Cam View User Manual
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1. 19 4 8 SWAP FUNCTION 19 AO LANGUAGE ssa eta taht gah hs 20 CHAPTER 5 MANAGE IP CAMS CAM 5 21 Bi A WIG FB 21 5 2 ADD AN IP CAM ID TO CAMERALIST 20 1 2 2 21 5 3 ADD A FOLDER CAMERALIST 22 5 4 PLAY AN IP CAM ESTABLISH THE VIDEO 510 22 5 5 GET SET THE SETTINGS OF THE CAM CAM 10 23 5 6 CHANGE THE CAMERA OR PASSWORD OR THE NAME OF A FOLDER 24 5 7 DELETE AN IP CAM CAM ID ORA FOLDER eene 25 5 8 PLAY A GROUP OF IP CAMS sedi 26 CHAPTER 6 OPERATIONS FOR THE ACTIVE VIDEO SESSION 28 6 1 PLAY THE VIDEO ESTABLISH THE VIDEO SESSION 28 2 6 2 isemeseae e sae essa seres areas 28 6 3 PAUSE AND RESUME THE VIDEO SESSION 28 6 4 MUTE AND UN MUTE THE 28 6 5 VIDEO INFORMATION BAR cececcecccceccececcaceceacecccucacececceeaneceentaceceaueaneneas 28 6 6 VIDEO SESSION PROPERTIES cccccceccaceccaccccacccceccaceceaceceauecceneaceneaueaeeneas 29 CHAPTER2. 0 009 9 9 0 00 37 CHAPTER 10 5 38 10 1 COMMON ISSUES AND 5 5 8 38 10 2 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS 39 List of Figures Figure 2 1 1 7 Figure 2 2 Install select package 8 Figure 2 3 Install installation esee 8 Figure 2 4 Install shortcut folder 9 Figure 2 5 Install ready to install eese nnns 9 Figure 2 6 Install installing 10 Figure 2 7 INSTAl mm 10 Figure 2 8 no NET MAING WOIR oa b ut udin 11 Figure 3 1 Layout Of CArmmVICW cccccseccccsececsseeesseeeesseeeesaueeesseeeetsneeetsneeesanes 12 Figure 3 2 Video window 12 KROUG 477 Aulo Sede T usu catio ttt bita dara aoa 13 Figure 4 2 Auto search 2 aia cvs Gan Ra Dar Rag D take 14 Figure 4 3 Web configure 0 20 2 0 0000 00000000000 14 Figure 4 4 IP address of 001006123 15 Figure 4 5 IP online SIatUus iei rd no ipa tet
3. Please click Mextto proceed with the installation Cancel Figure 2 5 Install ready to install step 7 Click Next and a progress screen will show up as Figure 2 6 CamView Setup Installing CamView Please wait Installing Files Gi aPragram Filesi amViewlpluginsiibtimpeg plugin dll Cancel Figure 2 6 Install installing otep 8 If you checked Microsoft Net Framework package earlier in Select Package screen and it is not installed yet the installer of Microsoft Net Framework will be executed and please press Next till the end of the installation of Microsoft Net Framework It will take you several minutes otep 9 The installation successful screen will show up as shown in Figure 2 7 E CamView 1 02 12 Setup Installation Finished The installation has completed successfully Installation Successful The 1 02 12 installation is complete Thank you for choosing Carm view Please click Finish to exit this installer Finish Figure 2 7 Install finished Step 10 If you have not installed Microsoft NET Framework 2 0 or later version before and did not select it to install the last screen you see will be No NET Framework 2 0 or later version installed instead of Installation successfully as shown in Figure 2 8 In this situation we recommend you to reinstall the CamView and do install the NET Framework 2 0 package 10 CamView 1 02 12 Setup No NET Framework 2 0 or la
4. series IP Cameras on your LAN Local Area Network At the very beginning of CamView startups CamView automatically does the auto search To do auto search manually you can either double click on the Auto Search folder or right click on the Auto Search folder and select Auto search as shown in Figure 4 1 besides select it from menu bar Camera Auto search as shown in Figure 4 2 to have it search the IP Cameras The results Cam IDs will be listed under Auto search folder With auto search you can right click on the found Cam ID and select Web configure as shown in Figure 4 3 to access to its web page for further configuration If you have the mouse cursor stop on a Cam ID in the Auto Search list the IP address of that Cam ID will be shown up as shown in Figure 4 4 Note1 The result of auto search is not saved to the computer If you want to save it please refer to Chapter 5 2 Add an IP Cam Cam ID to CameraList folder Note2 The browser that CamView invokes while you click the Web configure is Microsoft Internet Explorer Note 3 If your computer is in the different LAN with the IP Cam auto search will not be able to find that IP Cam Camera View Settings Language Cam list 7 Cameral ist 8 CamlD1 8 8 CamID3 Test 5 7 Ao Search 0010061 Auto search 001004248 Figure 4 1 Auto search 1 13 E amp
5. 5 Manage IP Cams Cam IDs 5 1 Cam list tab CameraList 15 a list for storing individual Cam ID Moreover you can create folders to categorize the Cam IDs 5 2 Add an IP Cam Cam ID to CameraList folder There are two ways to add a Cam ID IP Cam to the CameraList One is to right click on the CameraList folder select New camera as shown in Figure 5 1 and fill in the camera name Cam ID and password to corresponding fields as shown in Figure 5 2 d a CamView Camera View Settings Language Help B CamID Mew Folder B CamID3 Rename 5 6 Test Fol Delete Figure 5 1 New camera Add New Camera T Camp us 75 Password Save password Add Cancel Figure 5 2 Add new camera Another way is to drag the Cam ID from the Auto Search list to CameraList folder directly and then right click on the Cam ID and select ID Password settings to edit the camera name and the password information as shown in Figure 5 2 Note For default password used for play video please refer to the accompanied ID 21 Password Card as shown in Figure 5 3 poc ID Password Card ID Password Card seeing the video anywhere Camera ID Password You can login to your IP Camera by the Camera 10 and Password Notice Plaase change the Password right away Figure 5 3 Cam account 5 3 Add a folder to CameraList folder Adding a f
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7. Cam Q Sometimes failed to connect to the IP Cam Cam ID after changing the settings of the IP Cam Cam needs some time around 5 seconds to re initialize the system Therefore please wait 5 seconds and try to connect it again for playing the video or getting the settings If the auto reconnection is enabled then CamView will connect it for you 5 seconds Q Web configure is available for the Cam ID under the Auto Search List However once drag the Cam ID from Auto Search List to CameraList the Web configure item is not available anymore Why A The IP Cams Cam IDs under the Auto Search List are located in the same Local Area Network with the CamView Hence the web page is accessible for 39 sure Regarding the Cam ID located in CameraList there is no way to access to its web page if it is behind a router NAT Therefore Web configure item will not be available for CameraList or GroupList Q If there are 12 active video sessions the audio heard is from which video session A The audio you heard is from the current selected window See Figure 10 1 E LI LTE Come at GI s do Sere LE rte rusc 2 L QUE B ocior mtn F 0010 Current selected window mat OS MEET 1 One of the 12 non selected Figure 10 1 Selected vs Non selected video window windows 40
8. Chapter 1 Introduction This chapter briefly describes what CamView is Chapter 2 Install CamView Program This chapter guides you how to install CamView program step by step Chapter 3 Startup and the layout of CamView This chapter shows you where to launch the CamView and the layout of it Chapter 4 CamView functions This chapter describes some functionalities of CamView Chapter 5 Manage IP Cams Cam IDs This chapter teaches you how to manage your IP Cams Chapter 6 Operations for the active video session This chapter explains the basic operations of CamView Chapter 7 CamPlay This chapter guides you how to use CamPlay to playback the recorded files Chapter 8 Uninstall CamView Program This chapter guides you how to uninstall CamView program step by step Chapter 9 Update CamView Program This chapter guides you how to update CamView program Chapter 10 Troubleshooting This chapter describes some common issues and solutions as well as frequently asked questions Chapter 2 Install CamView Program 2 1 Installation steps To install CamView on the Microsoft Windows follow the steps below step 1 Please close other windows applications to prevent the installation from any possible conflict otep 2 Insert the installation CD into your CD ROM drive and find the CamViewlnstaller Vxxx exe Double click it to start the installation process and you Will see the Welcome screen as shown in Figure 2 1 Note xxx
9. count of how many IP Cams in a folder could be played depends on how many video windows you have in current layout For instance if the current layout is 4 window then only 4 IP Cams will be played which means the last 2 IP Cams will not be played 26 What if you want to play all 6 IP Cams in Home folder simply change your video window layout to 6 or more 27 Chapter 6 Operations for the active video session There are some operations available to control the video session such as stop pause resume mute un mute and so on We will describe those operations in this chapter 6 1 Play the video establish the video session Please refer to Chapter 5 4 6 2 Stop the video To stop a video session right click on that display area and select Stop If there are for example three video sessions and you want to stop all of them either stop each of them one by one or select Disconnect all from menu bar Camera gt Diconnect all to disconnect all the active video sessions 6 3 Pause and Resume the video session To pause a video session right click on that display area and select Pause If you want to resume a paused video session simply click Pause again to resume it To pause all the active video sessions select Pause all from menu bar Camera Pause all Likewise click Pause all again to resume all the paused video sessions 6 4 Mute and Un Mute the audio Click on the speaker bu
10. nce UM E See er tels 31 Figure 7 3 File information 02 0001000000000000 32 Figure 7 4 Directory Settligessassiotasveet trama ive dva dan 32 Foure ara 34 Figure 8 2 CameraList settings eese essen 35 Figure 8 3 Recording and snapshot settings 35 Figure 8 4 Removing 2 2 02 0006600 010000000000 36 Figure 8 5 Uninstallation successful 36 Figure 9 1 Microsoft NET Framework detected 37 Figure 10 1 Selected vs Non selected video 40 Chapter 1 Introduction CamView is a video management software which comes and works with the 202 series IP Cameras It is designed with the idea of truly user friendly With CamView it is just a mouse click away to see the video of your IP Camera and surprisingly neither technical knowledge nor complex settings is required Each IC202 w series IP Camera has a unique Camera ID Cam ID 9 digits long and a password for login to see the video Therefore the only thing you need to remember for seeing the video is the Cam ID and the password The following chapters will walk you through the process of installing and using CamVlew step by step 1 1 What is in this user manual
11. of CamViewlnstallerV xxx exe is the version number for example 1 02 12 Note lf you have installed CamView program in your computer earlier then you have to uninstall it before installing a new one The uninstaller will be invoked automatically Please refer to Chapter 8 Uninstall CamView Program and make sure you select Yes Keep it to keep the settings of CameraList during the uninstallation E CamView 1 02 12 Setup Seeing the video from anywhere Welcome Welcome ta the installer for 1 02 12 tis strongly recommended that vou exit all Windows programs before continuing with this installation If vau have any other programs running please click Cancel close the programs and run this setup again Otherwise click Mext to continue Cancel Figure 2 1 Install welcome step 3 Click Next and the Select Package screen will show up as shown in Figure 2 2 If you do not know whether Microsoft Net Framework existed or not just leave it as it is E CamView 1 02 12 Setup Select Packages Please select the program features that you want to install Program Features This is the main program of CamView WET Framework 2 0 It has to be installed 7 14 MB Total space required 293 5 MB Cancel Figure 2 2 Install select package Note lf you are installing CamView on Microsoft Vista operating system then you do not need to install the NET Framework 2 0 because it is natively built in
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13. CamVTiew View Settings Language Help Pause all Disconnect all Enable Auto IP search Exit ami i E amp Auto Search 001006123 B 001004248 Figure 4 2 Auto search 2 F NE CamView Camera View Settings Language E3BH 4 Auto Search List List Cam list all the found Cam IDs within this LAN aL CameraList CamID1 8 CamID2 N IS Web configure Click to a och open I E browser for Auto Search further configuring this B 001006123 IP Cam B 0001004245 l Web configure Figure 4 3 Web configure 14 5 amp CamView Camera View Settings Language Cam list a CameraList CamIDd E CamID 2 Have your mouse B CamID3 moved over Cam ID Test 001006123 to see its et Auto Search IP address 1 00100612 001004248 192 168 2 Figure 4 4 IP address of CamlD 001006123 4 2 IP Cam online status indicator There is an IP Cam icon right in front of the Camera Name which indicates the online status of that IP Camera as shown in Figure 4 5 If the color of the IP Camera icon is red it means that IP Camera somehow is offline and not responding If the color is green then the IP Cam is either in LAN or registered If it is yellow it denotes that the IP Cam is online but the connection between the IP Cam and CamView is not that good because one might be behind a route
14. D Password settings for changing camera name or password for renaming the folder and change it as shown in Figure 5 10 and Figure 5 11 13 NE CamView Camera View Settings Language Help 4 Cam list a CameraList NBI il CCamID Play on selected window 8 CamID3 hi Test Video settings Auto Searc Figure 5 10 ID Password settings 13 amp CamView Camera View Settings Language Help OA GREE lt Cam list 7 CameraList B CamID1 E CamID2 B CamID3 Mew Camera New Folder LJ Auto Sez Figure 5 11 Rename a folder 5 7 Delete an IP Cam Cam ID or a folder oimply right click on the Cam ID or the folder you want to delete and select Delete to remove it as shown in Figure 5 12 and Figure 5 13 25 m 5 a CamView Camera View Settings Language Help 4 zc Cam list eta CameraList CamID1 B eub B Play on selected window ID Password settings Video settings Camera View Settings Language Help Cam list eC CameraList B CamID1 E CamID2 E CamID3 Mew Camera Mew Folder Rename Figure 5 13 Delete a folder 5 8 Play a group of IP Cams If you have setup a folder say Home and there are 6 IP Cams in it To play all the IP Cams in Home folder simply double click on the Home folder To be noticed video window layout matters here The maximum
15. User Manual CamView Seeing the video from anywhere Version 1 1 Date Feb 19 2008 For CamView v1 02 12 Table of Contents aaa era a aS cnr 4 CHAPTER 1 2 2 6 1 1 WHAT IS IN THIS USER 52 6 CHAPTER 2 INSTALL CAMVIEW 7 2 1 INSTALLATION STEPS psc emer chem p recent 7 CHAPTER STARTUP AND THE LAYOUT CAMVIEW 12 3 1 STARTUP GAM VIEW 12 3 2 LAYOUT OP CAM WIE W 12 3 3 VIDEO WINDOW 1 mer emeasesiasesesea e esses ia eas 12 CHAPTER 4 CAMVIEW 65 22 1 1 2 13 4 1 AUTOSEABOB3 Mesh ative Nash tested etches Bash E E MULA NE 13 4 2 IP CAM ONLINE STATUS 15 AG AVO RE CONNEC iura edm ha ede pM I AD Mn 16 4 4 FULL SOBEENUuscidoncasi dentem den ionic dun 17 AS FU WIN OWN eee 17 Z5 SNAIPSBIOT cutie 18 AMA iz de s BI E RR 18 d 1 GV CHG Fe CONOIAG scc eto Ed 19
16. ard is and the button for slow forward is Click play button gt to change back to the normal speed 7 12 Zoom in and zoom out The maximum resolution you can zoom in to is 640x480 and the minimum resolution you can zoom out to is the original resolution of the video file To zoom in click aj Click to zoom out and click to change back to the original resolution of the video file 7 13 Open snapshot file Double click on the snapshot file and the default image viewer will be invoked automatically by the Microsoft Windows Unlike playing the recorded file the snapshot is not displayed in the display area This gives you the ability to playback the recorded video file and view the snapshot at the same time 33 Chapter 8 Uninstall CamView Program 8 1 Uninstallation steps There are two ways to invoke the CamView uninstaller 1 Uninstall from the start menu start gt CamView gt Uninstall CamView 2 Uninstall from the control panel Start gt Settings gt Control Panel gt Add or Remove Programs select CamView program and click Change Remove Follow uninstaller to remove the CamView Step 1 Once the CamView uninstaller has been invoked the uninstall screen as shown in Figure 8 1 will show up Press Next button to move on CamView 1 02 12 Uninstaller Welcome Welcome to the uninstaller for CamVview 1 02 12 Uninstall CamView This program will uninstall 1 02 72 Ift Cam view is currently ru
17. e in between is that video information bar shows failed reason if the video session is failed to be established 29 Chapter 7 CamPlay CamPlay is a management software for the recorded files and snapshots which were recorded or taken by the CamView earlier You do not have to install it It comes with the CamView The main function of CamPlay is the playback function 7 1 Startup of CamPlay There are three ways to start CamPlay First one is from the Start gt Programs CamView CamPlay Second one is from the menu bar of CamView View CamPlay Last one is from the shortcut of CamPlay on the windows desktop 7 2 Layout of CamPlay Figure 7 1 is the layout of CamPlay List all the found recorded files DEK 7 CamPlay CamPlay Settings Language Hele ZEE Recorded Files Home 001005019 Howard 001005018 3i Howard1 001 006067 napshot Files Camplay 2 001005018 e List all the found snapshots Display area Slider bar Playing time Current playing B file information Figure 7 1 Layout of CamPlay Basic functions 7 3 File tree As you can from the Figure 7 1 the file tree has two lists One is the Recorded 30 Files list which lists all the recorded files found in the directory of recording Another one is the Snapshot Files list which lists all the snapshots found in the directory of snapshot Both of recording files list and snapshot files l
18. ge the directory to other drive instead of drive C because the drive C is the system drive mainly for the operating system 4 7 1 Cyclic recording What cyclic recording does is removing the oldest recorded files no matter what it is in the recording directory 4 7 2 Stop recording When available disk space reaches the setting you configured it just stops recording but keeps playing the video Whenever you want to stop recording during the active video session but still play the video press the recording button again and the recording function will be turned off 4 8 Swap function swap function is available for the layouts which have one video window bigger than others see Figure 4 10 Click the swap button el to swap the current video window with the biggest video window The biggest video window of the layout is the one to be swapped out so there is no swap button with it Note The swap button will disappear when the sizes of all video windows of the layout are equal 19 Click to swap the current window with the biggest video window Figure 4 10 Swap video window 4 9 Language CamView supports multi language user interface Currently English and traditional Chinese are supported Please choose it from menu bar Language see Figure 4 11 E amp CamView Camera View Settings Car list B 001002130 E Figure 4 11 Multi Language 20 Chapter
19. ist are 3 tier lists The first tier is the CameraName CamlD i e Home 001001001 The second tier is the date of the recording files or snapshots The third tier is the file and it was named to the time of the video file been recorded or the snapshot been taken See Figure 7 2 as the example The file tree can be refreshed by either right click on the Record Files and click Refresh or from the menu bar CamPlay Refresh file tree CamPlay CamPlay Settings Language Help c Recorded Files Camera Name Home Home 007 005019 CamID 001005019 E 2008012 064956 065846 07074 071636 Howard 001 005018 Howard 001006067 E Snapshot Files Camplay 25 A 001005018 20080103 114515 1 Date yyyy MM dd Figure 7 2 File tree 7 4 Files information When you have your mouse cursor stop on the file CamPlay shows the complete path of the file and the file size of it as shown in Figure 7 3 31 5 CamPlay CamPlay Settings Language Help B Recorded Files B Home 001005019 20080121 0E4956 0041 071636 C Program Files CamViewsRecordingsHome U01 005019200801 215065946 100 67 MB Howard 001 00501 3 H Howard 001 006067 Snapshot Files H Carnplay E 8 001005018 20080103 114813 1 Figure 7 3 File information 7 5 Directory settings Similar to CamView you can configure the directory from the menu bar gt settings gt Directory as shown in Figure 7 4 Di
20. leted successfully Uninstallation Successful CamView 1 02 12 has been uninstalled Please click Finish to exit Figure 8 5 Uninstallation successful 36 Chapter 9 Upgrade CamView program 9 1 Upgrade CamView Before upgrading newer CamView program please remove previous version of CamView if any Get the new CamView program and refer to Chapter 2 Install CamView for detail Due to you have installed CamView before which also means you have installed Microsoft NET framework as well Therefore please uncheck the NET Framework 2 0 while selecting packages during the installation If you don t installer will detect that you already have it installed So no need to install it again The message as shown in Figure 9 1 will show up to inform you that you are not going to install the NET Framework again Anyway as long as the final screen of the installation you see is the Installation successfully CamView should work fine Microsoft HET Framework Detected 41 Microsoft Framework 2 0 or later version is detected Therefore need to install it again Figure 9 1 Microsoft Framework detected Chapter 10 Troubleshooting This chapter consists of two parts Common Issues and Solutions and Frequently Asked Questions If you come across any problem please look it up to see if it answers your questions or dispels your doubts 10 1 Common Issues and Solutions Q My computer i
21. min account and admin password is required as shown in Figure 5 9 All the settings of course can be changed through the web page of the IP Cam For the access to the web page please refer to Chapter 4 1 Auto Search web configure Note1 Admin account and admin password are the same with the ones you used to login into the web page of the IP Cam The default admin account is admin and the admin password is empty no password It is highly recommended to create the password right away Note2 If you want to know more detail of the settings please refer to the user manual of the IP Cam 23 4 ee Camera View Settings Language Help list SL CameraList E CamID2 is B CamID2 Test 0 Auto Searc Figure 5 7 Get video settings Play an selected window ID Password settings Video settings Settings CamID1 7 0010010n4 Camera name Cam ID Reenlutien 320x240 Place Frame Rate 15 Light Freq Bandwidth Led Mode Microphone Brightness Auto Select Figure 5 8 Settings of the IP Cam amp Authentication Admin Account Admin Password NEN Cancel Figure 5 9 Authentication 5 6 Change the Camera Name or password or the name of a folder 24 If you want to rename the camera name or change the password for play video not admin password or rename a folder right click on the Cam ID or the folder select I
22. n speed Therefore we recommend you to change the bandwidth settings of the IP Cam to a value which is smaller than the one that your ISP provides you 38 Q The video quality is not good when the status indicator of the IP Cam shows yellow Why 15 that A If it is yellow it means the connection between CamView and the IP Cam is not good There might be a firewall in between or the routers that IP Cam or CamView are behind have strict rules for the access Q The status indicator of the IP Cam shows green icon however can not set the settings of the IP Cam A The cause might be that the admin account and admin password you entered were incorrect be noticed the admin password is not the same one with the password for playing video The admin password is the same one with the one you used to login into the web page of the IP Cam The default admin account Is admin and default admin password is empty no password 10 2 Frequently Asked Questions Q Can the password for playing video be null A No For security issue we do not allow users to make their passwords for playing video empty Q Can change the settings of the IP Cam through CamView A Yes partially You can change the resolution frame rate bandwidth microphone auto select indoor outdoor mode light frequency LED mode and brightness settings of the IP Cam through CamView The rest of the settings can only be configured via the web page of the IP
23. nning please close it before proceeding with the uninstallation Otherwise click Mext ta continue i Cancel Figure 8 1 Uninstall CamView otep 2 Uninstaller asks you to choose whether to keep the current settings of CameraList or not as shown in Figure 8 2 Press Next to continue Note If you are updating CamView program please select Yes Keep it Otherwise the settings will be cleaned up 34 CamView Setup Camera List settings Do vou wantto keep the Camera List settings for further use gt Yes Keep it No Remove it I Figure 8 2 CameraList settings Step 3 Uninstaller asks you if you want to remove the recorded files and snapshots or not as shown in Figure 8 3 CamView Setup Recording Folder and Snapshot Folder settings Do vou want to remove the Recording folder and Snapshot folder if any O Yes want to it gt No l do not want to remove it Keep it Cancel Figure 8 3 Recording and snapshot settings Step 4 Figure 8 4 shows the progress of the uninstallation 35 CamView Uninstaller Removing CamView Please wait Removing Files CaPragram FilesiCam Viewlpluginsiibmpeg audio_plugin dll Figure 8 4 Removing CamView Step 5 Once the CamView has been uninstalled successfully the uninstallation finished screen as shown in Figure 8 5 will show up z t CamView Uninstaller Uninstallation Finished The uninstallation has comp
24. older to CameraList folder is pretty simple all you need to do Is right click on the CameraList folder select New folder and then fill in the folder name as shown in Figure 5 4 and Figure 5 5 Camera View Help Cam list Grp list Source z E Renane E B Living 08 New Camer LJ Auto Search Figure 5 4 New folder Create Mew Folder Folder Mew Folder Figure 5 5 Name the folder Note If you want to put Cam ID into the folder you created just drag the Cam ID to that folder 5 4 Play an IP Cam establish the video session To play an IP Cam Cam ID you can do it by either double click on the Cam ID or right click on the Cam ID and select Play on selected window as shown in Figure 5 6 22 5 amp CamView Camera Views Settings Language Help Ma Source EI Cam list a CameraList B B E CamIiDzZ Play on selected window B ID Password settings W Test Video settings LJ Auto Searc Delete Figure 5 6 Play the video 5 5 Get Set the settings of the IP Cam Cam ID Right click on the Cam ID select Video settings as shown in Figure 5 7 and the current settings of that IP Cam will be retrieved from the IP Cam and displayed as Figure 5 8 If you want to change the settings choose new value for the item you want to change and press Update button To change settings the authentication ad
25. r which has strict rules for the access Note The IP Cam online status will be refreshed every 30 seconds automatically Therefore if you power off an IP Cam the status might still be online within 30 seconds either green or yellow Please wait for 30 seconds to make sure if an IP Cam is online or not 15 4 k CamView Camera Views Settings Language THEE 4 Green icon means this IP Cam is online or registered list oe Camera Red icon means this IP Cam is offline S O01002130 070100603 Yellow icon means this IP Cam is online eL Testi However the connection between IP Cam E TTT BTTT 2 Figure 4 5 P Cam online status Note The green icon indicates the Cam is online and responding but not guarantees that and CamView is bad due to the strict rules of the router or firewall the video session can be established one hundred percent 4 3 Auto Reconnect Auto Reconnect is a function that reconnects the video session automatically once the session is closed by the IP Camera for example the settings of the IP Cam has been changed or the Internet connection of the IP Cam has lost To be noticed if you stop playing proactively the auto reconnect mechanism will not be activated During reconnecting the video session you can stop reconnecting it by right click on the display area and select Stop The default value of auto reconnect is enabled You can disable it manually by righ
26. rectory settings Snapshot files folder Program Files tCamview Snapshot Browse Recorded files folder C Program Files tCamview A ecordina Figure 7 4 Directory settings Note To correctly find the video files and snapshots which were recorded and taken by CamView we strongly suggest configuring the directories of the recorded files and snapshot files of CamPlay to what you have configured in CamView 7 6 Playback the recorded file To playback the recorded file simply double click on the file and the recorded file will be played on the display area 7 7 Stop playing the video As you might know just click on the stop button 7 8 Pause or resume the video playback 32 The pause button and resume button are the same one Click it to pause or resume the video playback 7 9 Take a snapshot To take a snapshot during the video playback simply click the snapshot button The snapshots you taken within CamPlay are stored to snapshot_directory CamPlay date Snapshot directory is the director you configured to store the snapshots 7 10 Mute and un mute Mute button and un mute button are the same one Click it to mute and un mute 7 11 Fast forward and slow forward There are two forward modes fast forward and slow forward supported by CamPlay With fast forward up to 8 times faster than the normal speed With slow forward up to 8 times slower than the normal speed The button for fast forw
27. s in the same LAN with the IP Cam however no IP Cam or Cam ID was found and listed in the auto search folder A There are many possible causes for this problem as followings 1 IP Cam problem 1 1 Make sure the IP Cam is alive by checking the power LED red one It should be on steadily 1 2 Make sure the network connection of the IP Cam is configured correctly and workable 2 CamView problem 2 1 If you start the CamView before your computer gets the IP address then it will be unavailable Please restart CamView after your network connection is available Q can not view the IP Cam s video My computer is in different LAN with the IP Cam A Normally in the middle of the video information bar will display the brief reason for failing to play the video Please refer to Chapter 6 5 Video information bar for detail In some special cases if the firewall is on the video stream might be blocked by the firewall Q The IP Cam status indicator shows green icon but can not view the video or change the settings A As mentioned in Chapter 6 5 Video information bar the green icon only denotes that the IP Cam is online and responding not guarantees that the video session can be established one hundred percent The reason is due to the firewall or the strict access rules of the router Q The video quality is not that good when view it remotely via the Internet A The video quality is greatly affected by your Internet connectio
28. t click on the display area and select Auto Reconnect to uncheck it as shown in Figure 4 6 Ho Source Auto Reconnect Click here to enable or disable it Auto reconnect Figure 4 6 Auto reconnect 16 4 4 Full Screen To watch the video in full screen mode simply double click on the display area as shown in Figure 4 7 In the full screen mode you can double click on the screen to change back to the normal window mode Living Room 19 3 fps Double click on this video information bar to switch to back the full window normal window mode Double click on display area to switch to back the full screen normal window mode Figure 4 7 Full screen and full window 4 5 Full Window To watch the video in the full window mode simply double click on the video information bar of that display area as shown in Figure 4 7 Similarly double click on it again to change back to the normal window mode Figure 4 8 is the example of full window mode Dek lt Cam list a CameraList CamID1 8 CamID2 8 CamID3 Auto Search 001002026 Drive 14 53 GB 49 available ENSE ERE Figure 4 8 Full window mode 17 4 6 Snapshot To take a snapshot simply click on the snapshot button on the video information bar The directory to store the taken snapshot can be configured through menu bar Settings gt Directory as shown in Figure 4 9 Click the Browse button nex
29. t to snapshot path to change the directory DirectorySettings Drive C 14 52 GB left Available disk space for recording Browse Recording C Program FilesicamyiewiRecording Recording Options If disk has B free space left Cyclic Recording Select a different folder for storing the Stop Recording recorded files Snapshot Program Files CamView snapsnot Browse Select a different folder for storing the Figure 4 9 Directory settings taken snapshots 4 7 Recording To enable or start recording simply click on the record button on the video information bar If the recording is enabled the icon of the record button will become this You can enable the recording function before playing the video or during the active video session Similar to snapshot the directory to store the recorded files can be changed through menu bar Settings gt Directory as shown in Figure 4 9 Click the Browse button next to recording path to change the directory Moreover you can choose to stop recording or do the cyclic recording when the available disk space reaches the settings you configured The default reserved disk space is zero which means all the available disk space might be eaten up by the recording Therefore a change 18 is recommended To playback the recorded files refer to Chapter 7 CamPlay Note1 The recorded file will be split every 100 Megabytes Note2 It is highly recommended to chan
30. ter version installed Cam iew 1 02 12 can NOT run as expected Miscrasoft Framework 2 0 ar later version is REQUIRED by CamView 1 02 12 Due to the lack of it CamView 1 02 12 can NOT run as expected Please either install it manually ar execute Installer again and install MET Framework Figure 2 8 no NET framework 11 Chapter 3 Startup and the layout of CamView 3 1 Startup CamView You can startup CamView from either Start gt Programs gt CamView or the shortcut of CamView on the windows desktop 3 2 Layout of CamView Figure 3 1 is the layout of CamView Different Layouts CameraList CamIDi E CamID 8 CamID3 DAAuto Search 001006067 Cam Status Indicator 001004254 Auto Search List Drive C 14 50 GB 49 available Disk space information for recording Video Information Bar Speaker EEk Display Area 1 Display Area 2 Display Area 3 Display Area 4 Figure 3 1 Layout of CamView One of the 3 non selected Current selected windows window 3 3 Video window layout CamView supports 6 different video window layouts see Figure 3 2 Click on the one you want to switch to LI Figure 3 2 Video window layout 12 Chapter 4 CamView functions 4 1 Auto Search Auto search is a function that searches all the IC202 w
31. tton to mute the audio Click on button e to un mute This speaker controls all the audio come from each video session If itis muted you will not hear the audio from any active video session even the microphone of the IP Cam is enabled Note Make sure you enable the audio microphone option in the settings of the IP Cam if you want to hear the voice 6 5 Video information bar There are some information displayed on the video information bar for each video session such as Camera Name Frame rate and the time of the IP Cam remote time If the video session is failed to establish the failed reason will be displayed on the bar for user s diagnosis We briefly explain the failed reasons below Unavailable The IP Cam you are trying to connect is not registered to P2P 28 server or not responding Full user The IP Cam you are trying to connect is full The maximum users of an IP Cam can serve simultaneously are up to 20 However it depends on the setting of video resolution of the IP Cam Please refer to the user manual of the IP Cam for detailed information Password Error It means the password for playing video you entered is incorrect Connecting It means CamView is in the stage of connecting to the IP Cam Reconnecting It means CamView 15 in the stage of reconnecting to the IP Cam 6 6 Video session properties Currently this shows almost the same information with the one on video information bar The only differenc
32. within the Vista otep 4 Click Next and the Installation Folder screen will show up as shown in Figure 2 3 E CamView 1 02 12 Setup Installation Folder Where would you like to be installed The software will be installed in the folder listed below To select a different location either type in a new path or click Change ta browse for an existing folder Install Cam Vview to C Program Files CamView Space required 29 6 Space available on selected drive 14 54 GB Cancel Figure 2 3 Install installation folder step 5 Click Next and the Shortcut Folder screen will show up as shown in Figure 2 4 E CamView 1 02 12 Setup Shortcut Folder Where vould you like the shortcuts to be installed The shortcut icons will he created in the folder indicated below Ifyou dont want ta Use the default folder you can either type a new ar select an existing folder from the list Shortcut Folder Cam ie Install shortcuts for current user only Make shortcuts available to all users Figure 2 4 Install shortcut folder step 6 Click Next and a summary screen will show up as shown in Figure 2 5 E CamView 1 02 12 Setup Ready to Install You are now ready to install Camview 1 02 12 The installer now has enough information to install CamView an your computer The following settings will be used Install folder C Program FilesiCamVview ahortcutfalder
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