 10 1 The SMS Server Window The controls in the SMS Server window No Name Description J Oo o1 AJOJ PP Start Stop Service Starts or stops the SMS Server SMS Log Setting Sets up the SMS Log Account Setting Creates and edits accounts Server Setting Sets up the SMS Server Device Setting Sets up the GSM GPRS modem Exit Logs out administrator changes password or exits the SMS server Page 266 Chapter 10 Short Message Service SMS Server Setup Before starting the SMS service you must configure these three settings 1 Device Settings 2 Server Settings and 3 Account Settings Device Settings 1 Click the Device Setting button No 5 Figure 10 1 and then select GSM Module The following dialog box appears x COM Port coma o Detect Device Information Mame Telit Model GMB POS Sl Ready Select Band Ji g00mHz cancer Figure 10 2 GSM Module Setting 2 Select the COM po
250. recommended that both GV software and Windows desktop to be set at the same resolution For details on how to set the resolution for GV System refer to Panel Resolution in Chapter 1 Page 290 Chapter 11 Useful Utilities Windows Lockup This feature helps you to secure your PC while away from your workstation You may lock up the Windows desktop while launching a customized GV desktop The GV desktop is where operators are limited to run the GV System and the selected programs The GV desktop Screen The GV desktop program is included in the installation of Main System Go to the system folder and execute Desktop exe 00 DMActive exe AE DMAT exe a DM BackUpS00 exe ff OmHealthoyvr exe Figure 11 17 The following GV desktop screen will appear Figure 11 18 Page 291 Chapter 11 Useful Utilities The controls in the GV desktop screen Icon Name Description 1 Programs Accesses programs 2 Settings Adds programs to the programs menu 3 Log Off Logs off GV desktop 4 Shut Down Shuts down the computer 5 Task Manager Click to view the tasks currently running on your computer GV desktop Features The five buttons on GV desktop are discussed below Programs Click the Programs button to see the program menu The default programs are Multicam Surveillance System Main System ViewLog Backup System Repair Database Utility Remote Playback Server and eMap Editor You can add or remove new programs t
251. rn off from multiple locations For example certain premises have a designated entry exit door When the staff enters the entry door the system starts monitoring When the staff leaves from the exit door the system stops monitoring Page 250 Chapter 9 Central Monitoring by Center V2 m Maintained Mode Push on push off button switches that stay open until thrown and then stay closed until thrown again Maintained switches are convenient for only one switch location For example in the business hour when the door is opened the system stops monitoring in the non business hour when the door is closed the system starts monitoring Panic Button Setup You may set up a panic alarm button at your GV System In case of emergency press the button immediately to send the associated video to Center V2 To set up a panic alarm select Panic Button in the Connect to Center V2 dialog box Figure 9 12 and click the Advance button This dialog box appears Settings for Panic Button E Panic Button Trigger by VO Mod 1 Pin 1 W Output Module Mod 2 Pin 4 Send which Camerais to Center J a Ae e Select All W 2 Wio few 14 C mE N Clear All Ie i fw 16 Connective Port Center Port 5547 Default Command Port 5548 Default Data Port 5549 Default Audio Port 5546 Default Connection Port 5545 Default Cancel tn iv 3 wd a1 lt 1 lt 1 41
252. rning Software Program F 3 C Using OS Burning E Media Information Used ize 87 01 MB Free Size Total Size Add Schedule Resume Schedule 650 00 ME OK Cancel 2 T Export to DvD Format View Backup Log Figure 5 8 Select a destination media to back up files Media Using Hard Disk Click to back up files to the hard disk you select Backup Folder Name Enter a desired name for the backup folder Using CD DVD Click to back up files to the CD or DVD media using a third party software Click the button to select a desired burning software exe file When you click OK on the Backup dialog box Figure 5 8 the system will ask you to paste the backup files to the CDR Writer program Figure 5 4 and call up the assigned burning software for you to paste and backup Using OS Burning This option is only available when you use Windows XP or Server 2003 It burns files using the inbuilt software of the operation system Note that your hard disk needs at least 1 G buffer space Media Information This section indicates free and used space on CD DVD media or the local disk Click the Add Schedule button to define a time period for backup Page 158 Chapter 5 Backing Up and Deleting Files Select Backup Time l Select Camerats it Time Period Start Time sn 22008 Camera 1 10 26 48 Camera 2 0 0 End Time gM 2 2005 1 27 04
253. roup To modify group settings right click a group and select View Edit This dialog box appears Group Information q 2 Group Mame Entrance Cancel Group Motity Setting fw Invoke Alarm Buzzer l l W Enable advanced logical input in Multicarn Current Pin Setting Input 1 Input Level User defined G Iw Trigger Associated Outputs Change Icon Default Icon Entrance Ee Input 1 Figure 2 17 Group Name As described in Figure 2 16 Group Notify Setting As described in Figure 2 16 Current Pin Setting To enable this option highlight an I O device from the group list at the bottom m Trigger Associated Outputs Triggers outputs in cascade mode Click the Finger button to apply the change to all I O devices at the same group m Change Icon To enable this option select one of two displayed icons Normal or Trigger Click the Change Icon button to change an icon Click the Finger button to apply the change to all I O devices at the same group Page 95 Chapter 2 I O Applications Editing an I O Device In addition to editing groups you can also edit the settings of individual I O device Right click an I O device and select Setting This dialog box appears Pin Setting Input Display Setting mati C Text Color f Background Color Alarm Level Level Undefined Trigger Setting If Trigger Associated Outputs Default OK Cancel Figure 2 18 Display Set
254. rrow buttons to select an output One GV IO module provides up to 16 outputs Select Output m Output 1 ki For Ph Hane eee Apply to all Inputs Output 1 Force Output Signal Type ci f N0 C N0 Toggle m N O Pulse i 5 Sec C NC C NC Toggle NAC Pulse Keep Last Toggle Status Figure 2 3 E For PTZ This option opens the PTZ Control Panel where to control movements of your PTZ camera Name Specifies a name for each output device in the Name field Force Output Click to test signal to the selected device Page 83 Chapter 2 I O Applications E Signal Type There are six signal types available N O Normal Open N O Toggle N O Pulse N C Normal Closed N C Toggle and N C Pulse Choose the one that mostly suits the device you re using The N O Toggle or N C Toggle signal type is the output high mode that turns to output low until the monitoring is stopped You can also specify the pulse duration for pulse type signals E Keep Last Toggle Status See Keeping Last Toggle Status later in this chapter Note PTZ camera and I O devices cannot be assigned to the same port at the same time Latch Trigger Instead of constant output alarm in N O and N C the Latch Trigger option provides a momentary alarm and allows you to set the alarm duration Setting up Latch Trigger On the main screen click the Configure button point to System Configure click the I O Device tab and then check Latch Trigger See the red squar
255. rt connecting to a GSM GPRS modem 3 Click the Detect button to detect the modem gt lf the connection between the modem and the computer is established the message will show in the Device Information field Name Manufacturer Module xxx SIM Ready gt Ifthe connection fails the display will be shown as No usable device in COM xxx 4 Ifyou are using a tri band modem select 1900 or 1800 MHz from the drop down list of Select Band 5 Click OK to apply above settings Page 267 Chapter 10 Short Message Service Server Settings Click the Server Setting button No 4 Figure 10 1 to display the following Server Setting dialog box There are three major tabs in the dialog box 1 General 2 Message Filter and 3 Notify General i Server Setting x General Message Filter Notify Metwork Port EBS Default Security M Enhance network security Startup WM Auto Start Service when Server Startup M Minimize to System Tray after auto start service I Auto save the PIN number after start service Cancel Figure 10 3 Server Setting General Network Define the port of the SMS Server or leave it as default To use UPnP for automatic port configuration to your router click the Arrow button For details see UPnP Settings in Chapter 6 Security Enable to apply enhanced Internet security Please notice when the feature is enabled the subscribers using earlier version than 8 0 cannot a
256. rt searching The following window will be called up Cam04 7 15 2004 10 00 10 30 1 i iolz Moving Object List 0 771172004 Tzi 00d ril 3 2004 E 10 00 26 453 10 00 27 140 10 02 33 667 e 03 00 F 10 02 47 750 10 05 20 703 see 10 07 11 359 10 07 27 r65 10037343 10 08 46 093 10 08 46 406 10 08 47 750 Search Exit Figure 1 54 The Moving Object List Window left and the Record List right Page 47 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System The Record List The list contains the search results Double click a camera folder to display all found files Click one time segment file e g 10 00 to open its included frames in the Moving Object List window The Moving Object List window m Frames Double click any frame in the window to play back its video file with the Viewlog or Quick Search player Click the Next Page button for the next page Search Click the button to launch the search window Exit Click the button to close the window Note Every time segment is a 30 minute interval as shown in Record list in Figure 1 54 Detecting Unattended and Missing Objects The Object Monitor program can detect any unattended and or missing object within the camera view by highlighting its location Detecting Unattended Objects To detect any unattended objects within the camera view follow the steps below 1 Click the Configure button and then select Object I
257. ry list of downloaded files in the RPB Client Double click the list will play back related files in the RPB monitoring window Connection Record Connection Record keeps track of the connections which makes your next connection more easily Save Connective Status Saves current connections to a path When open the RPB Client next time click the Connection Record button and then select Load Connective Status see descriptions below to look for this path for fast access to current connections Load Connective Status Loads connection status that was previously saved into a file by Save Connective Status described as above into the RPB Client Load Resume File If the connections were ended select this option to continue the downloading process Address Book The Address Book not only keeps connection information about the RPB sever but also allows quick connection and auto login to the RPB server Follow these steps to create an entry in Address Book Click the Address Book button No 9 Figure 4 32 to bring up the following dialog box Server Hame Server 1 ad Server 2 cog Group 2 Server Address ee ID Guest Password Port 5086 New Group New Server Delete connect Close Figure 4 36 Page 148 Chapter 4 Playing Back Video Files Click the New Server button and provide information to the fields Server Name Give a descriptive name to the server Server Address Ente
258. s Deactivate Notification er Addr jp Trigger by Motion Alarm On Preset Deactivate Selected Notification Alarm OAT Preset 1 fw Output I Wave Alarm 2 a ca aig M Send Alert TeVEMailSMS EW Alarm On Dwell Time 10 Sec ideo Lost Tri pa i Never Recycling Input Triggered M Events Mow 1 Output Pin 1 Momentary Mode g StartStop Pin i Start Stop Camera Monitor by I hou Pin 4 i Start Stop Monitor by Wo moa Pin Figure 2 8 I O Application The options here allow you to specify how the PTZ camera and the GV System will respond to an l O triggered event Click the Arrow buttons and select a module and its input to set up Preset Go by I O Enable the option and select your PTZ camera from the drop down list Addr Specify the address of the PTZ camera Alarm On Turns the PTZ camera to a preset point when the input is triggered Alarm Off Returns the PTZ camera to a preset point when the triggered input is off Alarm On Dwell Time Specify the amount of time the PTZ camera stays at Alarm On preset point before returning to the Alarm Off preset point Never Recycling Input Triggered Events When the item is checked the files of input triggered events wont be recycled by the system when disk space is full Video Lost Trigger I O Activates the specified output module if any camera loses its video signal Page 89 Chapter 2
259. scriber Address Book Address Book for viewing and editing 4 Delete A Group Subscriber Highlight a group or a subscriber and click this button to delete it 5 Find A Subscriber searches a subscriber account 6 Subscriber Settings Highlight one subscriber and click this button to configure the settings of video and alert formats 7 Subscriber Schedule Sets up subscription schedules Page 235 Chapter 9 Central Monitoring By Center V2 Creating a Subscriber 1 2 op 6 Click the Add A Group button No 1 Figure 9 2 to create a group Click the Add A Subscriber button No 2 Figure 9 2 The Subscriber Address Book dialog box appears Subscriber Address Book g LoginID TPE Password fe gt Cancel Mame TFE Address Meihu Rd Taipei Taiwan E Mail geovisionggeovision com tw Country Calling Code 586 tH 67978335 0 67978377 a 939763251 S Fager Figure 9 3 Address Book of a subscriber Enter a login ID and password required Those will be the ID and password for the subscriber to log in to the Center V2 See Figure 9 12 Enter the subscriber s contact information in the rest of fields optional gt f you wish to send e mail alerts to this subscriber enter its e mail address For e mail settings refer to E Mail Alerts later in this chapter gt f you wish to send SMS alerts to this subscriber enter its country code and mobile number For SMS server settings refer to SM
260. sed for transferring video streams over the Multicast network To enable the UPnP function click the Arrow button For details see UPnP Settings in Chapter 6 Server Option Only necessary if more than one network card is installed in your GV System Check Assign IP and select one network card This will automatically bring up Blind IP of the network card Page 282 Chapter 11 Useful Utilities Installing TwinDVR The TwinDVR is included in the Surveillance System Software CD This application should be installed in a separate PC within the same Local Area Network as the TwinServer Before installation make sure your PC meets the following minimum system requirements OS Win 2000 XP Server2003 CPU Pentium4 2 0GHz minimum Memory 256 MB RAM Hard Disk 40 GB minimum VGA NVIDIA GeForce I 32MB Network TCP IP 1 Insert the Surveillance System Software CD to the PC where TwinDVR will be installed It will run automatically and a window appears Select the Install V 8 0 0 0 system item Click TwinDVR System and follow the on screen instructions During the installation you may be prompted to install GeoMPEG4 codec simply press Yes Starting TwinDVR 1 Run TwinDVR exe This displays the TwinDVR dialog box TwinD R ioj x Setting a Server IF 127 0 0 1 Server Fort 9680 Default oystem Metwaork OF NetworkSerer Gir Setting showwiden Status reztvides Video Figure 11 8 TwinDV
261. sh loaded data Defines the search criteria Selects All Tables to back up all log data or selects Current Table to back up the current log table you are at Prints the current log table Displays the monitor log Displays the system log Displays user s login logout log Displays the counter log Displays the POS log Page 128 Chapter 4 Playing Back Video Files 11 POS List Accesses one POS channel for log data 12 Exit Exits the browser In the Advanced Log Browser Window double clicking the Monitor Log list or the POS Log list will allow you to view related video in Quick Search Screen as shown in Figure 4 16 Quick Search is a very useful tool for searching and playing back video files that were based on motion detection alarm or POS events The following figure and table give you an overview on Quick Search s features and functional buttons ITEMS PURCHASED 2 ll 2 pee oe 3 St STORE Rg ch 1234 Tr 2063 fraas H 4 Shenae eae eet 16 2 teers 05 05 04 5 on aun cine 6 K tran 7 K void D 3 EEEEELIE day hr min sec 14 13 12 0 O o Figure 4 16 Quick Search The controls on the Quick Search window No Name Description 1 Monitoring Window Displays video associated to the event 2 Camera Select Use the drop down list to select camera 3 Day Select Use the drop down list to select date 4 Time Select Use the drop down list to select time 5 Go Button Click to search files that matches to
262. ssage Time W Start Time C Date Time Both C Date Time Both 44 aml e rrr a A4 fou rrr a 1228 2005 16 11 15 12128 2005 16 11 15 1228 2005 16 11 15 12128 2005 16 11 15 Add New Command LEI Cancel Read Flag Clip ID Type Message Message Time Start Time Yes No No System 12 28 2005 16 11 15 12 12 28 2005 16 11 15 12 28 2005 Figure 9 20 Eventlog Filter Filters m Read Searches the events read in Center V2 m Flag Searches the events flagged important m Clip Searches the events containing video attachments m ID Searches the events from a specific subscriber m Type Searches the events based on the nature of events m Message Searches the events by keywords m Message Time Searches the events by the arriving time or date to Center V2 E Start Time Searches by the starting time of the events occurred at the subscriber site Applying Multiple Filters This option allows you to define several filter commands for search Click the Add New Command button to add a new filter command When you click OK all events matching the defined commands will be listed on the Event Log Browser Removing Filters Select the filter command you wish to remove from the filter list and then click the Remove Selected Command button to remove it Event Log Settings On the Center V2 window click the Event List button No 5 Figure 9 1 and select Eve
263. stem For this setting see Setting Up Password on page 28 m 8 Click to open the onscreen keyboard and enter the login information After setting up the Supervisor ID and Password launch the program to enter the Main System Page 1 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System GV 650 Figure 1 2 The controls in the main screen No Name 1 Camera Number Camera Name Date Time Storage Space Connection PTZ Control I O Control Location Name Network Camera Scan CO CO N O1 AJOJN ee eS O ViewLog DO Configure Schedule Monitor Camera Select Screen Division ee 00 B N Exit Page 2 Description Indicates the camera number matching the port number in the GV video capture card Indicates the given camera name Displays the current date and time Indicates the remaining disk space Indicates the connection status of remote applications Displays the PTZ control panel Displays the I O control panel Indicates the GV System s name usually named by its geographical location Enables the connection to remote applications Rotates through the screen divisions Brings up these options Video Audio Log System Log Search POS Data POS Live View Live Object Index Search Object Index and E Map Accesses System settings Sets up recording schedule Starts monitoring Selects the desired camera number for main division view Selects screen divisions
264. t Internet Connection MODEM DILJ DSLCABLET Select Multi Window Figure 6 15 Select Internet Connection 1 Select the type of Internet Connection you re using Modem users are limited to Single Window while broadband users have the option of 2 Windows or Multi View For this demo select Single Window and then click the Submit button 2 Your IE browser starts loading the MPEG4 Encoder interface When the loading is completed click the Play button and type a valid user ID and password Page 176 Chapter 6 Viewing Live Video Using WebCam Please enter your username and password Figure 6 16 Entering a valid ID and password 3 Ifthe Enhance network security option was selected in WebCam Options see Figure 6 1 you will be prompted to enter a security code In this example enter 4qhtfa and then click OK 4 Ifthe connection is established you will see video streaming in the MPEG4 Encoder Viewer Enter the characters as they are shown in the box below m Cancel Figure 6 17 Enter a security code Page 177 Chapter 6 Viewing Live Video Using WebCam Single View MPEG 4 Encoder Viewer Countdown 026 2 E fr W z ca yj d i ON Shen SS a a Figure 6 18 Single View MPEG4 Encoder Viewer The controls in the Single View Viewer No Name O O N I OD AIAI W PD a a OINI O Change Server Change Camera PTZ Control I O Contr
265. t a desired type of compression Image Adjustment Brightness Contrast Saturation Hue Move the slide bars to adjust image attributes Click the finger button to apply the displayed values to all cameras Recording Quality Move the slide bar to increase or decrease the picture quality Click the finger button to apply the selected quality to all cameras E Image Size Keyframe indicates the compressed file size while Frame shows the partly compressed file size after quality and image adjustment Note The smaller image size means higher video compression and smaller file size thus extending the recording capacity Page 32 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System WebCam Center V2 Control Center Codec Selection ceo Mpeg4 gt Compressed Image Quality Quantizer 4 Bits per Second Medium T Default 204 383 kb sec Cancel Figure 1 35 Quantizer The bigger the Quantizer the poor the image quality Quality The default Quantizer for High is 2 for Medium is 4 and for Low is 6 The adjustment rules between Quantizer and Quality is Quantizer for High lt Quantizer for Medium lt Quanitzer for Low m Bits per second Indicates the data transmission speed after quality adjustment Switching to Full Screen View For full screen display first select the Enable Directdraw Overlay option Figure 1 3 Click the Configure button and then select Full Screen to switch to full screen Right click on th
266. t be larger than the object s Every time when finishing an outlining you will be prompted to select Add Region See the illustration below Add Region Delete Region Figure 1 57 Outlining regions on objects Click the Done button to finish the defining Click the Save Reference Image button to save the image as a reference view Page 50 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System 9 To set up other options see Other controls in the Video Object Setup window below 10 Click the OK button to apply the settings and close the window 11 Start camera monitoring for the application When any object which you have outlined the regions for disappears from the camera view for 3 seconds its location will be highlighted the selected alarm and output will be activated and the event will be recorded in System Log for later retrieval Other controls in the Video Object Setup window m Show Reference Image Click to view the saved reference image m Never Recycle When the item is checked the events of unattended and missing objects won t be recycled by the system E Embed Alarm Region into Recorded Video This option will contain the flashing alert boxes in the recorded files so you can easily find out Suspicious events during playback Note that if you are used to searching suspicious events with Object Search do not enable this option These flashing boxes can cause false alarms m Live Disable Alarm Region When an unat
267. t the time interval TwinD R Setting q Network Setting Bind IP 197 168 0108 W Assign IP NDIS 5 0 driver Connection Broken Retry Interval 10 cancel Figure 11 10 TwinDVR Setting Page 285 Chapter 11 Useful Utilities System Settings In Figure 11 8 click the Setting button and then select System Configure to display the following dialog box The option is only available when TwinDVR is connecting to TwinServer System Configure X Startup Setting W Extended Server W WebCam Server System Setting cance Figure 11 11 System Settings Startup Setting m Extended Server Activates Extended Server on TwinDVR startup m WebCam Server Activates WebCam Server on TwinDVR startup System Setting m TwinDVR resume Resumes TwinDVR connection when the system shuts down unexpectedly Page 286 Chapter 11 Useful Utilities Watermark Viewer You can make a watermark proof to protect videos from unauthorized alteration or manipulation In Main System click the Configure button select System Configure and then check Use Digital Watermark Protection option This allows all recorded videos to be marked with a permanent and inseparable image The watermark is invisible to naked eyes In order to see it the video stream must be open ina watermarking verification program by following these steps 1 Go to the system folder and locate WMProof exe 10 x File Edit view Fa
268. t to keep the files in storage for a set number of days Users may specify to recycle at 1 to 999 days If designated storage space is not big enough to keep all video files for the defined days Recycle setting then overrides the Keep Days setting Page 6 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System Note For storage space GV 250 or above requires 800MB GV 900 requires 1GB GV 1000 GV 1120 GV 1240 and GV 1480 require 1 2GB at least When one partition fell short than minimum video files will automatically be saved to next available hard disk when total available storage space is lower than minimum the system will stop recording and show a Disk Space Low Message Multicam Surveillance System x Disk Space Low Please check Log Location Figure 1 5 To solve the space shortage problem you may add more hard disk space to the system or to delete backup your video files for more storage space To correctly delete or back up video files see Chapter 5 for more details Caption Enters heading to have it displayed on the upper left hand corner of the camera screen You may choose No for no heading ID to show only camera ID or ID Name to show both camera ID Name Send Alerts Approach Click the arrow button to choose whether to be notified by E mail telephone or SMS when alert conditions occur under the surveillance area For the telephone setup see Configuring Hotline Network Notification on page 16 For the E mail se
269. tended or a missing object is detected this option allows you to close the flashing alert box automatically or manually Click the button beside to display Figure 1 58 Select to close the flashing box automatically or manually Under Delay Time s specify the duration of an unattended or a missing object to invoke a warning message Figure 1 59 The range of delay time is from 1 to 99999 seconds Closing the flashing box will disable object detection and alarm settings no matter automatically or manually To reactive please restart monitoring Mote Closing the Flashing Alert Region will disable object detection To reactivate please restart monitoring Camerata Disable alarm region C gt i W Unattended Object Manual M Missing Object Delay Timeis Eemi i 5 Cancel Yes Mo Figure 1 58 Figure 1 59 Page 51 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System E Luminance Change Detection This option may suspend object detection when the lighting condition is poor so as to avoid false detection Use the slide bar to adjust the level of detection from 1 to 5 The higher the level is the more sensitive the system is to luminance change When luminance change reaches the level you set the system will stop object detection Sensitivity Use the slide bar to increase or decrease detection sensitivity if necessary m Delay Time This option allows you to specify the duration of an object missing or
270. ter rebooting e g camera recording Apply Startup Settings The system will apply your Startup settings in the System Configure window after rebooting Delay for Cancel Reboot When the item is checked a warning message will appear and count down your specified time before the reboot schedule begins Clicking the Cancel button on the prompt will cancel the rebooting WatchDog Reset if Reboot System Suspend and Fail Prior to Reboot Time if GV System finds any abnormal Windows operation that may hinder the Auto Reboot GV System will instruct a hardware reboot of Windows The feature is available only in GV 600 GV 650 GV 800 GV 900 GV 1000 GV 1120 GV 1240 and GV 1480 Note GV System must already be added to Windows Startup menu only so will the Windows automatically restart GV System after a reboot Also make sure you ve correctly connected a GV video capture card to your motherboard for the hardware watchdog feature Page 21 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System Logging System Activities into System Log GV System can monitor security events by recording the login and logout of system resources No events will be recorded to the System Log until you activate the desired event logs To activate the log click the Configure button and then select System Log Setting to display the following dialog box Activate System Log X M General Event M Login Logout Event i Monitor Evert if POS Event If Counter Eve
271. tes or modifies GV Systems 9 Camera Status Displays the camera status of the connected GV Systems 10 Host Information Displays the general information of the connected GV Systems 11 Zoom in and out Zooms in or out the selected channel Page 185 Chapter 6 Viewing Live Video Using WebCam 12 Add Remove Channel Adds or deletes the channels for video polling Click the Add or Remove Channel button and then click the desired channel to add to or remove from the video polling 13 Full Screen Switches to a full screen view 14 Video Polling Rotates through the selected channels 15 Screen Divisions Sets screen divisions to 4 8 or 16 16 Exit Minimize Closes or minimizes the Multi View window 17 Speaker Enables speaking to a remote GV System 18 Microphone Enables live audio from a remote GV System 19 Stop Terminates the connection to a GV System 20 Play Establishes the connection to a GV System 21 Save Saves live video 22 Quality Changes video resolution 23 Snapshot Takes a snapshot of the selected channel 24 Save Camera to Multiple Host Saves the selected cameras and to create a Multiple Host Working With the Host Server Window The Host Server window displays a list of available GV Servers The server icons indicate available servers and the camera icons indicate all cameras included in the selected server To connect to a server site 1 Click a monitoring window which will be highlighted in red frame 2 Dou
272. that couldn t display correctly For this example you can see its previous character code From side Ox9C has been transferred to the default equivalent To side OxA3 Page 112 Chapter 3 Point Of Sale POS Application Searching POS Data You can locate any desired POS data and videos during a transaction In the Main System click the ViewLog button and then select Search POS Data to display the Quick Search window When the Quick Search starts the latest transaction video and data will always be displayed For the Quick Search feature see Figure 4 16 in Chapter 4 POS Live View The POS Live View can display transaction data in a separate window instead of overlaying data on the main screen It features Fast access to transaction data without opening System Log The View is designed for high screen resolution of 1280 x 1024 When your monitor supports 1280 x 1024 and the main screen is set to 1024 x 768 you can juxtapose the main screen and the POS Live View The POS Live View Window On the main screen click the ViewLog button and then select POS Live View Figure 3 10 Page 113 Chapter 3 Point Of Sale POS Application The controls in the POS Live View Window No Name Description 1 Previous Transaction Goes to the previous transaction data 2 Next Transaction Goes to the next transaction data 3 Freeze Suspends the current transaction data display Clicking this button again will restore to th
273. the image 11 Print Setup Specifies various settings for printing 12 Page Setup Adjusts the page layout 13 Setting Sets up advanced functions for ViewLog see Advanced Setup later in this chapter 14 Tools Brings up these options Object Search Advanced Log Browser Backup Delete Connect to Remote ViewLog Service Address Book Full Screen and Fast Key All of them are explained later in this chapter 15 Ato B Mode Plays repeatedly the set frames A to B Playback Screen Layout Click the View Mode button to select the following screen layouts m Single View Displays one playback channel only Thumbnail View Reviews images frame by frame in thumbnails Only one camera at a time can be selected for this function Quad View Plays back in a quad layout Multi View Plays back all available cameras Click the View Mode button No 5 Figure 4 1 any time when you want to change the current view mode The option of Thumbnail View is disabled while a video file is playing back Wait until the video ends or click the Pause button to make the option available In a thumbnail view a video file is divided into a set of frames The frames are displayed in 25 playback windows shown as follows The key frame is in the center with 12 video frames occurred before and after the key frame This helps to locate required frames you may otherwise miss by other viewing methods Page 119 Playback Control Butto
274. the parameters set above 6 Event Query Click to specify event query 7 Transaction Use the arrow buttons to select previous or next transaction event 8 Void Use the arrow buttons to select previous or next void event 9 Transaction Window Displays POS transaction 10 Mode Switch Click these buttons to enable or disable Transaction Window and to switch between 640x480 or 320x240 display 11 ViewLog Click to open ViewLog application 12 Time Period Use these buttons to search event within the specified time 13 Playback Panel Includes Play Pause Previous 10 frames Home Next 10 frames End buttons 14 Exit Click to close Quick Search screen Click the Event Query button No 6 No 3 16 on the Quick Search window and the following dialog Page 129 Chapter 4 Playing Back Video Files box will appear Use this function to find POS events by a specific item transaction or date POS Event z Start Time 2003n aS 14 24 12 m Rule E cas Figure 4 17 Find Text Enable this option to find video events that match to the key word POS Event Enable this option to find video events that match to the specified transaction type Start Time Enable this function and use the drop down list to specify date and time Rule Specify to search forward or backward from the set date Advanced Setup The Setting button on the Function Panel allows you to configure 1 Quad View 2 Play Setting 3 Display an
275. this sound file click File select Save as and then click the Change button This brings up the Sound Selection dialog box shown as Page 17 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System Sound Selection El Ei Hame untitled ae Remove Format PLM z Attributes 2 000 Hz 8 Bit Mono AEBS OF Cancel Figure 1 18 4 Select PCM 8 000 Hz 8 bit Mono the only format supported for this feature and then click OK To find a sound file click the Browse button to locate the file Add the path of the file to the field and the file will be sent with the telephone calls TCP Server Allows you to setup TCP server Enable Assign IP to enable the drop down list Select the network card from drop down list and your IP address will be displayed in Bind IP The default port number for TCP server is 3550 you may assign different port by entering the port number in the Port field Multicast Server Allows you to setup the Multicast server its operation is similar to the TCP server setup described above The default port number for Multicast server is 3650 Note GV System automatically checks the dynamic IP of your PC every one minute This ensures connection of remote applications including Remote View IP Multicast WebCam and Remote Playback HotLine Option If motion persists decides how often specified in minutes the system should send a notification to you before the motion ends HotLine Attach Audio Message
276. ting You can define the nature of I O devices by colors Note that the setting only affects the Detail style of the Advanced I O List No 4 Figure 2 14 Alarm Level drop down list Click the Alarm Level drop down list and select one of the six default colors Fire Smog Vibration Intruder Motion and Emergency For the Level Undefined option select Text Color or Background Color and then click the Input Output drop down list to change its color Trigger Setting m Trigger Associated Outputs Triggers outputs in cascade mode see Creating a Group for Cascade Triggers above Page 96 Chapter 2 I O Applications Configuring the Advanced I O Panel On the panel toolbar click the Configure button and select Panel Setting This dialog box appears Panel Configure x General Startup T Show Quick Link Start Monitoring Schedule Layout Show Host Name i Use User defined Text Level 1 Level 1 Fire rea Figure 2 19 Startup Show Quick Link Opens the Quick Link window at panel startup m Start Schedule Monitoring Starts Mode Schedule at panel startup For details see Setting up Mode Schedule below Layout E Show Host Name Displays the host name of each I O device on the Advanced O List m Use User defined Text Allows you to modify the text of Alarm Level see Figure 2 18 Page 97 Chapter 2 I O Applications Setting Up Mode Schedule The Mode Schedule allows you to m
277. ting Up Mode Schedule Quick Link Forcing Output Editing Background Image System Wide Triggers The Advanced Logical Input Status in Multicam Option Mapping a Group of I O Devices Point Of Sale POS Application POS System Connection POS Data Sender Setting a POS System Superimposing POS Data onto Camera Screen POS Field Filter Abnormal Transaction Alerts Codepage Mapping Searching POS Data POS Live View The POS Live View Window Setting Up POS Live View Playing Back Video Files Playing Back on ViewLog Playback Screen Layout Playback Control Buttons A to B Playback Mode Searching a Video Event Exporting Video Saving Images Printing Images 89 90 91 92 93 93 94 97 98 100 100 101 101 102 103 104 104 105 106 107 109 111 112 113 113 113 114 116 116 119 120 120 121 122 124 125 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Object Search Searching and Playing Back Motion Alarm and POS Event Advanced Setup Recycling Option for Video Files Unmarking All Never Recycling Flags Reserving Never Recycling Flags Playing Back across Local Area Network LAN Playing Back over Internet Using Control Center Server Accssing the Remote ViewLog Viewing Connection Status Resuming Backup Playing Back over Internet Using Remote Playback Working with Remote Playback Server at the Server PC Working with Remote Playback Client at the Client PC Fast Key Reference Backing Up and Deleting Video Files Audio Video Backup
278. tion you need one PTZ camera applied for tracking and one stationary camera set for a fixed view Currently GV System only supports Sensormatic PelcoSpetra and Messoa PTZ Install the PTZ camera and the stationary camera in the best possible closing position so the focus of both could be similar PTZ Setup Before configuring the Object Tracking function first configure the PTZ device 1 Click the Configure button and then select System Configure to display the System Configure window 2 Inthe PTZ Control section click PTZ Device Setup and select Sensormatic Ultra IV PelcoSpetra 3 or Messoa SDS600 series Here we use Sensormatic as example FTZ Control W PTZ Device Setup E E Sensormatic U tra I al Figure 1 60 i 3 Click to display the Sensormatic Setup window x Setup Com Port con Baud Rate FT Speed Activate Normal AT EE turieeratmatteiete E Figure 1 61 Page 53 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System 4 Enter Com Port Baud Rate and PT Speed of the PTZ camera 5 Check the Activate item and select Object Tracking Only 6 Click OK to apply the settings Object Tracking Setup After the above PTZ setup go back to the menu bar Click the Configure button point to Object Tracking Application and click Object Tracking Setup to display the following window The left screen is the PTZ camera view and the right screen is the stationary camera view Obje
279. to 45 minutes For the video clip see the EventLog Size below m Send Event Alerts Allows you to send out the assigned E Mail Hotline SMS notification when the selected alert conditions occur To enable the function follow the steps below 1 Check the Send Event Alerts option and click the Arrow button beside to display this window Alert Events Setup x E Mail Hotline SMS Alerts when M Video Lost M Record Error Iw Disk Full WO Error J Intruder Event M Missing Object Event M Unattended Object Event M POS Loss Prevention Event j Scene Change Event Cancel Figure 1 7 2 Select the desired alert events to send out the assigned notification and then click OK for the application The alert events of Intruder Event Missing Object Unattended Object and POS Loss Prevention Event are only available when the alarm settings are activated in Counter Application Object Monitor and POS Application separately Note To select the type of notification see Send Alerts Approach on page 7 Page 9 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System EventLog Size Determines the amount of time from 1 to 5 minutes of each event file If you select 5 Min a 30 minute event will be chopped into six 5 minute event files if you select 1 Min a 30 minute event will be chopped into thirty 1 minute event files To decide what to set up here consider how often you back up your event files and how intensive the act
280. to add PTZ cameras to the system 1 Click Configure button and select System Configure 2 Inthe PTZ Control section select PTZ Device Setup to enable the camera drop down list 3 Select the make and model from the list and press the PTZ Control button to bring out the camera setup dialog box slightly different for other camera models 4 Inthe dialog box select Activate This is important Without this step the PTZ camera will not be added to system 5 Click OK and then go back to main screen Now you should see PTZ Control button on main screen Click the button to bring out the on screen control panel shown as follows Pan Tilt Control iol a Zoom Control ol o Focus Control AF Auto Focus ayes Auto Pan Preset Go Preset Set Setup acar 0x80 Address Select Figure 1 46 Auto Pan Allows camera to pan back and forth continually among preset points Preset Go Moves camera to the preset position Preset Set To set preset positions for the camera Address Specify address of your camera Note Each dome will need to be addressed correctly Refer to the dome manufacturers documentation for details Page 42 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System Auto Switching PTZ Control Panels The function allows the corresponding PTZ control panels to be called up automatically when you switch to different PTZ camera screens To enable the function follow the steps below 1 Click the Configure but
281. to support special characters and symbols display When your transaction text appears on the screen incorrectly your POS system may use different character code from GV System s To change a character code follow these steps 1 3 In Figure 3 3 enable Use Codepage Mapping and then select a character code from the drop down list Note The codepage is related to Script in the Set Font option see Figure 3 4 When this option is disabled it means there are no codepages matching your script setting To verify the character code you selected click the button to preview its codepage Codepage Mapping Preview l x From To 43r OEM United States fi 254 ANSI Latin i a ojola oolooooo o al ellalsiwlalicislel tel 17 2l_ellalsielal Icislel tel 17 stolalelstalsiei7tslal t l lt l stolalelstalsielzlelal al laleiclolelFiGIMI1 3 KIL IM solate lelole le lelali slplolaisirlulviwixlyizirlv 1 sle lolelslr luly lwz Talolelalelflalhli tilk el lalbletdlel fla 7lolalr s tlul viw tila eteloL elt sto Tle al lel Honan A w BF fe He B hnk b gt fe perp PFE ef feb enone fof Fa 7lolair s tlulyviw s vlz 4 elclul lalalalalcl sl l l l l l lalulv ale wom ab RoR B fo k ie 232220204229 Eo c a pae fen er Cr is mm er eels OO BLE n cancer Figure 3 9 Codepage Mapping Preview At the From side locate and click one of the symbols or characters
282. tomatically After settings you can manually detect all input states by selecting Detect Input Status Or you can just start I O monitoring When the system detects any change of input state you may see this warning message Detect Input Status 4 ES Lo Please verify the following abnormal inputs Pi i fy g p Module Pin 1 Input 1 1 Input 2 1 Input 3 1 Input 4 Setup Figure 2 11 Page 91 Chapter 2 I O Applications I O Enable Setting You can manually arm or disarm any I O devices without interrupting the monitoring For example when an output alarm is triggered at the front door you can turn off the specific output while the system keeps on recording and I O monitoring Arming Disarming I O devices 1 On the main screen click the I O button and select I O Enable Setting This dialog box appears 1 0 Activation kee TEST27 E i Module 1 H a i l np ut Pin i Ay a Output Pin 4 Reset Output Cancel Apply Figure 2 12 2 Check the Input Output to arm or uncheck the Input Output to disarm the device s Then click Apply to verify the changes Page 92 Chapter 2 I O Applications Advanced I O Panel The Advanced I O Panel provides a centrally managing solution for I O devices installed across a wide area It simplifies the process of configuring and managing many I O devices Its major features are Trigger I O devices without starting I O monitoring Group I O dev
283. ton and then select System Configure to display the System Configure window 2 Inthe PTZ Control section click the Arrow button point to PTZ Panel Switch and click Auto Figure 1 47 3 When the Camera Mapping Setup window appears see Figure 1 28 specify the brand name and hardware address of each PTZ camera Then click OK for the application Touch Screen Support The GV System offers three types of control panels with touch screen support PTZ Control Panel I O Control Panel and Touch Screen Panel PTZ and I O Control Panel This feature gives you the option of a large PTZ and I O control panel with touch screen support To open the panel follow the steps below 1 Click the Configure button and select System Configure to display the System Configure window 2 Inthe PTZ Control section click the Arrow button point to PTZ IO Panel and check Large PT a I PTZ Device Setup n amp PTZ TO Panel Mormal Sensomatie Ultra M PTZ Panel Switch w Large Figure 1 48 Page 43 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System Touch Screen Panel The touch screen panel allows you to switch to ViewLog and full screen by the touch of a finger To open the panel follow the steps below 1 Click the Configure button select Tool Kit point to Touch Screen Panel and then select Panel Setup to display the following window Touch Screen Panel Setup x Auto StartUp M Activate when enter Full Screen Mode only T
284. ton for further settings The following window will appear Page 126 Chapter 4 Playing Back Video Files omg HON OOOO hhh Option Sensitivity 3 Search Speed 3 s Figure 4 12 Use the mouse to outline a region for motion detection You will be prompted to enter Alarm Region Keep detection Sensitivity and Search Speed as defaults or adjust them if needed Click OK to finish the settings and close the window In the Option section you have several options Play All Events Plays back the video segments found as a continuous series of images Show Mask Shows masks on the detection regions Find and Stop recommended Pauses the search process when motion is detected In the control panel click the Search button for the search 10 When any video segment matches the search criteria of motion detection the Show button will be available Click Show to display the Event List window M Show Small Picture Aer El SEE Event20051 209164053001 Avi 12 9 2005 16 41 01 968 T L of 1219 2005 16 41 06 671 GR 12 9 2005 16 41 11 437 Re 12 9 2005 16 41 16 375 og 1219 2005 16 41 20 984 12 9 2005 16 41 22 250 ogi 1219 2005 16 41 29 828 Process Erent List Option IV Play All Events V Show Mask Find and Stop Out 0 amp Show 2 Figure 4 13 11 Expand the event folders to see the video segments inside Or enable Show Small Pictures at the u
285. ts your computer monitor screen Page 5 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System Mini View for Remote Desktop Squeezes all video channels into a single 320x240 view Since you may use Microsoft Remote Desktop a feature that comes with Windows XP Professional Edition to set up the Main System through network it is important to get smallest size possible data to transfer over network 1 Click the Configure button and then select System Configure 2 Inthe System Configure dialog box select Mini View for Remote Desktop in the Startup section and then click OK to apply the setting Restart the Main System 4 To switch between the mini and normal view click the Configure button and select Mini View Switch GV 300 1 2 3 4 45 6 7 8 9 10 1117 13 1475 16 bf Hl os a a Sas Figure 1 4 Mini View Location Name The given name maximum 14 characters is displayed in main screen as the name of the server Log Storage Selects storage type recycle or not recycle and location Available Shows remaining hard disk space Recycle Log Indicates the recording date of the next video file to be erased Set Location Press Set Location to select location to save video files to Recycle When this option is selected it will cause the oldest files to be deleted when the system requires storage space for new surveillance videos If it is not selected the system will stop recording when disk space is full Keep Days Se
286. tton in Figure 11 30 This dialog box appears PassClient Setting q X Network Setup Server IF Server Port 3663 Default Login ID 12345 Password aa Figure 11 31 PassClient Setting Page 300 Chapter 11 Useful Utilities 3 Enter the IP address and port of the Authentication Server Enter the valid ID and password created in the Authentication Server See Figure 13 29 4 Click OK to start the connection When the connection is established the previous password settings in the GV System will be invalid 5 Press L on the keyboard to call up the Login dialog box The icon 9 indicates the connection is established Password Te i Forgot Password Cancel L Figure 11 32 6 Type a valid User ID and password for login As long as the Authentication sever is working every time when you start the GV System the Login dialog box will appear Note When the disconnection icon appears there might be three reasons 1 The valid ID and password created in the Authentication Server see Figure 11 29 don t match those in the GV System see Figure 11 31 The client s given name see Figure 11 26 doesn t match the GV System s The network media has traffic problem Page 301 Chapter 11 Useful Utilities Fast Backup and Restore With the Fast Backup and Restore FBR solution you can change interface skin and customize features to suit personal preference as well as back up an
287. tton to display the Video Object Setup window ideo Object Setup Object Index Object Monitor M Camera Mask Filter FRR 2 RE mm ET Storage Available 25 1065 Set Location Keep 30 v Dara IV Recycle PSS ae m Wideo Player Quick Search r pree A aa a a a a E e e Figure 1 51 Video Object Setup for Object Index Camera Select the camera you wish to configure from the drop down menu Camera Enable Check to enable the selected camera for configuration Mask Filter Use the mouse to outline a mask area where motion will be ignored Set Location Click to assign a path to save the file Keep Days Check the item and specify the days to store the files from 1 day to 999 days Recycle When both Keep Days and Recycle are selected the system applies whichever condition comes first For example if storage space is lower than that is required to hold the days of data specified in Keep Days recycle comes first m Video Player Select a viewer ViewLog or Quick Search to play back video files Note Minimum storage space required for Object Index is 500MB Page 45 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System Live Object Index After configuring Object Index you can start to view the most recent frames captured with 50 frames at most 1 Start camera monitoring 2 Click the ViewLog bution and then select Live Object Index to display the Live Viewer window Lo
288. tup see Sending Alerts thru E Mail Accounts on page 28 For the SMS setup see Short Message Service in Chapter 10 Exit Option Check the box to enable the feature Press the blue Arrow button to switch between Select Auto Shutdown and Auto Restart Windows Auto Shutdown closes Windows OS after exiting GV System Auto Restart Windows restarts Windows OS after exiting a GV System PTZ Control Adds PTZ cameras to the system See the later section of PTZ Control Panel for operation details Monitor Option Start Delay Starts monitoring after x second s when the system is activated m Post Rec Motion Keeps on recording for a set period of time 1 10 seconds after motion stops Page 7 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System m Pre Rec Motion Records video for a set period of time before motion starts This feature allows you to choose RAM or HDD as a pre recording buffer The difference between the two is that RAM can save smaller pre record from 1 second to 1 5 minutes while the hard disk can save larger one from 1 minute to 45 minutes Page 8 Enable the Pre Rec Motion option Click the Arrow button beside This dialog box appears Pre Record Setup x Pre Record Option per camera Total Frames G Max 30 Frames Sec Limitation 1 C Pre Recording using HDD Keep Pre Record Files i Video Clips Ouse RAM as pre record cache butter Current used frames is 6 frame rate limit 1 Available pr re
289. u an instant reference Click the Tools button on the main screen and then select Fast Key to display the window Key Esc Enter Back Space Num 1 9 0 and F1 F6 Ctrl Num 1 9 0 and F1 F6 Ctrl F8 Ctrl B Ctrl D F7 F8 F9 F10 Alt M Alt N Alt P B b D d F f K k P p Q q Page 151 Function Exit Play Pause Rewind Pause Stop Switch the camera channel Switch the audio channel Display Hide the Basic Search dialog box Display Hide the Backup dialog box select an event on the Event List Display Hide the Delete dialog box select an event on the Event List Switch between single and mutli views Display Hide the Advance Search dialog box Display Hide the Event List window Connect to Remote ViewLog Service Turn the sound on off Go to the next event Go to the previous event Display Hide the Backup dialog box Display Hide the Delete dialog box Start Stop full screen view Display Hide the Fast Key Reference table Print the image Switch the screen division Chapter 4 Playing Back Video Files R r Reload video event list S Ss Display Hide the Save AVI File dialog box Page Up Move one frame back Page Down Move one frame forward Home Go to the first frame End Go to the last frame Zoom in Zoom out x Increase playback speed Decrease playback speed Delete Delete events Page 152 Backing Up and Deleting Files Video files can be copied from the hard disk t
290. unattended to invoke the detection Unattended Object The duration is from 3 to 1800 seconds with 3 seconds as default For example suppose you choose 12 seconds When an unattended object appears in the camera view for 12 seconds its location will be highlighted Missing Object The duration is from 3 to 1800 seconds with 3 seconds as default For example suppose you choose 9 seconds When a defined object disappears from the camera view for 9 seconds its location will be highlighted m Invoke Alarm Enables the computer alarm when any unattended and or missing objects are detected Click the button next to the item to assign a wav sound file Output Module Activates the output device when any unattended and or missing object is detected Click the button next to the item to assign an installed output module and a pin number Demo Click to see the demonstration from actual DVR applications Page 52 Chapter 1 Configuring Main System Object Tracking and Zooming Object Tracking provides you the real time tracking and automatic magnification of a single moving object by the combination of one PTZ camera and one stationary camera If only one PTZ camera is available it can be applied for Object Zooming letting you configure four critical views for real time zooming The Object Tracking and Object Zooming functions can be combined together by completing both settings Object Tracking For the tracking func
291. up Polling Time Specify the camera polling time from 1 to 60 seconds Server Status Refresh Time Specify the refresh time to update the host information Camera Status Refresh Time Specify the refresh time to update the camera information Folder Path Specify a path to save recorded files Max Video Clip Specify the maximum time length of each recorded file to be 30 or 60 minutes The default time length is 30 minutes Caption Select what kind of caption to display on the monitoring window ID camera ID Name camera name No no display m Enable DirectDraw The DirectDraw is enabled by default Some VGA cards might not support DirectDraw and can produce distorted frames In this case disable this function m Fast Key Click the View button to display the fast key table of the Multi View Refer to Fast Key Reference later in this chapter Page 189 Chapter 6 Viewing Live Video Using WebCam Creating a Quick Connection to a Host Server To create a quick connection to a new host server click the Edit Host button No 8 Figure 6 26 This displays the following window Hast List Hast Informations 1 Host Protection Hast 1 Supervisor W Single Host Multiple Host Hast Mame Supervisor IF Address 127 0 0 1 User ame Supervisor Password Command Fort 4550 Data Fort 5550 Audio Port 6550 HTTF Part 80 Expor Import Mew Delete Save OK Figure 6 32 The Edit Host Window Host List Wh
292. users of Dispatch Server and Vital Sign Monitor refer to the CMS User s Manual Clicking the Question mark can view the specified mobile numbers at the client site 5 Click Save for above settings Page 272 Chapter 10 Short Message Service Disabling a client You can disable subscription services to an individual client when subscription expires In the Account Settings window Figure 10 6 right click the desired client and then select Disable To restore the service right click the desired client and then select Enable SMS Log Setting SMS Log Click the SMS Log Setting button in the SMS Server window No 2 Figure 10 1 and select SMSLog Setting to display the following dialog box The settings are similar to Event Log Settings in Figure 9 21 in Chapter 9 Viewing SMS Log Click the SMS Log Setting button in the SMS Server window No 2 Figure 10 1 and select View SMSLog to display the SMS Log Browser The browser is the same as Event Log Browser in Figure 9 18 in Chapter 9 except the following two unique features SMS Event Log Clicking the SMS Event Log button on the toolbar you can monitor senders ID mobile numbers text messages sent and failed SMS This can be beneficial as you may charge your clients by the amount of SMS messages they sent Event lists From 1 11 2005 to 1 26 2005 SMSLog Browser File Tools View Help a ey VY 4 eZ le a Cie Mobile Number SMS Contents Send SMS T
293. view window shown as follow Camera Description Rec Button Play Save Camera Lock Figure 8 6 Icons appear in view screen represent Name Description Time Indicator Indicates current date and time Color of the text and the background can be changed in Preferences Rec Starts stops pauses and resumes recording Play Save Plays and saves recorded video files Camera Lock Locks the image to apply zoom in zoom out function Note The Rec button saves the video files only temporarily as a buffer file therefore saves only one video clip at atime If you wish to save the files permanently use Play Save to save the video clip in AVI format Page 225 Chapter 8 Live Viewing Using Remote Applications Playing Back Video Files in Q View Click Play Save button found in the camera screen This brings up the program Q View which is used for instant playback for video files temporarily saved in the Temporarily Record Buffer created when Rec button is pressed em Q iew C DOCUME 1 Neo LOCALS 1 Temp rF a i File View Operations Edit Bw oO 4eS G DiGi tal DiGi tal CuIvelente Cuvee n te tive ors CET Figure 8 7 Preference Settings Click the Preferences button from the toolbar to bring out the corresponding dialog box shown as Preference Setting x Connection General Login Setup Login ID Password Faster Figure 8 8 Page 226 Chapter 8 Live Viewing Using Remote Applications T
294. vorites Tools Help ay Q Back Q r wi a Search Ia Folders a Address osve Go i 2 S zc_5122 dl zoomin gif panel zoomout gif GS xsvr exe a ZuMIMux dil i g Figure 11 12 2 Double click to open the program This displays the following Watermark Viewer window fj water Mark Proof Event20051 206141155001 ayvi He vew option wages a Arai T Pass Pr SS ie Check sum F imulticam logicam01icam0111206 Event200512061408280 E Pass F Multicarm logicam01icam01 1 206 Event200512061411480 M E Pass F Multicam logicamO1icam01 1 206 Event200512061411550 M L Pass F Multicam logicam01 cam01 1 206 Event200512061412140 M E Pass F Multicam logicam01 1 01 4 Event20051014155634001 avi D M No Pass 143 166 Current Total frame 12 6 2005 14 12 00 531 Figure 11 13 Page 287 Chapter 11 Useful Utilities The controls in the window No Name Description 1 Open File Finds a video file to play 2 First Frame Goes to the first frame of the file 3 Play Plays the file 4 Previous Frame Goes to the previous frame of the file 5 Next Frame Goes to the next frame of the file 6 Previous Watermarked Frame Goes to the previous frame that contains watermark 7 Next Watermarked Frame Goes to the next frame that contains watermark The Watermark Viewer displays the verifying result as follows m Checksum Ifthe video stream has not been tampered the Check Sum sect
295. ware CD Consult your PDA user s manual 2 Run Microsoft ActiveSync in the connected computer Make sure both the PDA and computer are synchronized 3 Insert the Surveillance System Software CD to the computer It will run automatically and pop up a window Select the item of Install V8 0 0 0 System and then click PDA Viewer for WinCE Follow the on screen instructions to complete the installation Connecting G View to GV Server Once G View is installed into your PDA you can use it to monitor your GV Server Make sure your PDA has wireless LAN adapter properly in place with access to the Internet 1 Execute G View in your PDA 2 Click the Connect button located at the lower left corner This displays the Login screen 3 Type the IP address of the GV Server you wish to connect enter a valid username and password and then click the OK button If logging in successfully you will see video streaming to your PDA Clicking the Stop button can exit the G View application Page 202 Chapter 6 Viewing Live Video Using WebCam 11 02 EG GYiew a d s3a2 IP Address 211 74 142 9 viS Fort Figure 6 45 Starting G View Figure 6 46 Entering GV server Info Other Functions The major functions of G View include live video monitoring PTZ control zooming control and snapshot tzm QQeF Figure 6 47 View Screen Figure 6 48 PTZ Screen Buttons Description Click to take a snaps
296. wn list for example GV IO Card Click the Format Addr button to assign an address to the device The Format Address dialog box appears Start your first device with New Address set to 1 Click the Write button to write the address to the device Click OK to apply the setting Click the Add button You should see the device listed in the display window Repeat above steps to add more devices once at atime Each device should have its own address therefore in step 3 you should assign a different address for the new device Input X Click the Arrow buttons to select an Input to set up One GV IO module provides up to 8 inputs Select nput Apply to all Inputs Input 1 al Mame r Signal Type ma fe E Latch inp Wo C NE a Monitor Input io 5 5 Sec Em M Invoke Alarm i i j Take a snapshot on input trigger if Invoke to Send Alerts Delay Time Setup if Dutput Module ioe 1 F Fin 1 I Delay Time Setup IW Register Input Event Figure 2 2 Name Specifies a name for each input device in the Name field Click the Arrow button to set up next input Signal Type Select signal type for your input device You may use the Finger button to apply your selection to all input devices For details on Latch Trigger see Latch Trigger later in this chapter Monitor Input Rec Video Check this option to use the input Sensors or detectors to trigger recording You may select which
297. y Center V2 Connecting to Center V2 To configure the GV System in order to access the Center V2 remotely through a network connection follow these steps 1 Inthe Main System click the Network button and select Connect to Center V2 This dialog box appears Connect to Center 2 Center IP ERR User iD 1 Password E W Save Password Normal Mode C Panic Button Login after 30 second W Monitor all type events Exit Advance Figure 9 12 Connect to Center V2 2 Enter the IP address of the Center V2 the user ID and password created in Center V2 See Creating a Subscriber s Account earlier in this chapter 3 Click the Connect button When the connection is established Center V2 will start receiving videos or attachments from the subscriber Normal Mode Setup To further define the communication conditions between the subscriber and Center V2 select Normal Mode on the Connect to Center V2 dialog box Figure 9 12 and then click the Advance button for setup The setup window includes these tabs 1 General 2 Camera 3 Other and 4 I O Device Page 245 Chapter 9 Central Monitoring By Center V2 General The settings define the retry modes and communication ports between GV System and Center V2 Advance Settings General Camera Other 1 0 Device Connection Broken Codec Maxinum FRetries 3 i Geo Mpeg Retry Interval 5 Second i Geo H264 Retr
298. y in the background Connective Port Center Fort alat Fy Default Command Port 5543 Default Data Fort 5549 Default Audia Port 5546 Default Connection Fort 5545 Default b Temp Folder Fath ENGVE5O CCT emp a E Figure 9 13 Advance Settings Connection Broken mE Maximum Retries Sets the number of retries if connection is not immediately available Retry Interval Sets the time interval between each retries Retry until connected Keeps GV System on trying until connected to Center V2 m Retry in the background Hides the retries in the background Codec Selects Geo Mpeg 4 default or Geo H 264 as the compression method for video sent to Center V2 For details see Recording Codec Options in Chapter 1 Connective Port Displays ports used for communication Itis recommended to keep the default settings unless otherwise necessary The Center Port number must match the Center Port assigned in Center V2 as shown in Figure 9 10 To automatically configure these ports on your router by UPnp technology click the Arrow button For details see UPnP Settings in Chapter 5 Temp Folder Attachments are temporarily stored in this folder while waiting to be sent to Center V2 In case the connection is broken attachments meant to be sent to Center V2 could be found here Once the connection is back to normal events saved in the Temp Folder will be sent out immediately Page 246 Chapter 9
299. yout Settings on page 193 Displays the connection status of subscribers Brings up these options System Configure Notification Password Setup and E mail Setup Closes or minimizes the Center V2 window Adds deletes or modifies subscriber accounts Refreshes the connection status Displays the next page of camera views Displays the previous page of camera views Flags an event for later reference Indicates an event coming with an attachment Double click the event to open the attached video file Indicates a subscriber s ID Indicates the event type Alarm Attachment Connection Login Logout Motion System and Trigger Indicates associated information for each event type Indicates when Center V2 receives an event Indicates when an event happens at the subscriber s site A list of Types and Messages will be displayed on Center V2 Camera xx detected motion Module xx triggered Camera xx video lost Module xx I O lost Network abnormal Fail to login to dispatch server Dispatch server is shutdown Video signal of xx has resumed Module xx has returned to normal Failed to login SMS server Failed to send short message SMS Type Message Motion Trigger Connection server is shutdown Alarm Disk Full Restarted Failed Multicam Closed There isn t enough space for recording Multicam Surveillance System has been closed An unexpected error occurred in Multicam Surveillance System Error Code 1 or

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