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1. By double clicking the MP2 Viewer file stored in the downloaded folder the program is started Similar to operations on this software designate the video file you want to play back on the Play List Wel In cases where the MP2 Viewer is associated as the default player for stored MP2 files even if the Play List is not displayed playback on MP2 Viewer can be automatically started simply by directly double clicking the file The following two methods of association are available A When installing this software configure in advance on the File association screen see P8 File association is configured in the system folder Configure mp2 file associate with MP2Viewer on the MP2 Viewer Option menu see P121 File association is configured on the MP2 Viewer that is currently activated When MP2 Viewer is associated as the default player for the MP2 file the file icon changes as follows English 58 Saving or Printing Snapshot Images Required user access level 1D2 3 4 When a still snapshot image is displayed you can save it on other storage media or print it at the full size Saving or Printing Images While Playing Back Video from a DVR When you are playing back recorded video from a networked DVR you can save or print a still image through the following procedures DVR Utility 1 Display a still image 1 Display a still im
2. English 100 DVR Management Menu Choose a camera DVR on the tree list The selected camera is highlighted in blue The DVR Set window lets you select a camera from the tree list Settings configured on each tab are uploaded to the DVR connected with your selected camera Click Import The system retrieves current configuration information from the DVR and activates all the tabs y You can also import the configuration information by double clicking a camera title on the tree list instead of using the Import button You can also access the DVR Set window by selecting the Menu option on the context menu of the tree list In this case the DVR information is automatically loaded without clicking Import button Choose one of the tabs You can switch to one of the tabs by clicking the tab index Change operating conditions displayed on the tab The fields on the tab are populated with the current configuration information as imported in step 2 Check each field to see the current setting and change the settings as needed 101 English Required user access level ID4 Click sw Clicking this button saves the settings displayed on the tab into an edit table in your computer At this stage the configuration information has not yet been sent to the DVR The text on the tab index turns from black to yellow indicating that the tab contains changes that have not yet bee
3. If you selected a setting that corresponds to a day of the week i e SUN through SAT from the WEEK drop down list use the FROM WEEK TIME section to specify the start point day of the week time of the download range and the TO TIME section to specify the end point time FROM TO WEEK TIME TIME English 64 Using the Tool Menu Options When schedule the download to occur 7 Click pry every day Your schedule settings are applied and If you selected DLY from the WEEK saved drop down list use the FROM WEEK TIME section to specify whether to download the video data recorded on the day before PREV or the same day as APPT the download occurs as well as the start point time of the download e If the download range is not correctly specified an error message appears For more information see P66 When you make changes and attempt to switch to another range and the TO TIME section to window without clicking the specify the end point time Apply button a confirmation e PREV dialog appears Choose whether to apply the changes by clicking the appropriate button on the confirmation dialog Causes the download to contain the video data recorded the day before the download is performed e APPT 8 Click sy Causes the download to contain the The timer download is put into standby video data recorded on the same day and will automatically start when your as the down
4. Before you download recorded video you must define the download range by using the time scale panel on the main window and specifying the start and end points of the range The following procedure assumes that you set the start point first but you can also set the end point prior to the start point 1 49 e A SANYO eo TE ny HII IIIA ii j starreomr _enopowr a DOWNLOAD Display played back video Display the played back video from the camera DVR whose video files you want to download The viewing pane may be in any of the single view four view and multi view layouts when in the multi view layout however you must specify the sub pane connected to the camera DVR whose video files you want to download by clicking its title bar Drag the scale 1 to define the start point When you drag the scale and release it at a position the playback point moves to that position and the playback continues from the new playback point Repeatedly drag the scale until the appropriate start point is found You can advance the time by sliding the scale to the left or reverse the time by sliding the scale to the right Ae er SANYO Advances the time Reverses the time 4 0 00 ay F MINUTE F MINUTE Ze The playback point moves in increments of the scale s graduations Depending on your desired download range change the scale unit DAY HOUR MINUTE For example when you set the scale
5. In this example a timer recording is scheduled to start at 10 00 and end at 20 00 everyday A daily timer schedule takes precedence over other schedules with a particular day of the week specified Thus when a timer recording with a daily schedule is performed the system disregards any day of the week schedules that conflict with the daily schedule t To schedule a timer recording that spans two days When you specify an end time that is earlier than the start time the system interprets the end time as a time on the next day and a T symbol appears This way you can schedule a timer recording that continues for up to 24 hours spanning two days lt Example gt WEEK START STOP ON OFF ON O OFF MON Jao T 06 4 00 In this example a timer recording is scheduled to start at 21 00 on Monday and end at 6 00 on Tuesday DVR Management Menu Required user access level ID4 t To schedule a timer recording that continues for more than 24 hours When you want to schedule a timer recording that continues for more than 24 hours follow these steps 1 Click Over 24H The last two rows seventh and eighth rows are switched to a special format To exit from the special format click the button again 2 In the upper row specify the day of the week and the time at which to start the timer recording 3 In the lower row specify the day of the week and the time at which to e
6. SAVE PRINT Click the appropriate command button Depending on whether you want to save or print the still image select either SAVE or PRINT You can save or print still images just as you can while playing back video from a DVR English 60 Using the Tool Menu Options The Tool menu provides various options that allow you to use the DVR Utility Software more effectively and productively To access these options click Tool on the menu bar to open the pull down menu and then select your desired option If you are using VA SW8000LITE you cannot access the Tool menu W Timer Download required user access level ID2 3 4 You can automate downloads To do so define the download range by specifying the start and end points on a DVR by DVR basis and set up a timer schedule The video file within the range will then be automatically downloaded when the preset time is reached You can define up to eight timer schedules for one DVR gy IN the default configuration the lowest user access level authorized to download video files is ID2 however you can use the Options window under the Initial Set menu to raise the lowest required access level so that users with user access levels ID2 and ID3 cannot access the download mechanism For more information see P73 Window Elements and Their Functions root SCHEDULE co mie Bm ROOM FOLDER PATH Browse DISK SPACE 0 MB
7. These examples assume that IP address settings are configured in Auto configuration mode with the subnet mask set to the default of 255 255 252 0 DVRs Computers 192 168 0 1 250 192 168 0 251 254 192 168 1 1 250 192 168 1 251 254 192 168 2 1 250 192 168 2 251 254 192 168 3 1 250 192 168 3 251 254 e All the DVRs and computers must have their IP addresses configured in the same segment Check with the network administrator to make sure that the IP addresses that you want to use do not conflict with IP addresses that are already in use by the network e If you connect a LAN cable or change the TCP IP settings while the DVR Utility Software is running a communication error may result Be sure to quit the DVR Utility Software before making any change to the physical cable connection or the TCP IP settings Network Connection Requirements Configuring the TCP IP Settings To configure the TCP IP settings on each computer follow these steps The DVR Utility Software supports Windows XP only On the Control Panel click Network and Internet Connections The Network and Internet Connections window appears Click Network Connections The Network Connections window appears Make sure that the appropriate LAN card Ethernet adapter is shown under LAN or High Speed Internet Right click on the LAN card Ethernet adapter and then select Properties R from the pop up menu The
8. e The parenthesized values are a rough default HIGH guideline for the length of time that You can change the quality level applied can be recorded on a 160GB medium when the DVR records video The higher e The SUPER option is only the quality the shorter the length of time selectable if the DVR is DSR M810 that can be recorded M814 e When you choose SUPER it is recommended to play back video in e SUPER Super high quality plus the single view layout 74 hours at minimum e SUPER Super high quality 112 hours at minimum e HIGH High quality 224 hours at minimum e STANDARD Standard quality 448 hours at minimum Available options English 106 DVR Management Menu Required user access level ID4 TV 3 OVERWRITE default ON SYSTEM Image quality Resolution You can control whether to overwrite the video pixels existing recorded data when the hard disk standard runs out of free space SUPER 720 x 480 SUPER 720 x 480 Available options ach i 720 x 480 GON kos When the disk runs out of free space the Salad 4 system overwrites the existing data ona M814 first in first out basis STANDARD f 352 x 480 Turning on this setting locks the Disk m Full Reset button SUPER 720 x 576 SOPE SUPER 720 x 576 When the disk runs out of free space the HIGH DVR s low space alarm lamp flashes 720 x 576 l default and the system stops recor
9. hei iit G Advances the time Reverses the time e This feature is very useful when you explore video frame images in playback mode you can move the playback point as many times as you like by dragging the scale The playback point can be moved even when the video is paused Instead of dragging the scale you can double click a graduation on the scale to move the playback point to that position The time scale can be used in live mode as well When you specify a point in time on the scale by dragging the scale or double clicking a graduation the DVR Utility Software switches to playback mode on condition that there is recorded video data that corresponds to the specified point in time e When you download recorded video data you can specify the start and end points of the time range of video data you want to download by dragging the scale just as you do when you specify the playback point For more information see P49 English 22 Main Window Elements and Their Functions Mi Tree List When you monitor or record live video or perform a related configuration task you can specify the camera or group you want to connect and operate by selecting from the tree list ge The tree uses camera titles group titles and hierarchical tree nodes as defined on the Tree Edit window accessible from the Initial Set menu For more information see P76 e The tree list is hierarchical lower level tree nodes can be open
10. 73 English Initial Set Menu 3 PC TYPE MASTER CONTROL PC Choose whether to use your computer as the master computer or a slave computer by selecting the appropriate radio button Available options e MASTER master computer Within the system you can use only one computer as the master which is authorized to register or delete networked DVRs and perform all operations If you have selected the MASTER option the MASTER CONTROL PC field can be left blank e SLAVE slave computer Slave computers are for use by end users If you have selected the SLAVE option you must fill the MASTER CONTROL PC field with the IP address of the master computer e If you have selected the SLAVE option be sure to fill the MASTER CONTROL PC field otherwise a message IP ADDRESS ERROR appears when you click the OK button and your changes are all discarded User ID and password can be separately set for the master computer and the slave computer For security purposes change all computer passwords for each user level from the initial settings 1111 4444 without fail Required user access level ID4 4 DOWNLOAD AUTHORITY default ID2 ID3 By selecting or clearing each of the two check boxes you can specify whether to authorize each of user access levels ID2 and ID3 to download video files define download timer schedules and save print still images Tips on authorization A
11. FILENAME C Program Files SANYO WA SW8000 DVR 1_20050729_140000 DVR 1_20050 de se Inspect Clear You cannot load a video file mp2 unless it is stored together with the index file idx of the same file name in the same folder 3 Click Inspect The system starts checking the video file for any altered frames During this process the progress bar in the dialog shows the status SEARCHING am Files SANYO VA SW8000 DVR 1_20050729_140000 DVR 1_20050729_140 y To cancel the process in progress click CANCEL on the dialog 4 Review the results of tamper detection e If no altered frames are detected The No altered frames are found message appears in the dialog e If altered frames are detected The ALTERED window appears that lists the time stamps of the altered frames You can display any altered frame by clicking the corresponding row on the ALTERED window By Click Previous or Next to move the selected row up or down on the ALTERED window and automatically switch the altered frame TAMPER DETECTION FILENAME C Program Files SANYO VA SW8000 DVR 1_20050729_140000 DVR 1_20050 p rO As e z z i 07 29 05 14 19 13 07 29 05 14 19 13 Ls 13 S B S X ba 75 an 22 Ssagas 23388 To display an altered frame click the corresponding row e If tampering of date and time information is detected The Fou
12. OK button a confirmation dialog appears Choose whether to apply the changes by clicking the appropriate button on the confirmation dialog English 76 Initial Set Menu Required user access level ID4 Selecting a DVR Group The drop down list shows the groups registered via the Register DVR window From the list select one group you want to edit The details of your selected group are listed in the detail list Detail list e CAMERA TITLE The titles of the cameras connected to the DVRs that belong to the group At first the list shows the titles configured on the part of the DVRs or those configured on the TITLE MOTION SET tab of the DVR Set window for 4 channel models 7S When displayed on the tree list the camera title s check box is checked e DVR NAME The titles of the DVRs connected with the cameras By default the list shows the values configured initially when DVRs are registered or DVR titles configured on the Register DVR window Tree list Cameras belonging to the selected group are displayed as a tree list All editing of titles and the tree structure is conducted on the tree 4 Control buttons e OK Applies and saves your changes e Cancel Before you click OK you can cancel your changes by clicking this button 77 English About the tree list hierarchy Depending on whether the connected DVRs are single channel or 4 channel the tree
13. SANYO INSTRUCTION MANUAL VA SW8000 VA SW8000LITE DVR Utility Software eo e Q 4 l fo 747 A DVR Utility Software N VA SW8000 l Windows XP Instruction Manuals Table of Contents INtTTOGUCTIONS lt fod ceoce bat nah bee ctw 2 li Features of the DVR Utility Software 2 Hi DVR Utility Software in Two Editions 2 Network Configuration 05 3 Mi Network Device Configuration 3 W Hardware and Software Requirements 4 Mi Notes on Version Compatibility 4 Network Connection Requirements 5 Installing the Software 7 Setting Up the System 9 Menus and User Access Levels 11 Window Navigation 00065 12 Starting and Ending a Monitoring Session 13 W Starting the Software 13 Mi Logging Into the System 14 W Logging Out of the System 14 E Exiting from the Software 15 Main Window Elements and Their FUNCUONS 6 22 ete Sie ete ee 6 ee 16 Mi Window Elements 16 W Menu Bar 000ce ee eee 17 Mi Control Panel 0005 19 Mi Time Scale Panel 21 W Tree List 46s hee tii esi Gis 23 Mi Viewing Pane Layouts 25 W Title Baliicg4 2ecee2i4siceasieese 29 Watching Live Video 55 30 W Basic Procedures 30 ME Zoom Mode 200 eee ees 34 Mi Full Screen Mode 35 W Sequential Swi
14. DSR M814 Series Set DY R 1_20050729_140000 pen Desktop Slog thumbnail E default hbe ssa 2 Specify the file you want to load and Pr click Open e The system loads the saved information MyNetwok Fieneme TESTOCI z and overwrites the fields in all the tabs Places Save as type DSR M804 DSR M810 DSR M814 Series Set v At this stage the configuration information has not yet been sent to the 2 Specify the destination folder and file DVR The text on all the tab indexes is name and then click Save displayed in yellow indicating that the The current configuration information is tabs contain changes that have not yet saved in your specified folder and you been uploaded are returned to the same tab Once the save information is loaded you can work with the window tabs as usual e You cannot selectively save the contents of a particular tab The configuration information is saved from all the tabs e The system saves all changes currently contained in the window tabs whether or not the Apply or OK button has been clicked e The destination folder defaults to VA SW8000 Change the destination as needed e Before you can broadcast menu information using the MENU UPLOAD section of the Broadcast window you must save the menu information For more information see P70 English 102 DVR Management Menu Required user access level ID4 How the command buttons func
15. Editing the Tree List A newly registered DVR is associated with default title and group which you can change as needed For more information see P86 ZB IN auto configuration mode you can specify in advance the group to which the new DVR should belong To do so click the desired group or an existing DVR that belongs to the desired group before clicking the cess button This makes the newly registered DVR belong to your specified group rather than the default group Q Click Your changes are saved and uploaded to the DVR Initial Set Menu Required user access level ID4 Manual configuration mode 1 Manually configure the IP address on the NETWORK SET screen of the DVR On NETWORK SET set ADDRESS SET to MANUAL and configure the IP address and subnet mask NETWORK SET ADVANCED gt IP_ADDRESS SUB_NET MASK _ e The last three digits of the IP address must be configured within the range of 001 to 250 e Make sure that the new IP address does not conflict with any existing IP address e How to configure the IP address differs depending on the DVR model For more information refer to the DVR s user s manual When you have additional DVRs you want to register repeat the same configuration steps for each of them Select MANUAL from TCP IP ADDR This activates the IP address manual configuration mode TCP IP ADDR gaeenccnssesscesscencon
16. MP2 VICWER 2 ectatcate otros waa ad 120 Introduction The DVR Utility Software provides a network based remote monitoring system by connecting your computer s with digital video recorders DVRs The DVR Utility Software which includes an extensive range of features that take full advantage of leading edge technologies and network functions is able to satisfy various monitoring needs including the demand for ease of use and extendability W Features of the DVR Utility Software By simply installing DVR Utility Software on your computer s you can create a remote monitoring system that connects the computer s with DVRs via an IP network A single network can contain up to eight computers connected with up to 4000 DVRs From each networked computer you can control networked DVRs using functions for monitoring recording playing back video as well as configuring the DVRs themselves W DVR Utility Software in Two Editions You can monitor video streamed from networked DVRs using a viewing pane that can be switched among three different layouts single view four view and multi view 4x4 All the functions of the DVR Utility Software can be operated via a simple graphical user interface that even novice users will find easy to use The DVR Utility Software supports four levels of user access When a user logs in the DVR Utility Software enforces the user access level associated with the user s password thus effe
17. This button opens the Printing dialog and you can print the image at the full size by specifying the appropriate print options Click Cancel to discard all changes Click Back This closes the window and brings you back to the previous window where you displayed the still image e In the default configuration the lowest user access level authorized to save still images is ID2 however you can use the Options window under the Initial Set menu to raise the lowest required access level so that users with user access levels ID2 and ID3 cannot access the save mechanism For more information see P73 e The JPEG button is disabled unless you display a still image e When you zoom in on an image you cannot save the image Saving or Printing Snapshot Images Required user access level ID2 3 4 Saving or Printing Images While Playing Back a Downloaded File see P56 While playing back a downloaded file you can save or print still images basically the same way as described in the previous section except that no thumbnails are displayed 1 2 Display a still image Click JPEG j on the control panel You are presented with a dialog that allows you to save or print the still image Select the Overlay Time Date check box Select the Overlay Time Date check box if you want to overlay the image with the file name and time stamp J Click SAWE or PRINT button Overley Time Date
18. connect Slave computers and how to disable the firewall protection at the initial start up Setting Up the System Setting Up Slave Computers If your system uses additional computers Slave computers connected to the network in addition to the Master computer be sure to configure the following initial settings before letting end users use the system This procedure must be performed on each of the computers you want to use as Slave computers 1 Start the DVR Utility Software and log in using user level ID4 see P14 Log in as an administrative user so that you have access to the Initial Set menu 2 Open the Options window from the Initial Set menu and configure initial settings as needed see P73 Set PC TYPE to SLAVE and enter the IP address of the Master computer Configure the display language and other options as needed 3 Log out of the system see P14 Now the Slave computer has its initial settings configured so that the end users can use it n You can connect up to seven Slave computers to the network Disabling the Firewall Protection When Windows XP Firewall or some other firewall program is active on your computer the computer is blocked from communicating with the DVRs and thus the system fails to operate correctly This means that you must disable the firewall protection before you begin using the DVR Utility Software Note that if you are using Windo
19. however when there is a channel with a MASK or NO VIDEO placeholder it is skipped and not displayed 3 To exit from Sequential Switching mode Click C3 again to exit from Sequential Switching mode You are returned to the layout you were working in before switching to Sequential Switching mode im le Wea CH4 CH3 ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee BRHmHHHRHHRHHHEHmEHREEHREEHEH HF Te E ee ee ne ne ee ee ee ee ee ee English 36 Recording Monitored Video Live video streamed from a monitored camera can be recorded into the DVR s internal hard disk e You can choose from three recording modes manual timer and alarm e The recording mechanism works on the entire DVR Because of this when you are connected to a 4 channel DVR the video streams from all the four cameras are recorded at the same time even if you specify the camera title of one camera e To record the sound part in the video as well go to the REC MODE SET tab of the DVR Set window and turn on AUDIO RECORDING For more information see P106 e When you attempt to start manual or timer recording by clicking the corresponding button you are presented with a confirmation dialog Confirm whether or not to start recording This dialog is intended to prevent you from inadvertently recording an unwanted video stream W Manual recording required user access level ID3 4 You can manually record live video from monitored cameras
20. text color as follows e If you select a live video sub pane with a red title bar Its text foreground changes from black to red e If you select a played back video sub pane with a yellow title bar Its text foreground changes from black to green Watching Live Video This section guides you through the basic steps for watching the live video stream from a monitored camera and gives description on useful display features E Basic Procedures When you begin routine monitoring work you should follow these basic steps Log into the system and switch to live mode On the tree list double click the camera title of the camera you want to monitor The video stream from your specified camera is displayed in the single view layout and the title bar indicates the camera title and video mode LIVE as well as the current date and time Double click 12 31 69 16 00 00 In this example live video is displayed in the single view layout Switch the viewing pane layouts as needed Click one of the layout selector buttons on the control panel The single view layout is initially displayed when you turn on live mode but you can switch to the four view or multi view layout as you like Layout selector buttons Single view layout fa Four view layout we Sequence auto switch B Multi view layout mode Switching the Video Channels Click one of the channel selector buttons on the con
21. you can open a menu file that was saved by clicking the Save button The system overwrites all the tabs with the information contained in the file e The information loaded into the tabs has not yet been uploaded and the text on all the tab indexes turns yellow OK e When there is configuration information that has not yet been uploaded and you click this button the system uploads the configuration information from all the tabs to the DVR and the tab index text returns from yellow to black Save i While your are editing configuration information on the DVR Set window you can use this button to save the information as a menu file on your computer s hard disk DVR Management Menu Required user access level ID4 1 LANGUAGE D S TIME SET Tab On this tab you can configure settings related to the DVR s display language and clock adjustment The German DEUTSCH option for the display language is only selectable when the TV SYSTEM on the Options window is set to PAL The REMOTE SET menu is only displayed when the connected DVR is the DSR M810 English 104 DVR Management Menu Required user access level ID4 LANGUAGE LANGUE IDEOMA 3 EXT CLOCK ADJUST TIME SPRACHE default ENGLISH You can select the language used on the DVR s user interface Available options English French Spanish German default 1 When you have more than one
22. 112 DVR Management Menu Required user access level ID4 4 HOLIDAY SET Tab This tab is intended for configuring additional timer recording settings You can specify any day asa holiday so that the system applies the same timer settings on that day whichever day of the week itis This can be a national holiday your company s anniversary or any other nonworking day Define holidays using the spin buttons You can define up to 20 holidays If you select DLY for a timer schedule both Sunday and DLY timer schedules take effect When you have finished configuring the settings on this tab click and make sure that the tab index text turns yellow When you have finished your configuration task across all the tabs finally click OK Configuration information is uploaded to the DVR and the tab index text returns from yellow to black For more information on the command buttons see P103 113 English DVR Management Menu Required user access level ID4 5 DISPLAY BUZZER SET Tab On this tab you can control which items should be displayed on the DVR s user interface and when the warning buzzer should sound OOOO AONO lt DISPLAY gt Specify which items should be displayed on the DVR s user interface by selecting either the ON or OFF radio button for each item DATE TIME default ON Current date time for l
23. 26 00002 07 15 05 05 45 45 00001 07 15 05 05 45 19 emcee b b b eh eh N t To switch the channels displayed on the list When you are connected to a 4 channel DVR you can switch the channels displayed on the list and preview pane by selecting one of the tabs e ALL When you select the ALL tab the alarm list displays the alarm events from all the four channels and the preview pane displays the images for all the four channels in a four view layout CH1 to CH4 When you select one of the CH1 to CH4 tabs the alarm list displays only the alarm events from the selected channel and the preview pane displays the image for the selected channel in a single view layout t To change the camera To change the camera DVR you want to search for alarms select a new camera on the tree list and click or double click the camera title of a new camera on the tree list and respond to the confirmation dialog that is displayed English 46 Searching for Recorded Video Required user access level 1D2 3 4 Using the Thumbnail View to Check and Play Back the Search Results ALARM THUMBNAIL SEARCH System DVR Operation DVR Management Tool InitialSet Ver 4 TOTAL ALARMS 00009 EEE 07 30 05 10 58 57 1CH o F ioo F 1 Click THumenat 4 Click the thumbnail image whose The Alarm Search window automatically associated video you want to play switches to the layout for alarm back thumbnai
24. 44 Searching for Recorded Video Required user access level 1D2 3 4 E ALARM SEARCH The alarm search feature searches for alarm events and displays the search results in the Alarm Search window as either an alarm list or thumbnail view allowing you to select an alarm event and play back the associated video file s To use this search mode click the ALARM button on the control panel to navigate to the Alarm Search window To switch between the alarm list and thumbnail view use the LIST and THUMBNAIL buttons provided on this window SEARCH The number of alarm event log entries that can be retained on a single hard disk is limited as follows Once the upper limit has been reached alarm event log entries are added to and deleted from the hard disk on a first in first out basis and deleted entries no longer appear on the alarm list or thumbnail view e DSR M810 814 Max 49 999 entries e DSR M804 800 Max 19 999 entries 445 You can also access the Alarm Search window by selecting the Alarm Search option on the context menu of the tree list In this case even if the LIST button is not clicked the DVR alarm event log is automatically loaded and displayed on the alarm list 45 English Searching for Recorded Video Required user access level ID2 3 4 ALARM LIST SEARCH Using the Alarm List to Check and Play Back the Search Results DVR Utility System DYR Operation
25. Basic Operating Steps 1 Display live video smn When in the multi view layout specify the sub pane that is displaying the video you want to record by clicking its title bar ose Cat 2 Click ro on the control panel A symbol appears on the title bar and the DVR starts recording the live video Whichever layout is currently applied to the viewing pane video streams are recorded from all the cameras connected to the DVR 3 To stop recording click on the control panel The symbol disappears from the title bar and the DVR stops recording You can manually record live video in Sequential Switching mode You cannot start manual recording while the DVR is on timer standby or during timer recording 37 English Recording Monitored Video Recording Video from Multiple DVRs Concurrently Display the live video streams from multiple DVRs you want to record and repeat the basic operating steps P37 Once the DVRs start recording live video they continue the recording process even if they are disconnected from the DVR Utility Software and their video streams are not displayed in the viewing pane Therefore you can proceed with the recording process with any number of DVRs To stop the recording for a DVR display the live video from that DVR and then stop the recording Live Video Recording Without Viewing It When you use manual recording mode to record live video you can also control the re
26. DVR connected to the system you can use this feature to automatically synchronize the DVRs to your computer s clock once a day Use the spin buttons to set the time when to synchronize the DVRs The time adjustment works as follows At a specified time a signal is supplied from the CLOCK ADJ OUT pin of the first base DVR to the CLOCK ADJ IN pin of the second DVR so that both of the clocks are synchronized then another signal is supplied from the second DVR to the third DVR if any for the synchronization In this manner all the DVRs are synchronized to the same time The adjustment is accurate to the second This is not the language used on the DVR Utility Software user interface Changing the DVR s user interface language does not affect the DVR Utility Software s user interface DAYLIGHT SAVING SUMMER TIME default NO USE Turn on the auto summer time switching feature when you use the DVR in regions where the summer time system is used Avallable options e This feature can be used only e USE when the DVRs are provided with a Turns on the auto summer time switching CLOCK ADJ terminal feature e Do not use a loop connection To use this feature you have to set the e Use the same settings across all start and end points of the summer time the DVRs affected eriod a a 4 REMOTE SET default DISABLE l KOON Dedicated to DSR M810 Turns off the auto summer time swit
27. DVR Management Tool InitialSet Ver NO DATE TIME CH CH2 CH3 CH4 ALL CH1 00009 07 30 05 10 59 21 1 a Le lle 00008 07 30 05 10 58 57 1 00007 07 30 05 10 58 32 1 VOLUME 00006 07 30 05 10 58 08 1 00005 07 30 05 10 57 43 1 00004 07 30 05 10 19 09 1 p d E 00003 07 15 05 23 11 26 1 00002 07 15 05 05 45 45 1 00001 07 15 05 05 45 19 1 3 4 q Cick s f The alarm list displays in the reverse chronological order alarm events that correspond to the channel currently selected on the tree list 2 On the alarm list click the alarm event whose associated video you want to play back The selected alarm event turns blue 3 To preview the video associated with the alarm event click _Prevew The first frame of the video is displayed as a still image on the preview pane You can use the same procedure steps 2 and 3 above to preview the video files associated with other alarm events You can proceed without previewing the video files associated with events 4 Once you have located the video of interest click You are brought to the main window and your specified video file is played back In this mode you can use the same playback controls as in playback mode Channel selector tabs NO DATE TIME CH CH2 CH3 CH4 ALL CH 00009 07 30 05 10 59 21 00008 07 30 05 10 58 57 00007 07 30 05 10 58 32 00006 07 30 05 10 58 08 00005 07 30 05 10 57 43 00004 07 30 05 10 19 09 00003 07 15 05 23 11
28. ID4 DVR Access Limitation The following settings can be configured per user e Accessible DVR groups e Broadcasting permission or broadcasting range To configure the DVR access limitation settings follow these steps 1 Specify the user Click the target user from the user AUTHORIZED DYR ACCESS registration list The user ID and the user access level are highlighted in blue 2 Click EDIT for Limit accessible DVRs O GROUP2 The AUTHORIZED DVR ACCESS i dialog box is displayed Bemis 3 Configure Limit accessible DVRs Select whether to limit the accessible DVRs or not Options e All DVRs default DVR access is not limited All DVRs are accessible e Limited DVRs DVR access is limited x f you select a DVR not authorized for Configure the limitations by setting access from the Tree List when Authorized Accessible DVR Group selecting Limited DVRs a step 4 and Broadcast Range confirmation dialog box with the step 5 message Not allowed to access this camera appears 93 English Initial Set Menu Required user access level ID4 4 Configure Authorized Accessible e All DVRs DVR Group settings Broadcast is possible to all DVRs The DVR groups registered in the Register DVR window accessible from the Initial Set menu are listed Selecting the check box of a group authorizes access to the group 5 Configure Broadcast Range oy You cannot
29. Local Area Connection Properties window opens and the General tab is selected by default Make sure that Internet Protocol TCP IP is checked selected under This connection uses the following items O If Internet Protocol TCP IP is not checked select the check box Click Properties R The Internet Protocol TCP IP Properties window opens and the General tab is selected by default Select the Use the following IP address check box and type in the IP address and the subnet mask For the standard configuration enter a subnet mask of 255 255 252 0 Internet Protocol TCP IP Properties General fou can get IP settings assigned automatically if your network supports this capability Otherwise you need to ask your network administrator for the appropriate IP settings Obtain an IP address automatically Use the following IP address IP address 192 168 0 251 Subnet mask 255 255 252 O Default gateway Use the following DNS server addresses Preferred DNS server Alternate DNS server 7 Check the settings and then click OK This returns you to the Local Area Connection Properties window 8 Click OK Now the TCP IP settings have been configured English 6 Installing the Software The DVR Utility Software must be installed on each computer you want to connect to the dedicated network The Setup program that runs from the In
30. M810 and DSR M814 When you click the button a dialog opens that displays a list of referenced files 2 Select the firmware file you want to broadcast and click Open The boxes that correspond to the models of the connected DVRs are populated with your specified file name The firmware file you plan to broadcast must be stored on your computer s hard disk before you can broadcast it 3 Click 4 The firmware file information is broadcast to all the DVRs and they simultaneously update their firmware e Do not use any other firmware file than supplied from SANYO doing so may possibly damage the DVRs e Before you can update the firmware the DVR s must stop any playback or recording session and the DVR Utility Software must display live video The update process takes a few minutes Do not turn off the power or disconnect your computer from the network while the update process is in progress Using the Tool Menu Options W Tamper Detection required user access level ID2 3 4 It is possible to appraise whether or not video or date and time information of files downloaded from DVR to external recording media has been tampered with by the following procedure 1 Click Browse A dialog opens that displays a list of referenced files 2 Select the video file you want to check for tampering and click Open The FILENAME box is populated with your specified file name TAMPER DETECTION
31. TOTAL NUMBER OF ITEMS 0 5 9 FROM WEEK TIME sey B 61 English Using the Tool Menu Options SCHEDULE Specify the date of the week and the time at which to start the download The date and time specified here are applied as common settings to this window e To specify the date of week to schedule the download From the WEEK drop down list select SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI or SAT e To schedule the download to occur at the same time every day From the WEEK drop down list select DLY 2 FOLDER PATH Click Browse and specify the destination folder The destination specified here is applied as a common setting to this window y You cannot specify a removable drive but you can specify a network drive as the destination DISK SPACE Indicates the free disk space on the destination drive 4 TOTAL NUMBER OF ITEMS Displays the total number of timer download schedules for the current and other DVRs AMOUNT OF OBJECTIVE TIME Displays the recording playback time of the download range including the current and other DVRs Unit hours The displayed length of time is a total value calculated by simply summing the lengths of time between the start and end points of all the scheduled timer downloads Thus it may contain blank frames 6 SET You can turn
32. VIDEO NO VIDEO How to Enlarge the Displayed Video By left clicking on the part of the video you want to enlarge the video image will be incrementally enlarged with every click lt Full screen mode gt 35 English Watching Live Video Mi Sequential Switching Mode When you are connected to a 4 channel DVR you can use Sequential Switching mode to monitor in turn each of the cameras connected to the four channels e This feature is only available when you are connected to a 4 channel DVR e You cannot use Sequential Switching mode when you are connected to a single channel DVR 1 View the live video as usual Select the desired camera from the tree list and watch the live video from the DVR in the single view or four view layout 2 Click G one of the layout selector a buttons on the control panel E W l T The software switches to Sequential IE y Yi h U I Switching mode it cycles through the Ha Va y NiE i cameras according to the numbers of the channels they are connected to and displays in a single view the video stream from each camera one after another This behavior loops until you exit from Sequential Switching mode g TO configure the length of intervals 5 at which the cameras are switched use the Options window under the Initial Set menu For more information see P73 CH1 CH2 When there is a channel with a VIDEO LOSS placeholder it is displayed as it is
33. Windows In this mode the DVR is automatically settings synchronized to your computer s internal clock e MANUAL 4 Click The DVR s clock is adjusted based on In this mode you manually set the the mode you selected DVR s internal clock By To instruct all the connected DVRs to simultaneously adjust their internal clocks use the broadcast feature available from the Tool menu For more information see P70 To synchronize all connected DVRs to your computer s internal clock at regular intervals open the Options window from the Initial Set menu and configure the AUTO CLOCK ADJUST TIME settings For more information see P74 95 English DVR Management Menu Required user access level ID4 Mi System Update Window You can update the firmware of your specified DVR through the following steps 2 ee e Choose a camera DVR From the tree list select a camera connected to the DVR whose firmware you want to update The selected camera is highlighted in blue Specify the new firmware file Click Browse to open a file list Locate and select the new firmware file and click the Open button The FILENAME box is populated with your specified file name you can broadcast it damage the DVRs Click You are prompted to choose whether to update the firmware If you click YES the system starts updating the firmware Wait until the update process completes You
34. a file you want to remove and then click d t To remove all entries from the play waiting list Click To move up or down a file in the play waiting list The files contained in the play waiting list are played back in the same order as they are listed To move up or down in the play waiting list select the file you want to move and then click a amp You can sort the files in the play waiting list based on the data contained in a particular column by clicking the column heading just as you can in the available files list For more information see P57 5 Click ok This closes the Play List window and starts continuous playback of the files contained in the play waiting list ge You can also start the playback by double clicking a file on the play waiting list In this case the playback starts at the file you double clicked Once the playback has started you can control the playback through the control panel however you cannot fast forward or fast reverse the playback if you started the playback by double clicking a video file on the play waiting list When split files are played back individual files are loaded one after another To close the Play List window and discard all changes click CANCEL Playing Back on MP2 Viewer Downloaded video files can also be played back on the dedicated playback application software MP2 Viewer see P120
35. are presented with a dialog that indicates that the update process is in progress and a green light flashes The firmware file you plan to broadcast must be stored on your computer s hard disk before Do not use any other firmware file than that supplied from SANYO doing so may possibly Before you can update the firmware the DVR s must stop any playback or recording session and the DVR Utility Software must display live video The update process takes a few minutes Do not turn off the power or disconnect your computer from the network while updating is in progress English 96 DVR Management Menu Required user access level ID4 Mi DVR Info Window This window consists of two tabs that display the information on the target DVR s configurations and hard disk status Also the window provides a command that initializes the hard disk s You can work with this window as follows 1 Choose either of the two tabs Select one of the two information tabs by clicking the tab index 2 Import the information To import the latest information from the DVR and activate the tab do the following e From the tree list select a camera and click the button at the bottom of the window e Alternatively double click a camera on the tree list and click Yes on the confirmation dialog that appears y You can also access the DVR Info window by selecting the Status option on the context menu of the tree list In this case
36. at the first video file From the second time onward however playback resumes at the point where you ended playback Once you have quit the DVR Utility Software playback starts at the first video file t Operating mode indicator During playback the title bar indicates the operating mode and playback speed e PLAY Video is being played back at the original speed If you change the playback speed this indicator is followed by the playback speed Example PLAY x2 e STILL Playback is currently paused and a snapshot still image is displayed The playback speed indicated is an approximate value and it does not accurately represent the actual speed W Returning to Live Video When you are in playback mode and click a one of playback control buttons the camera DVR that is currently playing back the video is switched to live mode 41 English Playing Back Recorded Video Required user access level ID2 3 4 W Working in Playback Mode To control playback use the control buttons on the main window Z In playback mode you can move the playback point by dragging the scale on the time scale panel besides using the playback control buttons e Alternatively you can use the playback control commands under the DVR Operation menu F Ca II VOLUME Ik Oa Mw ochlech v chd chd When you want to listen to any sound contained in video be sure to start playback at the file that co
37. auto configuration mode TCP IP ADDR ane O MANUAL Create List 3 Click Create List The system starts creating the registration list with the command buttons on the windows temporarily disabled 4 Press and hold the STILL button on the DVR s front panel Hold down the button until the DVR s internal beeper chirps twice If the beeper outputs an intermittent beep and then a continuous beep it means that the system has failed to allocate an IP address Try again after making sure that the network connections and configurations are correct 83 English Review the registration information displayed on the list When the process completes successfully an IP address is allocated to the DVR and the tree list and registration list display the following items e GROUP A newly registered DVR belongs to the WORKGROUP group by default but the group can be changed DVR NAME A newly registered DVR is by default assigned a title that consists of the last six digits XX XX XX of the MAC address but the title can be changed e TYPE The DVR s model is automatically recognized and displayed IP ADDR The automatically allocated IP address is displayed MAC ADDR The DVR s own MAC address is automatically recognized and displayed Click Create List again The command buttons are enabled If you have other DVRs you want to register repeat steps 1 to 6 above for each of the DVRs
38. automatically from the computer into the download destination folder To start MP2 Viewer simply double click the MP2 Viewer icon in the folder You are then presented with the MP2 Viewer main window MP2 Viewer allows you to view any MP2 video file contained in the same folder This means that you can play back vide files even if MP2 Viewer is not installed on the computer you are currently using Before you start MP2 Viewer be sure to shut down any other MPEG player applications W Exiting from MP2 Viewer On the menu bar open the File menu and select Exit English 120 MP2 Viewer E MP2 Viewer Window Elements and Their Functions i S Old rm py FE MP2 Viewer File F Option O Language Langque Idioma SpracheiS S S sa L 1 I 9 eS end ry o 4 07 29 05 14 00 01 7 8 R Open O Ctrl 0 Save As Print P Ctrl P STOP PLAY STILL FRAME SLOW CUE REVIEW Full Screen Ctrl F 1 Menu bar e mp2 file associate with MP2Viewer Associates the MP2 file with the MP2 lt File menu gt Viewer see P125 e Open P e Tamper Det Mode Opens a file displays the Play List S window elects the tamper detection mode see P128 e Save As Saves a still image lt Language selection gt e Print Prints a still image Allows you to change the display e Exit Quits MP2 Viewer language used thro
39. be selected Lo By designating the group and selecting either Live or Play from the context menu videos will be automatically displayed in the multi view layout If the number of cameras in a group exceeds the number of panes in the multi view layout videos will only be displayed from the top four cameras on the list Main Window Elements and Their Functions Directly Running a Command by a Double Click Some of the windows accessible from the menu bar allow you to directly run a command by double clicking a camera title e In live mode when you double click a camera en When you double click a camera title title the software switches to the DVR to when working in one of the mentioned which the camera is connected and displays the live video from the camera If the cameras are connected to an identical DVR use the channel selector buttons to switch the live video as desired In the DVR Set window and DVR Info window both accessible from the DVR Management menu double clicking a camera title causes the software to retrieve the information on the DVR to which the camera is connected thus providing a function similar to Import Similarly when you double click a camera title in the Alarm Search window the software retrieves the alarm list information windows the software displays a confirmation dialog before it actually retrieves the DVR or alarm information Respond to th
40. below Click 6 English 124 MP2 Viewer To change display order in the play waiting list The files contained in the play waiting list are played back in the same order as they are listed To change the display order of files in the play waiting list select the file you want to move and then click a Z You can sort the files in the play waiting list based on the data contained in a particular column by clicking the column heading just as you can in the available files list For more information see P124 5 Click 0K Or double click the play waiting list This closes the Play List window and starts continuous playback of the files contained in the play waiting list Concerning association of MP2 file and MP2 Viewer In cases where the MP2 Viewer is associated as the default player for stored MP2 files even if the Play List is not displayed playback on MP2 Viewer can be automatically started simply by directly double clicking the file see P8 58 If no association has yet been configured for the MP2 file downloaded with the DVR Utility Software it can be configured by selecting mp2 file associate with MP2Viewer from the Option menu see P121 Following file association configuration file association can be invalidated by deleting the MP2 Viewer or transferring it to a separate folder In this case restart the MP2 Viewer and reconfigure on
41. downloaded two files that share the same file name but are appended with different extensions mp2 and idx are created Because the idx file is required when playing back downloaded video file and also when checking for tampering the two files must always reside in the same folder For more information see P72 e When the downloaded files are saved in a folder a playback dedicated application named MP2 Viewer is also saved For more information see P58 P120 English 54 Downloading Recorded Video Mi Adding Video Files to the Download List for Batch Download By clicking the Add button among the basic controls you can add up to 20 video files to the download list The files contained in the download list can be later batch downloaded This section shows how you can work with the download list Download list DVRNAME FILENAME DATE TIME START END DYR 1 DYR 1_20050729_135949 07 29 05 13 59 49 07 29 05 14 10 00 TOTAL Program 1 Time 0h 10min 248MB 7 Approx Oh 3min Download Delete Preview To remove a file from the list On the list click the file you want to remove Then click Delete This removes the file from the list t To preview a video file On the list click the file you want to preview Then click Preview This displays the still images of the video frames that correspond to the start and end points of the specified video file in the PREVIEW
42. history of downloads For more information see P69 Gy The download log allows you to retry a failed timer download 2 CHANGES ARE APPLIED TO GROUP Allows you to apply your defined timer schedules to the group created in the Register DVR window To apply the schedules select the check box and then click Apply 63 English 43 Control buttons These buttons are context sensitive Any buttons unavailable in the current context are grayed out disabled e Stdby This button is used to activate the timer download When you click the button the timer download is put into standby and will automatically start when your start point conditions are met The indicator at the top of the control panel indicates the timer download status as either Program download scheduled but not started or Downloading download in progress e Stop 2 Cancels all the timer downloads including both standby and in progress downloads and resets them to the state before Std by was clicked e Cancel Cancels all changes that have been made and initializes the window Apply 2 Applies and saves the changes that have been made in this window To activate the downloads based on your settings click Std by Using the Tool Menu Options Configuring a Timer Download To configure a timer download follow these steps 1 Choose a DVR On the tree list click the camera ti
43. million colors or higher AGP graphics card with hardware overlay support Or PCI Express graphics card lt Recommended graphics chip gt ATI RADEON9000 series or higher nVidia GeForce4 series or higher Quadro4 series or higher Matrox MillenniumP series or higher Sound card with 48 kHz stereo playback support PCI connection recommended 1 When using the software at a resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels open Windows Taskbar Properties dialog box and select the Auto hide check box 2 Requires the latest DirectX 9 0c compatible driver 8 A sound card is required to listen to the sound part in live or played back video Windows is a trademark or registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries Pentium is a trademark or registered trademark of Intel Corporation and its subsidiaries in the United States and or other countries IBM and PC AT are trademarks of IBM International Business Machines Corporation e Meeting the above requirements does not guarantee consistent stable video feed video may not be correctly displayed due to a disturbance in sync signals e If the computer is underpowered or overloaded the system may not function as expected typically failing to display video frames smoothly at the correct rate Mi Notes on Version Compatibility All networked computers the Master and Slave computers must have the same edition of DVR Utility So
44. on the Browse for Folder dialog You cannot specify a removable drive as the destination Downloading Recorded Video Once you are ready for download use one of the following two options A Download an individual video file If you want to specify a video file and download it immediately rather than adding it to the download list for batch download click Download Q This immediately starts the download of your specified video file e The progress of the download is indicated by the progress bar on the DOWNLOADING dialog you can also check the how many kilobytes have already been downloaded and how long it will take to complete the download To cancel the download in progress click CANCEL on the dialog DOWNLOADING am Files SANYO VA SW8000 DYVR 1_20050729_135949 DVR 1_20050729_135 Hboee 49 7 MBytes Remaining time 0h 2min e When the download completes you are returned to the window where you were working before starting the download process Add video files to the download list so that they can be later batch downloaded If you want to add a video file to the download list rather than downloading it immediately click Add 4 This adds the video file to the download list The files contained in the download list can be later batch downloaded Proceed to Adding Video Files to the Download List for Batch Download e When a video file is
45. the Enter key to add the new group to the list E A Tog Collapse New Group R gy The name can contain any characters and symbols that can be typed in but its length must be within 246 half size characters e The list can accommodate up to 4002 groups including the root group e You can create up to four hierarchical levels including the root and can place groups on the second and third levels and cameras on the second to fourth levels Move at least one camera to a created group If a group contains no cameras it will be automatically deleted from the tree list when OK is clicked for that group Following deletion a confirmation message will appear English 78 Initial Set Menu Required user access level ID4 ts Change a title Right click on a camera or group title and select Rename from the context menu In the name input box that appears type in a new name and then press the Enter key The tree list and detail list are updated to reflect the new name Collapse Cut Copy Delete gp The name can contain any characters and symbols that can be typed in but its length must be within 246 half size characters t Move To move a camera from one to another group or move a group to a different position cut and paste the camera or group title using the Cut and Paste commands on the context menu Alternatively you can drag and drop a camera or group title to a new po
46. the sub pane by clicking the title bar a single view layout can be switched to a four view layout by conducting one of the following operations e Clicking on the control panel e Selecting DVR Operation Display Multi view layout for a single channel DVR Quad Monitor on the menu bar Designating the group on the tree list and selecting Live from the context menu 1 a i NO VIDEO H oe NO VIDEO NO VIDEO The same camera video streams or video streams from cameras connected to the same DVR cannot be simultaneously allocated to multiple sub panes Multi view layout for a 4 channel DVR The screen can display up to 16 sub panes 4 channels x 4 sub panes 31 English Watching Live Video Switching from Playback Mode to Live Mode Click the Stop Playback button Cm on the control panel The viewing pane switches to the live video from the camera that has been selected during playback 08 24 05 17 08 12 09 01 05 12 33 26 Switching from a Sub Window to Live Mode When you are working in a sub window accessible from the Initial Set DVR Management Tool or another menu you can switch to live mode by clicking a layout selector button or a channel selector button on the control panel Z DYR Utility System DVR Operation DYR Hanagemerk Tool Intia Set Ver mm o8 a mee oil 1233 iim MT wn u uuu ua SANYO English 3
47. you can change the title through the following steps 1 Choose a DVR On the tree list or registration list select the DVR whose title you want to change The selected DVR is highlighted in blue 2 Type your desired title into the DVR NAME box A DVR title can contain uppercase letters and numbers up to 10 characters in all It can also contain these special characters and space 3 Click st The tree list and registration list are updated to reflect the new DVR title DYR NAME QUAD Creating Modifying or Deleting a Group WORKGROUP DYR NAME QUAD QUAD ey Alternatively you can type in a new DVR title by clicking a DVR on the tree list and then immediately clicking the DVP s title part 4 If you have other DVRs whose titles you want to change repeat steps 1 to 3 above for each of the DVRs 5 Click _ Your changes are saved and uploaded to the DVR A newly registered DVR belongs to the WORKGROUP group by default but you can create new groups or rename existing groups so that you can monitor the DVRs more effectively e WORKGROUP is a built in group that cannot be renamed or deleted e When you edit the tree list and groups actually displayed on the user interface you must use the Tree Edit window rather than the Register DVR window To create a new group 1 Enter the new group name into the GROUP NAME box A group name can contain upper
48. 0_ CAM1_20050720_ t u CAM1_20050730_ CAM1_20050730_ p ea 0 O CAM1_20050730_ CAM1_20050720_155931 07 20 05 15 59 31 07 20 05 15 59 36 a log O CAM1 0050720 O thumbnail O CAM1_20050730_ O Windows Media Player CAM1_20050730_ FILE NAME START TIME END TIME Windows NT CAM1_20050730_ O xerox log SAMPLE O thumbnail J O Windows Media Player O Windows NT O xerox O SAMPLE t To add all files to the available files Click a particular column heading list FILE NAME START TIME END l TIME to rearrange the files in the Click a available files list based on the data All files contained in the available files contained in that column The sorting list are added to the play waiting list order toggles between ascending and descending each time you click the column heading Move Maer iawn enaar Iso OZone ISSO WOS TETS CAM1_20050720_161839 07 20 05 16 18 39 07 20 05 16 18 47 CAM1_20050720_163231 07 20 05 16 32 31 07 20 05 16 33 08 CAM1_20050720_175232 07 20 05 17 52 32 07 20 05 20 24 13 CAM1_20040510_ CAM1_20050730_ p CAM1_20050730_ log O thumbnail Windows Media Player O Windows NT O xerox O SAMPLE Temp lt You can add up to 100 video files to the play waiting list 57 English Downloading Recorded Video t To remove a file from the play waiting list On the play waiting list select
49. 14 05 00 Enlarging the Video 0 __ amp A ZOOM IN You can zoom in on a particular area a quarter of the video As shown in the figure below MP2 Viewer provides you with five areas that can be enlarged and you can zoom in on each area in order by clicking the mouse ZOOM OUT Restores the enlarged video to the original size Using Full Screen Mode You can switch to Full Screen mode by opening the Option menu and selecting Full Screen When you switch to Full Screen mode the currently displayed video is maximized to cover the whole screen with all other user interface elements including the menu bar and control panel hidden from the screen Right clicking on the full screen brings up the context menu and the following operations can be performed apart from normal context menu commands REVIEW Normal screen Ctrl F D w Show title Returning to normal mode Switching between show hide of the title bar gn Returns to normal mode by pressing Esc or Ctrl F Playing Back the Sound Part in the Video If sound is also recorded in the currently played back video file you can also play back the sound i l kute Chite lw Ch3 4 A Mute To output the sound clear the check box Volume Drag the control to the left or right to adjust the sound volume Channels Select the check box es that correspond to the channel s you
50. 155931 07 20 05 15 59 31 07 20 05 15 59 36 ld O MSN CAM1_20050720_161839 07 20 05 16 18 39 07 20 05 16 18 47 4 MSN Gaming Zone CAM1_20050720_163231 07 20 05 16 32 31 07 20 05 16 33 08 D NetMeeting CAM1_20050720_175232 07 20 05 17 52 32 07 20 05 20 24 13 O Online Services D Outlook Express Rainbow Technologies O SANYO VA SW8000 gt CAM1_20040510_ 3 e CAM1_20050730_ 5 CAM1_20050730_ FILE NAME START TIME END TIME O CAM1_20050730_ D log a O thumbnail Windows Media Player Windows NT 5 v D xerox as De 1 Click on the toolbar Or open the File menu and select Open The Play List window appears 2 Select the file view mode Specify how to list split files by selecting either of the following two options e GROUP default This option provides a simplified view by displaying only the first file in a group rather than displaying the details for all of the split files If one group contains more than 100 divided files subgroups that contain up to 100 files are created and the first file in each subgroup is displayed EXPAND Provides a detailed view by displaying the details for all of the split files in a group Whichever view mode you select the play list always display entries grouped by download session 123 English t What is a group If a single source video file is larger than 600MB or contains any blank portions or any video data recor
51. 2 Watching Live Video How to Listen to the Sound Part in the Video Use the sound playback panel on the control panel When in the multi view layout specify the sub pane for which you want to listen to the sound by clicking its title bar VOLUME J yi chl ch2 W chi ch4 1 Sound volume Drag the control to the left or right to adjust the sound volume Turn on off sound output Click to toggle between ON and 5 OFF 3 Output channel selector When you are connected to a 4 channel DVR specify the set of channels for which you want to listen to the voice by selecting the appropriate check box e If a channel is feeding a masked video stream no sound is outputted whichever sound output setting is selected To listen to the sound part in the video go to the REC MODE SET tab of the DVR Set window and turn on AUDIO RECORDING Note that an error is generated if your computer has no sound card installed 33 English How to Turn Off the Currently Displayed Video Click the Cut Off button on the control panel This turns off the display of video streams and black placeholders appear in place of the video streams When you perform this action you are disconnected from the DVR in use therefore the video is turned off for all the cameras connected to that DVR 08 24 05 17 08 12 To turn on the video again double click the camera title on the tree list About DVR Re
52. 3 To cancel timer recording You can cancel scheduled or ongoing timer recording by clicking again on the control panel The and symbols disappear and timer recording is canceled 445 The broadcast feature allows you to simultaneously turn all the DVRs on or off according to z the timer mechanism For more information see P70 e After you have finished manual or timer recording you must wait for up to 10 seconds to start a new recording session e After you have changed the DVR s PICTURE QUALITY or AUDIO RECORDING setting you must wait for up to 6 seconds to start a new manual or timer recording session 39 English Recording Monitored Video W Alarm Recording Required user access level ID4 Alarm recording is a feature that automatically records live video when an alarm condition such as an intrusion has been detected The alarm detection works in response to the signal inputs from a motion sensor built into a camera or an external device such as a door switch or infrared sensor t To activate alarm recording It is prerequisite that a user with user access level ID4 should configure the trigger condition for alarm recording on the REC MODE SET and TITLE MOTION SET tabs of the DVR Set window The system automatically starts recording when an alarm condition is detected and stops recording when a predefined time period elapses This requires no user intervention 4 ALARM MODE see P108 Ena
53. 5 23 06 18 15 26 Bt TBE FAR RACH Hi PERCH HEY H E Ficka e Click Yes Y to start ordinary playback e A list of the file names and tampered dates and times is displayed e f tampering of date and time information is detected Time stamp is displayed in the Remarks column e By designating and highlighting a line a still image of the tampered area the top still image if date and time information has been tampered is displayed e f video is played back after the appraisal the results are not displayed in the color of the title bar 129 English MP2 Viewer W Saving a Still Image You can save a still image as a JPEG file on another storage medium 1 Select the Overlay Time Date on JPEG image option as needed You can overlay the image with the file name and time stamp when you save it You can select this option from the toolbar option menu File F Option O Lanquage Lanque Idioma Sprache iS S S sl ay Mute mp2 File associate with MP2Viewer This overlay feature is turned on by default 2 Display a still image Click J during playback 3 Click lt 3 on the toolbar On the Save As dialog save the image as a JPEG file by specifying the folder and file name W Printing a Still Image You can print a still image through the following steps 4 2 Display a still image Click J during playback Click amp on the toolbar This button opens the Print
54. AUTO CLOCK ADJUST TIME e SEQUENCE ts Settings take effect after the computer is rebooted LANGUAGE TV SYSTEM PC TYPE MASTER CONTROL PC NETWORK INTERFACE CARD Network extension mode Initial Set Menu Required user access level ID4 W Tree Edit window editable on the master computer only The DVR Utility Software always lets you select cameras and groups from the tree list when you perform various operations and configurations using windows The Tree Edit window allows you to edit titles and groups so that they are well organized and easy to use and customize the tree branches based on your monitoring needs e Although the Register DVR window displays the DVR tree list the tree list you edit here is intended for end user windows and displayed on a camera by camera basis e Similarly groups you create here are camera groups that are independent from DVR groups e You can also access the Tree Edit window by selecting the Tree Edit option on the context menu of the tree list e This window is editable on the master computer only Window Elements and Their Functions a WORKGROUP 5 3 root WORKGROUP Ew DYR 1 3 CAM _CAMERA TITLE DVR NAME CAM2 KZI CAM1 DVR 1 CAM3 KZI CAM2 DYR 1 CAM4 MI CAM3 DVR 1 KI CAM4 DYR 1 When you are done click OK to save your changes and update the tree list When you make changes and attempt to switch to another window without clicking the
55. D 3 If you have other groups you want to rename repeat steps 1 to 2 above for each group 4 Click Your changes are saved and uploaded to the DVR 87 English On the tree list or registration list select the group you want to delete The selected group is highlighted in blue Click 2ste Your specified group is removed from the registration list You can delete a group only when the group contains no DVR If the group still contains a DVR s move the DVR s into another group before the deletion Initial Set Menu Required user access level ID4 Rearranging Groups and DVRs You can rearrange the tree list by moving groups and DVRs contained in it To move a group 1 Choose a group On the tree list select the group you want to move The selected group is highlighted in blue Click _A or W Your selected group moves up or down along with any DVRs contained in it You can also drag and drop a group to a new position The WORKGROUP group is fixed at the bottom and cannot be moved GROUP ay GROUPO GROUP LAI GROUPS WORKGROUP To move a DVR 1 Choose a DVR On the tree list select the DVR you want to move The selected DVR is highlighted in blue 2 Click A or Your selected DVR moves up or down gn You can also drag and drop a DVR to a new position ESI GROUPO DYR 2 LAI When you sele
56. Delete feature However some earlier versions of the DSR 810 do not have this feature built in For details consult your dealer When you have finished configuring the settings on this tab click 4 and make sure that the tab index text turns yellow When you have finished your configuration task across all the tabs finally click OK Configuration information is uploaded to the DVR and the tab index text returns from yellow to black For more information on the command buttons see P103 109 English DVR Management Menu Required user access level ID4 3 TIMER REC SET Tab On this tab you can configure the timer recording schedules applied to the DVR D WEEK Specify the day of the week on which to schedule the timer recording to occur Available options e To specify a day of the week select one of the following SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT e To schedule the timer recording to occur at the same time every day select DLY START STOP Specify when to start and end the timer recording Over 24H 3 ON OFF default OFF You can turn on each timer schedule by selecting the ON radio button the OFF button is selected by default Leave the OFF radio button selected if you do not want to immediately activate the timer schedule after you have defined it This feature is useful when you define several timer schedules and choose from them d
57. H Head DYR Utility SANYO DVR Utility Software ms JPEG DVR Management menu Login window P14 SANYO SS CS OS SI Main window P16 Viewing pane layouts P25 Single view layout Initial Set Multi view 4x4 layout menu aa Alarm Search window P45 Time Date Search window P44 Play List P56 Dialog boxes for saving printing a still image P59 Clock Set window P95 System Update window P96 DVR info window P97 INFORMATION 1 tab INFORMATION 2 tab DVR Set window P100 LANGUAGE D S TIME tab REC MODE SET tab TIMER REC SET tab HOLIDAY SET tab DISPLAY BUZZER SET tab MONITOR SET tab TITLE MOTION SET tab Timer Download window P61 Broadcast window P70 Tamper Detection window P72 Options window P73 Tree Edit window P76 Register DVR window P81 User ID window P89 e Some windows are only available to users with specific user access levels e If you are using VA SW8000LITE you cannot access the multi view layout or Tool menu English 12 Starting and Ending a Monitoring Session To start a monitoring session with the system you have to start the DVR Utility Software and log into the system Follow these steps W Starting the Software J 13 Plug in the hardware key The hardware key supplied in the Standard Edition package must be plugged into a USB port of your computer Double click the DVR Utili
58. LL from DISPLAY the DVR s user interface can display only channel at a time but during an alarm recording another alarm may occur ina different channel To handle such situations you can select one of the following options e LAST Displays the most recent alarm video instead of the view that is being recorded e FIRST Continues to display the video that is being recorded e SWITCH Switches the alarm video streams at intervals of one second 117 English lt MASK SET gt 4 MASK SET default OFF When it is critical to ensure the privacy and confidentiality of the video from a particular channel you can mask that channel to prevent the video from viewed on the monitoring and playback screens Available options e ON The system masks the video and sound and a black placeholder labeled as MASK appears e OFF The video is displayed as usual When you have finished configuring the settings on this tab click and make sure that the tab index text turns yellow When you have finished your configuration task across all the tabs finally click OK _ Configuration information is uploaded to the DVR and the tab index text returns from yellow to black For more information on the command buttons see P103 DVR Management Menu Required user access level ID4 7 TITLE MOTION SET Tab On this tab you can configure motion sensor detection settings and camera titles fo
59. Playback control buttons ID2 3 4 w j Il j Ii b o Fast reverse 4 Stop playback switch to live mode Play 6 Pause 3 Fast forward Slow play playback 6 Sound playback panel ID1 2 3 4 i W ochlech2 iw chach Sound volume Turn on off sound output 3 Configuration of the sound output channel Search buttons ALARM p time DATE SEARCH Navigate to the Alarm Search window Navigate to the Time Date Search window Save button ID2 3 4 Opens dialog boxes for saving printing a still image BACKUP JPEG J 9 Record cut off buttons so IFF a e 006 oe Akon Start manual recording ID3 4 Stop manual recording ID3 4 3 Turn on or off the timer recording mode ID3 4 4 Disconnect the DVR ID1 2 3 4 List display buttons Open a playlist play back downloaded files ID2 3 4 Show hide the tree list ID1 2 3 4 e The functions assigned to the control panel buttons are all available from the menu bar as well however for simplicity the procedures contained in this guide assume the use of the control panel buttons e Commands available to a logged in user are determined by the access level assigned to that user The text in parentheses indicates the user access level s required to use the function English 20 Main Window Elements and Their Functions Hi Time Scale Panel The time scale panel whic
60. access the Login window Log into the system see P14 Enter your user name and password When you log in for the first time enter the default values for user level ID4 Default values e User Name ID4 e Password 4444 Register DVRs see P81 Once you have logged in the Register DVR window accessible from the Initial Set menu is automatically displayed On this window register DVRs you want to connect to the network Configure other initial settings see P73 Once you have registered the DVRs your computer starts receiving live video fed from the registered DVRs and you can watch the video on the computer screen In addition you can access the settings specific to the registered DVRs cameras through the computer screen Use the following menu items contained in the Initial Set menu to configure other settings as needed e Options You can configure settings pertaining to the system environment and operating conditions English e Tree Edit You can add camera titles and groups to the tree list to make it well organized e User ID Configure user names and passwords that are required when logging into the system Configure advanced settings as needed Now the Master computer is ready for basic operations After this configure advanced settings using various configuration menu items and customize your system based on actual monitoring needs The following sections describe how to
61. ad start time 20 00 is earlier than the end point of the download range for the same day this is an invalid schedule so an error is generated when you attempt to activate it To correct the error choose PREV instead of APPT from the FROM WEEK drop down list or change the download range end point to a point in time that is earlier than the time at which to start the download English 68 Using the Tool Menu Options Download Log You can open the download log by clicking Status on the Timer Download window The download log shows the detailed download history for each DVR DOWNLOAD DATE START TIME JEND TIME RESULT 07 30 2005 23 15 07 29 2005 14 00 07 29 2005 14 05 COMPLETED DOWNLOAD DATE e DOWNLOAD TIMEOUT Indicates when the download started The download timed out failing to complete before the start time of the next START TIME download Indicates the start point of the download range e DOWNLOAD TIME CHANGED END TIME The download range was changed because no video data were found Indicates the end point of the download range P 3 between the specified start and end 4 RESULT points Indicates whether the download completed e DUPLICATION ERROR successfully If not it indicates why the The download file name conflicted with download failed an existing file in the destination folder e COMPLETED The download successfully completed Control bu
62. advance to the next step settings without configuring the Broadcast Range settings Select the broadcasting range using the The TB R radio butions e Broadcast Range settings cannot l l be configured in the following cases Concerning the following notes When th eveloi th related to the selected option a Bn Ne eee te eo ntientalget confirmation message is shown in the ae IS pain raat tie cast dialog box when the relevant button is OZ O 2 Pe Onn ages selected Confirm the contents and click operations Broadcast is also sent to the DVR groups not authorized for access in Authorized Accessible DVR Group step 4 Ok e When the software you are using is VA SW8000LITE not equipped with Options broadcast functions e Not allowed Broadcast operations are not permitted 6 Click OK Saves the DVR access limitation settings and closes the dialog box e Apply authorized accessible DVRs Broadcast is only possible to the DVR groups authorized for access in Authorized Accessible DVR Group step 4 It is also possible to limit the transmission destination to one group in configuration of Ranging Broadcast on the BROADCAST window see P70 Broadcast is limited depending on the DVR model and firmware version e DSR M810 P M81 4 P Broadcast is only possible when the DVR firmware version is 2 20 or higher e DSR M800 P M804 P Broadcast to these models is not possible Engli
63. age The number of frame images actually Click I the pause button during displayed depends on the TV system in playback USE The viewing pane may be in any of the e NTSC 30 images single view four view and multi view e PAL 25 images layouts when in the multi view layout 3 To page up or down the thumbnail however you must specify the sub pane connected to the camera DVR whose video files you want to download by Clicking its title bar view The thumbnail view spans two pages You can page up or down the thumbnail view using Previous Next 2 Click JPEG J on the control 4 Choose an image panel Click an image Your selected image is highlighted with a green frame You are presented with a window that allows you to save or print the still image The window provides a thumbnail view that displays all frame images within the H Select Overlay Time Date one second range centered on the frame Select the Overlay Time Date check box you have selected as the still image this if you want to overlay the image with the includes the frames 0 5 second ahead of file name and time stamp and 0 5 second behind your selected still image as well as all frames in between 59 English Click the appropriate command button Click either of the following two buttons o Save 7 This button opens the Save As dialog and you can save the image as a JPEG file by specifying the folder and file name o Print z
64. alability The dedicated network can accommodate the following e Up to 1 000 DVRs in the standard configuration or up to a maximum of 4000 DVRs when an appropriate subnet mask setting is used e Cameras Up to four times the maximum number of DVRs e Up to eight computers one master plus seven slaves Master computer Switching hub i HU LILLI ai Switching hub 2202 52 522 600 amp About Master and Slave Computers During initial setup you specify a single computer that is authorized to register or delete networked DVRs and this is called the Master computer In addition to the Master computer you can configure up to seven additional computers that are not authorized to register or delete networked DVRs and these computers are called Slave computers After you have started the DVR Utility Software on a computer and logged into the system you can determine whether to configure the computer as either Master or Slave using the Options window accessible from the Initial Set menu For more information see P73 3 English Network Configuration W Hardware and Software Requirements The DVR Utility Software requires following hardware and software Computer IBM PC AT and compatibles Operating system Windows XP Professional SP2 CPU Pentium 4 3GHz or higher Memory 512MB or more Interfaces 100Base TX and USB 1 1 Display XGA 1024 x 768 pixels 16
65. an option from the drop down list you can control how the alarm mode should work in combination with the timer recording feature Available options e OFF Disables the alarm recording mechanism e ENABLED Always enables the alarm recording mechanism independently of the timer recording settings e AL REC ON TIMER Enables the alarm recording mechanism only when a timer recording is in progress e AL REC OFF TIMER Enables the alarm recording mechanism only when the timer recording is not in progress e OLY AL REC ON TMR Enables the alarm recording mechanism only during the hours for which a timer recording is scheduled In this case setting up the timer recording feature does not put it into standby state English 108 DVR Management Menu ALARM DURATION default 20S You can specify the duration of alarm recording triggered when an alarm condition is detected For example if the duration is set to 5S alarm video is recorded for 5 seconds after an alarm signal is received Available options 5S 10S 20S 40S 1M 2M 3M 4M 5M 10M 15M CC ox lf you select CC the alarm recording mechanism continuously works as long as the alarm signal is being received The alarm recording mechanism works for at least 5 seconds in response to one alarm signal even if the alarm signal goes off instantly 7 ALARM TRIGGER default ALARM You can configure the alarm recor
66. ayouts Video operating mode e LIVE Live video from the currently monitored camera e PLAY Standard playback of recorded video e STILL Still image of the paused video ge The PLAY indicator is followed by the playback speed when you change the playback speed Example PLAY x 2 3 Date and time of the video time stamp e In live mode Current date and time e In playback mode Date and time of recording Recording status information The recording status of the connected DVR is indicated in the middle of the title bar e red Manual recording or timer recording is in progress e red Timer recording is active i e timer recording is either scheduled or ongoing Alarm status 29 English 07 29 05 03 15 03 The title bar changes its color to indicate the alarm status e Red An alarm condition has occurred with the currently monitored camera DVR e Yellow The currently played back video contains an alarm condition Activating One of the Sub panes in the Multi view Layout In the multi view layout you can select activate one of the four sub panes by clicking its title bar then you can assign a video stream to the pane or apply a recording or playback operation The title bar when clicked changes in color to indicate it is active e Gray Not selected e Blue Selected fy When alarm video is displayed and you select sub pane its title bar changes its foreground
67. bles disables alarm recording ALARM DURATION see 109 Determines how long recording should continue when an alarm condition is detected ALARM TRIGGER see 109 Set the trigger condition for alarm recording D MOTION SENSOR see P118 Sets the alarm detection condition that should be applied to the camera s internal motion sensor HOLIDAY SET DISPLAY BUZZER SET MONITOR SET TITLE MOTION SET LANGUAGE D S TIME SET REC MODE SET TIMER REC SET PICTURE QUALITY SUPER O SUPER O HIGH O STANDARD AUDIO RECORDING ON OFF AUDIO REC LEVEL SET CH1 5 x cH2 5 v CH3 5 v CH4 5 M OVERWRITE ON OFF SERIES REC OFF x DISK FULL RESET ALARM MODE ENABLED x ALARM DURATION 205 ALARM TRIGGER ALARM VIDEO LOSS ON OFF AUTO DELETE O ON pays OFF Example of settings on REC MODE SET tab t To view alarm recorded video You can play back an alarm recorded video file the same way as an ordinary recorded video file In addition you can use the search feature to specify an alarm event and view the alarm recorded video associated with the event For more information see P45 Immediately after alarm recording has started or immediately after you have changed DVR s PICTURE QUALITY or AUDIO RECORDING setting the alarm recording mechanism is subject to the following restrictions e For up to 4 seconds it does not accept any alarm input e For up to 6 seconds it
68. case letters and numbers up to 10 characters in all It can also contain these special characters and space 2 Click The new group is added to the list and appears as the last group in the list but above the built in WORKGROUP group which is always displayed at the bottom of the tree list New Group s GROUP NAME GROUPT E Inu N GROUP DVR NAME WORKGROUP DYR 1 If your entered group conflicts with an existing group name a duplicate error results 3 If you have other groups you want to create repeat steps 1 to 2 above for each group English 86 Initial Set Menu Required user access level ID4 4 To make a DVR belong to a new To delete a group group Ch Select a DVR currently contained in an 1 A ia existing group and move it into the new group by drag and drop Move at least one camera to a created group 2 If a group contains no cameras it will be automatically deleted from the tree list when OK is clicked for that group Following deletion a confirmation message will appear 5 Click _ Your changes are saved and uploaded to the DVR To rename a group 1 Choose a group On the tree list select the group you want to rename The selected group is highlighted in blue 2 Enter a new name for the group You can type in a new name by clicking the group name part immediately after clicking the group GROUP A 1 WORKGROUP QUA
69. ch video data was downloaded is DSR M810 P DSR M814 P and the firmware version is 2 30 00 or higher Enable the tamper detection feature Before you open the video file and display the Play List window select the Tamper Det check box The tamper detection feature works on all the image files loaded into the Play List mae o f 00 00 00 Tamper Det MP2 Viewer Select the tamper detection mode Select Tamper Det Mode in the Option menu on the menu bar File F Option O Language Lanque Idioma Sprache iS S S L ms or M Mute 00 00 00 H v Overlay Time Date on JPEG image mp2 file associate with MP2Viewer Tamper Det Mode Simultaneous with playback v Prior to start playing back Options e Simultaneous with playback default Performs tamper detection during playback Audio is not played back e Prior to start playing back Performs batch tamper detection before playback When playback is conducted after tamper detection audio is included 3 Conduct playback of video files Register the video files you want to appraise for tampering on the play waiting list and click OK see P124 Appraisal is started according to the tamper detection mode on Tamper appraisal can be started simply by dragging and dropping video files into the playback screen area e Once the Tamper Det check box is selected any attempts to play back files by double clicking them on the
70. ch you can connect up to 4 000 DVRs To do so follow these steps 7 NETWORK INTERFACE CARD NIC This drop down list contains network interface cards installed in your system Choose one network interface card from the list USE MORE THAN 1001 DVRS To switch to the extension mode select the USE radio button e USE Sets the number of DVRs to 1 001 or more extension mode e NO USE default Sets the number of DVRs to within 1 000 MAX NUMBER OF UNITS Once you have activated the extension mode by selecting USE you can specify the maximum number of DVRs When you open the drop down list it displays several choices for the number of DVRs that can be connected based on the value of the network interface card s subnet mask Choose the most suitable choice Number of DVRs connected Subnet mask value 255 255 252 0 Up to 1 000 255 255 248 0 1 001 2 000 255 255 240 0 2 001 4 000 For the system to correctly operate one of the above three subnet mask values must be chosen 75 English Control buttons e Cancel Before you click OK you can cancel your changes by clicking this button E Applies and saves your changes When you are done click OK to save your changes Some settings do not take effect until you quit the DVR Utility Software and reboot the computer t Settings that take effect immediately when you click OK e DOWNLOAD AUTHORITY e
71. ching ON When you are using the wired remote controller VA RMNO1 which is available Example as an option you can use this setting to control whether to allow the remote USE NO USE controller to stop the recording of video WEEK HONTH TIME Available options ON Last v SUN f oo 02 200 e ENABLE OFF Last SUN x 10 3 02400 Allows the remote controller to stop recording e In this example the time system is e DISABLE automatically switched from standard time to summer time daylight saving time and the clock is advanced one hour at 2 00 AM on the last Sunday in March When you have finished configuring the The time system is automatically settings on this tab click 4 and make switched from summer time daylight sure that the tab index text turns yellow saving time to standard time and the When you have finished your configuration clock is delayed one hour at 2 00 AM on task across all the tabs finally click the last Sunday in October OK Configuration information is uploaded to the DVR and the tab index text returns from yellow to black For more information on the command buttons see P103 Does not allow the remote controller to stop recording 105 English DVR Management Menu Required user access level ID4 2 REC MODE SET Tab On this tab you can configure the DVR s recording conditions VO Disk Full Reset 0000D m pen S PICTURE QUALITY
72. cified video file in the PREVIEW pane English 52 Downloading Recorded Video W Downloading an Individual Video File Using Basic Controls When the download window is displayed first prepare for the download process using the basic controls D FILENAME D C Program Files SANYO VA SW8000 DYR 1_20050729_135949 DVR 1_20050729_1 Browse Download Review the download range By default the download window displays the date and time settings exactly as configured on the time scale panel on the main window To modify these settings use the spin buttons next to the DOWNLOAD START END POINT boxes 1 To preview the still images of your modified start end points click Preview 6 Specify the folder and file name of the download destination When a video file is downloaded the folder and file name of its destination are automatically assigned as shown below and the path name is displayed in FILENAME You can accept this default destination unless your situation requires another location 53 English Add ee _ Preview e Default destination folder path C Program Files SANYO VA SW8000 DVR title_YYYYMMDD_ HHMMSS start point time stamp e Default file name DVR title_ YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS start point time stamp If you want to change the default destination click Browse and specify new settings
73. connect Feature If the live video stream from a camera is disconnected or otherwise disturbed for some reason hold down the Shift key and double click the camera title on the tree list On the confirmation dialog box that appears click Yes to reconnect to the DVR Watching Live Video Hi Zoom Mode When you switch to zoom mode the displayed video can be enlarged centering on a specified point on the view This feature works in playback mode as well 1 Click on the control panel The button turns red to indicate that you are now in zoom in mode Click the center point for zoom in Point to and click on the desired point on the view each time you click the same center point the displayed video enlarges incrementally The zoom factor depends on the current layout e When you are viewing the video from a single channel or 4 channle DVR in the four view layout Original size gt x2 gt x4 gt x8 gt x12 e When you are viewing the video from a 4 channel DVR in the single view layout Original size gt x2 gt x4 gt x6 To zoom out on the video after zoom in Click Le 2 on the control panel The button turns red to indicate that you are in zoom out mode Each time you click the button the displayed video is scaled down incrementally until it reverts to the original size If the specified channel is masked you cannot use the zoom feature To revert to the original size Click one o
74. cording without displaying the live video on the viewing pane Simply select your desired camera from the tree list and click the appropriate control button to make the DVR start or stop recording the live video This can also be done from within windows accessible from the DVR Management and Tool menus gy The broadcast feature allows you to instruct all the DVRs simultaneously to start or stop recording For more information see P70 English 38 Recording Monitored Video W Timer recording required user access level ID3 4 Timer recording allows you to schedule the automatic recording of live video 1 Set up the timer Ove RECORD CUT OFF It is prerequisite that a user with user access level ID4 should configure the timer operating conditions using the TIMER REC SET tab of the DVR Set window For more information see P110 07 29 05 14 40 39 2 Click timer button on the control panel The timer is activated and the live video will be automatically recorded at the scheduled time A AO symbol is displayed in the title bar when timer recording is on standby When timer recording starts a symbol appears next to the symbol mentioned above If the ALARM MODE is set to OLY AL REC ON TMR on the REC MODE ae 07 29 05 14 49 39 SET tab of the DVR Set screen alarm recording is automatically triggered when the timer scheduled time is reached so you do not have to click the timer button
75. ct the first DVR shown in a group and click A J the DVR leaves the current group and moves up into the previous group Similarly when you select the last DVR shown ina group and click W_ J the DVR leaves the current group and moves down into the next group DYR 3 DYR 4 English 88 Initial Set Menu Required user access level ID4 WE User ID Window This window allows you to register or deregister users authorized to log into the system The DVR Utility Software supports up to 32 authorized users e You must use the master computer to register change or deregister a user with user access level ID4 e For the default user account with user name ID4 you can only change the password and cannot change the user name or user access level or deregister the account Window Elements and Their Functions USER LEVEL a PASSWORD d pi USER LEVEL 3 O 1D1 O 1D2 O 1D3 O 1D4 S Change Add Delete 6 Limit accessible DVRs EDIT USER ID y By default this window displays the Enter the user ID that identifies a user on initial settings for user access levels the network 1 to 4 PASSWORD Control buttons e Change Enter the password required to authenticate the user at login time Changes the registration information of a registered user e Add User access level buttons Select one of the four user access levels by clicking the corresponding radio button Re
76. ctively protecting the system from unauthorized access The DVR Utility Software is available in the following two editions This user s guide covers both editions Edition VA SW8000 Standard Edition VA SW8000LITE Light Edition Available as Separately sold package Accessory that comes with the DVR Functionality Full functionality Limited functionality see P11 to 12 Bundles Hardware key USB type None The VA SW8000 Standard Edition cannot be started without the supplied hardware key connected to a USB port of the computer English 2 Network Configuration Mi Network Device Configuration With the DVR Utility Software you create a monitoring system that consists of DVRs monitoring cameras and one or more computers that act as remote controllers all of which are connected via a dedicated independent network Supported DVR Models The DVR Utility Software supports the SANYO DVR models listed below All DVRs need not be the same model a single network can contain two or more different models as needed e Single channel models DSR M800 DSR M800P DSR M800PA DSR M810 DSR M810P e Four channel models DSR M804 DSR M804P DSR M814 DSR M814P ge For SANYO DVR models not listed above visit the SANYO Web site http www sanyosecurity com and check the latest information e For the sake of simplicity this guide assumes the use of the DSR M804 or DSR M814 Network Sc
77. d the date and time time stamp of recording By Due to limited space lettering in the title bar may be partially abbreviated In such cases move the cursor to the abbreviated area to complementarily display the invisible part Playback pane The video is played back in this area Since the video files are played back on a DVR by DVR basis the playback pane layout differs depending on the model of the DVR used to record the video e Single channel DVRs single view layout e 4 channel DVRs four view layout y When in the four view layout you specify one of the channels and use the ZOOM IN feature the playback pane is switched to the single view layout and the channel s video is displayed in a larger size For more information see P126 Context menu The context menu appears when you right click on the playback pane You can use it to run the same commands that are in the toolbar K Qpentli Chita Save Asta Printi Pi Ctrl P STOP PLAY STILL FRAME SLOW CUE REVIE Full Screen Ctrl F English 122 MP2 Viewer W Playing Back Particular Image Files When you want to play back downloaded video files specify your desired video files on the Play List window You can play back multiple video files in Succession InterVideo A Keyboard 2 D Messenger Ey microsoft frontpage FILE NAME START TIME END TIME K i Movie Maker CAM1_20050720_
78. ded by the alarm recording mechanism the source video file is automatically split into multiple files and saved as such while the download process is in progress MP2 Viewer manages files split from the same video source file as one group This scheme makes it easy to play back download files because the files in a group are actually split files but can be played back as if they were a single file File grouping occurs on a download by download basis File A Approx 1 500 MB Download pre a A eee 1 i File A1 File A2 File A3 i Approx Approx Approx 600 MB 600 MB 300 MB MP2 Viewer 3 Choose a folder To select individual files and add Click on a folder in the folder list the left them to the play waiting list pane The files contained in your On the available files list select a selected folder are displayed in the single file you want to play and then available files list the upper half of the click If you want to play more right pane to which your selected view than one file repeat this step for all mode either GROUP or EXPAND is the remaining files applied List column headings Skea erou FILE NAME START TIME recording E a Tea sera eave Taree a start date time END TIME recording ooo o Cae i ee en end date time oo Scat ert D0 EE When the view mode is GROUP S caM1 20050730 l cami 2000720 15590 072005 S50 072005 TEAS the END TIME field shows t
79. different sets of camera titles those for DVR s user interface and those for the DVR Utility Software s user interface These two different camera title sets are configured on two discrete configuration windows What you configure here are camera titles for DVR s user interface When you want to configure camera titles displayed on the DVR Utility Software s user interface you must use the Tree Edit window accessible from the Initial Set menu For more information see P76 Click s This applies the motion sensor and camera title settings to your specified channel Configure the motion sensor and camera title settings for other channels CH2 CH4 Repeat the above procedure steps 1 to 6 When you have finished your configuration task across all the 4 column and 5 row layout channels finally click OK Configuration information is uploaded to 5 Enter the camera title for the current channel into the CAMERA TITLE box A camera title can contain uppercase letters and numbers up to 10 characters in all It can also contain these special characters and space the DVR and the tab index text returns from yellow to black For more information on the command buttons see P103 Defaults By default channel numbers 1 to 4 are used as camera titles CH1 1 CH2 2 CH3 3 CH4 4 119 English MP2 Viewer MP2 Viewer is a playback dedicated application designed fo
80. ding 720 x 576 Turning off this setting unlocks the Disk DSR M804 Full Reset button STANDARD __ M814 352 x 576 DSR M800 If you continuously use the DVR with the M810 OVERWRITE setting turned on and the disk runs out of free space the system AUDIO RECORDING default ON overwrites the existing data on a first in Choose whether to record the sound at the first out basis Be sure to back up any same time by selecting either the ON or important video data before it is OFF radio button overwritten Available options e ON The system records sound as part of the video data Each channel must have its AUDIO REC LEVEL configured within the range of 1 to 10 e OFF The system does not record sound An error is generated when your computer is not installed a sound card and you turn on AUDIO RECORDING For more information refer to Hardware and Software Requirements on P4 107 English DVR Management Menu Required user access level ID4 t To resume a stopped recording session When OVERWRITE is set to OFF and the hard disk runs out of free space during a recording session the system automatically stops the recording session If this is the case you can click the Disk Full Reset button to switch to the overwrite mode and resume the recording session ON Disk Full Reset The system switches to the overwrite mode when you resume the stopped recording ses
81. ding trigger condition i e when the alarm Required user access level ID4 VIDEO LOSS default ON You can control how the system should respond to loss of the monitor video stream Available options e ON When a video stream is lost the system displays a VIDEO LOSS message on screen and outputs the corresponding signal to the DVR s rear panel terminal e OFF The system neither displays a message nor outputs a signal when a video stream is lost Q AUTO DELETE default OFF You can turn on or off the Auto Delete feature which automatically erases obsolete video files that have exceeded a predetermined maximum storage period Available options e ON Turns on the Auto Delete feature You have to specify the maximum storage period within the range of 1 to 99 days recording mechanism is activated e OFF Available options e ALARM external alarm When the external alarm device has input an alarm signal to the alarm input terminal on the DVR s rear panel e SENSOR motion sensor When the motion sensor has detected something moving in the video e ALARM OR SENSOR When either the external alarm device or the motion sensor has reacted e ALARM AND SENSOR When both the external alarm device and the motion sensor have reacted Turns off the Auto Delete feature The AUTO DELETE section is displayed on the window only when the DVR is the DSR M810 814 complete with the Auto
82. does not start recording in response to an alarm input English 40 Playing Back Recorded Video Required user access level 1D2 3 4 You can play back recorded video by specifying the source camera DVR Playback does not affect the DVR s recording operations timer and alarm W Switching to Playback Mode When you are in live mode and click gt one of playback control buttons the DVR that is currently streaming video to the viewing pane is switched to playback mode t All layouts support playback All of the viewing pane layouts single view four view and multi view support playback you can switch to playback mode whichever layout you are currently using Also you can switch the layouts during playback e When in the multi view layout specify the sub pane connected to the DVR you want to switch to playback mode by clicking its title bar e By designating a group and selecting the Play command on the context menu the multi view layout is automatically switched to t Playback supports all recording modes The playback mechanism supports all recording modes manual timer and alarm It searches for all recorded video files and plays back the video files in chronological order When an alarm recorded video file is being played back the title bar is displayed with a red foreground on a yellow background t Where playback starts When you play back recorded video files for the first time playback starts
83. download range from the start point onward by clicking PREVIEW on the panel In this mode you can use the same playback controls as in playback mode 7 Click DOWNLOAD 6 You are brought to the download window The download window lets you finally confirm the download range specify the download destination choose either Individual or Batch download mode and start the download process Once the download window appears the settings made on the time scale panel are transferred to the download window and the time scale panel is initialized This means that when you return to the main window the time scale appears with neither the start nor the end point defined C Vrogian fer SANYOWA SWEDOT CAM 1 20050729 TCAMT 20030773 17 OVANAME FILENAME DATE TIME START oo TOTAL Program Time Oh Omin OMB Approx Oh Omi i Download Delete Prev lt Download window gt 51 English Downloading Recorded Video W Using the Download Window DOWNLOAD c mis START POINT ca ROOM FILENAME 09 01 05 Se es DOWNLOAD END POINT 07 29 05 14 10 00 Basic controls Download Preview DVRNAME FILENAME DATE TIME START lt Basic controls gt 1 DOWNLOAD START END POINT Displays the time stamps of the start and end points of the download range PREVIEW pane Displays the still images o
84. e When a timer download is scheduled but not yet started or while a timer download is ongoing a confirmation dialog is displayed if you try to log out of the system or exit from the software If you choose to log out or exit the timer download is canceled For more information see P67 DYR Utility a J Timer download is available re you sure to exit e Except for situations where the software does not respond to keyboard or mouse actions the above procedure must be followed whenever you exit from the DVR Utility Software otherwise an unexpected problem may result 15 English Main Window Elements and Their Functions When you have logged into the system you are first presented with the main window The main window is where you monitor live video and perform basic monitoring user level operations such as recording and playback and allows you to navigate to other windows where you can control or configure various aspects of the system E Window Elements Os ee ee ey nma eB 2 VOLUME Ca iv chich v ch3echd Menu bar see P17 Contains pull down menus that provide access to various commands available in the DVR Utility Software Control panel see P19 Contains buttons that provide access to the most common commands Message window Displays information on operation status results and alarm as well as error messages Current date and time Indicates the current date and time fro
85. e confirmation dialog by clicking the appropriate button Double click Working with the Context Menu The context menu appears when you right click a camera title or group name From the context menu you can directly run the following commands without having to click a control panel button or open a menu from the menu bar Expand Collapse Provides the same function as the buttons Live Displays live video in the single view layout when a camera is selected or Displays live video in the multi view layout when a group is selected Play Plays back recorded video in the single view layout when a camera is selected or Plays back recorded video in the multi view layout when a group is selected Menu Opens the DVR Set window e Alarm Search Opens the Alarm Search window DVR Info Opens the DVR Info window Tree Edit Opens the Tree Edit window Zy When Menu Alarm Search and DVR Info are selected the DVR configuration information and alarm event log are automatically loaded when switching the screen root E A 1F Collapse Tree Edit root oo mig com ROOM Play Menu Alarm Search DYR Info Tree Edit When a camera title is right clicked English 24 Main Window Elements and Their Functions Mi Viewing Pane Layouts The viewing pane is where you view live or played back video It can be switched among three layouts si
86. ed and closed by clicking the EU buttons on the left e The DVR button the control panel can be used to show or hide the tree list When there is one or more video streams displayed on the viewing pane the camera with a blue title bar is the target of an operation Specifying the Target of the Command by a Single Click t To select a camera as the target To select a camera click the camera title node on the tree list The clicked title is highlighted to indicate that it is currently selected When you run a command by clicking a control panel button or menu item after selecting a camera that command is applied to the selected camera El raat a Biz 2 When connected to 4 channel DVRs VEN four cameras can be displayed per DVR If using commands such as record and playback that are applicable to individual DVRs executing the command to just one of the four cameras will cause the other three to automatically follow suit 23 English t To select a group as the target Clicking a group name will cause all the cameras belonging to that group to be selected When designating a group for execution of a command right click the group name to display the context menu and select the command from the menu Four tasks i e Expand Collapse Live Play and Tree Edit are possible see P24 a root a pig Clicking a group name will cause all the cameras belonging to that group to
87. ed video or select your desired camera from the tree list on the main window and click the TIME DATE SEARCH button on the control panel Then the Time Date Search window appears Time Date Search 1 Ss os 1 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sa 1 2 2 5 a 7 8 9 wine TT 12 13 14 15 16 19 20 21 22 23 26 27 28 29 30 Second T 00 ALARM TIME DATE Si RCH 1 Specify the month year to which your e By default the date and time as of desired date belongs Z your clicking the TIME DATE You are presented with a calendar for SEARCH button or for played back your specified month year video the date and time included in the displayed video is indicated on the Time Date Search window e To cancel the search and playback and close the Time Date Search 3 Specify the desired time window click Cancel without Specify the hours minutes and clicking GO seconds parts of the time by selecting the appropriate number from each drop down list 4 Click GO l The software starts playing back the video file s that matches your specified date and time criteria In this mode you can use the same playback controls as in playback mode 2 Specify the desired date Click a date on the calendar Your specified date turns blue 33 1 If there is no match to your criteria the software plays back the video file newer than and closest to the specified date and time English
88. ee P11 Available options ID1 Monitoring user ID2 Playback user ID3 Recording user ID4 Administrative user Click You are prompted to confirm the password by reentering it Reenter the password Be sure to reenter the new password to the NEW box This must be identical to the one you specified in step 2 Then click OK When the reentered password is correct the registration is completed and the user registration list is updated with the newly registered user ID user name and user access level Change password USER1 An error message appears if your reentered password does not match the one you specified If this is the case reenter the correct password English 90 Initial Set Menu Required user access level ID4 Changing the Registration Information of an Existing User You can change the user ID password or user access level of an existing user To do so follow these steps 91 Choose a user On the user registration list select the user whose information you want to change The selected user is highlighted in blue and the user s registration information appears Change the registration information Change the user ID password and or user access level through the same steps you follow when registering a new user Click re When you change the user ID and or user access level but not the password the user registration list is
89. eement displayed on the screen E Cancel InstallShield Wizard License Agreement Please read the following license agreement carefully Press the PAGE DOWN key to see the rest of the agreement Note You must read this Software License Agreement before using the software SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT This Software License Agreement Agreement is a legal agreement between you and SANYO Electric Co Ltd SANYO setting forth the terms and conditions for your use of the Software defined below By installing or using the Software you signify that you agree with the terms and conditions of this Agreement If you do not agree with the terms of this Agreement you are not licensed to install nor use the Software v Do you accept all the terms of the preceding License Agreement If you choose No the setup will close To install DYA Utility you must accept this agreement lt Back 7 English Installing the Software 5 The Select Program Folder screen appears Check the program folder and click Next Normally you can accept the default folder without changing it If you want to change the program folder type the folder name into the box or select an existing folder from the list underneath InstallShield Wizard Select Program Folder Please select a program folder Setup will add program icons to the Program Folder listed below You may type a new folder name or select one from the existin
90. ees O MANUAL Create List C ick Create List The system starts creating the registration list with the command buttons on the windows temporarily disabled If you have configured more than one DVR for registration they are registered at once Normally it takes about 20 seconds to create the list but it may take longer up to 80 seconds depending on the subnet mask setting Review the registration information displayed on the list When the process completes successfully the tree list and registration list are updated to reflect the registration information of the new DVR and the command buttons are enabled Items displayed in the registration list are the same as in auto configuration mode For more information see P83 If the new DVR you register in manual configuration mode has already been assigned to a group that group name is inherited Editing the Tree List A newly registered DVR is given a default title and group which you can change as needed For more information see P86 Click Your changes are saved and uploaded to the DVR English 84 Initial Set Menu t Using a Registration List in an Updated Version If you have updated the DVR Utility Software from VA SW800 804 814 to VA SW8000 you can configure the system to use the registration list created in the previous version To do so use the Register DVR window and follow these steps 1 Install VA SW8000 Durin
91. enu 27 English Main Window Elements and Their Functions When you are connected to a single channel DVR You can switch the layouts basically the same way as when connected to a 4 channel model however only the single view and multi view layouts are actually available because when you try to display the four view layout for a single channel DVR the single view layout is displayed instead Single view layout Single view layout DVR 1 CH1 only DVR 1 CH1 only id jjs EE gt is Or double click Or double click Or double click Or double click the viewing the viewing the viewing the viewing pane pane pane pane Multi view layout Multi view layout Pu CH1 only gt 1 CH1 only a Alternatively you can select Display from the DVR Operation menu English 28 Main Window Elements and Their Functions E Title Bar In live and playback modes a title bar is placed above each video stream The title bar provides real time information that assists in monitoring work in addition to basic information on the currently displayed video Information on the displayed video The title bar indicates the following basic information on the currently displayed video stream 1 Camera title The camera title is displayed in the single view layout but it is replaced with the DVR name in the four view layout and when the DVR is assigned a four view sub pane in the multi view l
92. epending on your need 4 Over 24H Use this button when you want to schedule a timer recording that continues for more than 24 hours When you click the button the last two rows seventh and eighth rows are switched to a special format English 110 DVR Management Menu Required user access level ID4 t Basic Configuration Steps for Timer Recordings To schedule a timer recording you should follow these basic steps 1 In the first row configure the first timer schedule Select the appropriate options from the WEEK and START STOP drop down lists and select the ON radio button in the ON OFF area lt Example gt WEEK START STOP ON OFF ON O OFF SUN jo7 30 18 4 00 4 In this example a timer recording is scheduled to start at 7 30 and end at 18 00 on every Sunday 2 Similarly configure other schedules in the second and subsequent rows You can define up to eight different timer schedules If two or more timer schedules overlap each other the schedule that has the earliest start time takes precedence 111 English t To schedule a timer recording to occur at the same time every day To schedule a timer recording to start and end at the same times every day rather than on a particular day of the week select DLY from the WEEK drop down list lt Example gt WEEK START STOP ON OFF IDLY 10 44 00 2 20 00 ON O OFF
93. ession stopped This information is displayed only if the DVR is DSR M810 P M814 P 99 English DVR Management Menu Required user access level ID4 E DVR Set Window The DVR Set window consists of seven tabs through which you can configure DVR operating conditions Although the DVR main unit also provides an interface to configure its operating conditions you can perform these configuration tasks easier through the DVR Set window Basic Configuration Steps When you have just navigated to the DVR Set window from another window all of its tabs are initially disabled and do not accept any entry Before you can configure settings on the window you must choose a camera and click the Import button on the first tab Then you can configure the DVR operating conditions on the window Follow the steps described on the next page 3 HOLIDAY SET DISPLAY BUZZER SET MONITOR SET TITLE MOTION SET LANGUAGE D S TIME SET REC MODE SET TIMER REC SET E A root HOLIDAY SET DISPLAY BUZZER SET MONITOR SET TITLE MOTION SET c Big LANGUAGE D S TIME SET REC MODE SET TIMER REC SET 1 ROOM LANGUAGE LANGUE ENGLISH FRANCAIS ESPANOL DEUTSCH IDIOMA SPRACHE DAYLIGHT SAVING USE NO USE SUMMER TIME 4 WEEK MONTH TIME ON st SUN 04 02 44 90 OFF Last SUN 10 021 00 EXT CLOCK ADJUST TIME m 00 Cancel Apply ge A sme 9 7 A
94. f the layout selector buttons or channel selector buttons on the control panel Then the viewing pane switches to your selected layout with the zoom factor reset to the original size lt Original size gt lt X2 gt English 34 Watching Live Video E Full Screen Mode When you switch to Full Screen mode the currently displayed video is maximized to cover the whole screen with all other user interface elements including the menu bar control panel and tree list hidden from the screen This feature works in playback mode as well To switch to Full Screen mode You can view the video from the currently selected channel in Full Screen mode by clicking on the control panel or pressing Ctrl F In the single view layout if a black screen with a message saying VIDEO LOSS MASK or NO VIDEO appears the full screen mode cannot be switched to LIVE 09 01 05 12 49 10 n ner NO VIDEO Full Screen Operations Right clicking on the full screen displays the context menu in which the following E operations can be made _ _ Live Ee NO VIDEO NO VIDEO Play a DATF CH Slow b Forward b Reverse o _ Normal screen Q v Show title Displaying live video stream Playing back 35 E a Returning to normal mode Switching between show hide of the title bar 2 Pressing Ctrl F in the full screen mode will also return to the normal mode NO
95. f the video frames that correspond to the start point left and end point right of the specified download range 3 FILENAME Lets you specify the folder and file name of the download destination 4 Control buttons e Download Allows you to start downloading an individual video file immediately instead of adding them to the download list J Add Allows you to add video files to the download list 6 so that you can later batch download them o Preview Displays the still images of the video frames that correspond to the start and end points of the specified download range in the PREVIEW pane Download Delete Download list and controls TOTAL Program 0 Time 0h Omin OMB 7 Approx Oh Omin Preview lt Download list and controls gt Download list Displays the video files that will be batch downloaded You can add video files to this list by clicking the Add button List column headings DVRNAME DVR title FILE NAME DATE TIME START start point time stamp END end point time stamp Total size indicator Indicates the total combined size of all the files contained in the Download List 7 Control buttons e Download z Batch downloads all the video files contained in the download list e Delete Deletes your specified video file s from the download list e Preview Displays the still images of the video frames that correspond to the start and end points of the spe
96. ftware installed i e either VA SW8000 or VA SW8000LITE The DVR Utility Software in this new version either the Standard or Light edition is not compatible with any of the previous versions VA SW800 804 814 80LITE 81LITE and therefore any Slave computers currently running an old version must be upgraded to the new version Note that the hardware key or serial number from a previous version can still be used after the software has been upgraded to the new version y On the upgraded computer you can use any DVR registration lists created in a previous version by following a specific procedure See P85 English 4 Network Connection Requirements Before using the DVR Utility Software configure the DVRs and computers for network connectivity as instructed in the following sections Configuring the DVRs Configure NETWORK SET by following the instructions for IP address configuration given in the DVR s documentation e Auto configuration Set ADDRESS SET to AUTO e Manual configuration Set ADDRESS SET to MANUAL and configure the IP address and subnet mask NETWORK SET ADVANCED gt DVR NAME DVRI IP ADDRESS 192 168 0 1 SUB NET MASK 255 255 255 0 5 English Configuring the Computers Configure the TCP IP settings by following the relevant instructions given in the operating system documentation For more information see P6 Examples of configured IP address ranges
97. g folders list Click Next to continue Program Folders DWA Utilit Existing Folders Accessories Administrative Tools ames Keyboard PrintMe Internet Printing SANYO Startup lt Back Cancel 6 Configure file association on the File association screen and click Next When you select the check box double clicking the MP2 file the file extension mp2 file saved in MPEG2 format that was downloaded by this software automatically starts playback on the MP2 Viewer see P58 125 InstallShield Wizard oana File association r y Choose the mp2 file associate option M MP2Viewer to be default player for the mp2 file Check the box and double click the file downloaded through VA SwWS000 to automatically start playback on MP2Viewer lt Back Cancel 7 Start the Installation Process When you click Next on the previous screen the Setup program starts the installation process and the Setup Status screen indicates the setup status with progress bars 8 Reboot the computer When the Installation completed message is displayed specify whether to reboot your computer right now or later by selecting the appropriate option and then click Finish If you choose the first option default your computer will be automatically rebooted after you exit from the Setup program InstallShield Wizard ee InstallShield Wizard Complete The InstallShield Wizard has successfull
98. g the installation process you are prompted to choose whether to remove the old version s software files if you click YES the files are automatically removed On the Register DVR window select MANUAL from TCP IP ADDR 3 Click the Create List button After a while the DVR Utility Software retrieves currently registered information from the DVR and displays it 4 Click OK The list is registered and the registration information is uploaded to the DVR 85 English Required user access level ID4 Deregistering a DVR To deregister a DVR follow these steps 4 Choose a DVR On the tree list or registration list select the DVR you want to deregister The selected DVR is highlighted in blue WORKGROUP DYR NAME DVR 1 poine 2 Remove the connecting cable Remove the connecting cable from the DVR When you attempt to deregister a DVR while it is still connected to the network an error results Click Delete You are prompted to choose whether to proceed Click Yes if you are sure to deregister the DVR Your specified DVR is deregistered and removed from the tree list and registration list DYR Utility WORKGROUP DYR NAME Initial Set Menu Required user access level ID4 Change a DVR Title A newly registered DVR is by default assigned a title that consists of the last six digits XX XX XX of the MAC address but
99. gisters a new user 4 User registration list This box lists the user name and user access level of each registered user but does not display the password for security DVR access limitation button reasons When you want to change or deregister a user select the user from this list e Delete Deregisters a user Accessible DVR groups and the broadcasting range can be configured for each user see P93 89 English Initial Set Menu Required user access level ID4 Registering a New User To register a new user configure the user ID password and user access level through the following steps 1 Enter the user ID into the USER ID box Enter the user name user ID that is used to identify the user on the network The user ID can consist of up to 16 characters including letters case sensitive and numbers You can also use these special characters gy The user ID user name must be unique If your specified user ID is already in use a duplicate message appears 2 Enter the password into the PASSWORD box Enter the password that is required to authenticate the user at login time The password can consist of 4 to 16 characters including letters case sensitive and numbers You can also use these special characters 3 Choose a user access level Select one of the four user access levels by clicking the corresponding radio button For more information s
100. h contains a movable time scale and control buttons allows you to specify the time range of the video data you want to download Also the time scale panel is useful when you explore video frame images in playback mode you can easily move the playback point by dragging the time scale When a user with user access level ID1 is logged on the timer scale panel functionality is restricted to the display of date and time ETET 0 o 9 an W P AUAUMEA SANYO Caanrront Caro O J 1 Time scale The time scale indicates the date and time of the currently displayed video e In live mode Current date and time e In playback mode Date and time of recording Time display Indicates the digits of the date and time time stamp of the currently displayed video 3 Scale unit Indicates the currently selected time scale unit 21 English DOWNLOAD mi 4 Control buttons e START POINT Sets the download start point e END POINT Sets the download end point e PREVIEW Plays back to preview the video data within the download range e DOWNLOAD Navigate to the Download window Main Window Elements and Their Functions How the Time Scale Works The time scale is a tool that allows you to view or specify time and date information The scale part is movable it automatically slides as the video advances The date and time of live or recorded video is always displayed in t
101. he a record end date time for the entire ear group t To add all files to the play waiting list Click at Zoli All files contained in the available files Sor list are added to the play waiting list CAM1_20050730_ FILE NAME START TIME END TIME CAM1_20050730_ log lo O thumbn S bnail O Windows Media Player Windows NT O xerox O SAMPLE Temp gt CAM1_20050720_155931 07 20 05 15 59 31 07 20 05 15 59 36 CAM1_20050720_161839 07 20 05 16 18 39 07 20 05 16 18 47 CAM1_20050720_163231 07 20 05 16 32 31 07 20 05 16 33 08 CAM1_20050720_175232 07 20 05 17 52 32 07 20 05 20 24 13 Outlook Express O Rainbow Technologies n You can sort the files in the available astro files list based on the data contained in re a particular column by clicking the Som column heading The sorting order S toggles between ascending and Brar descending each time you click the column heading t To remove a file from the play 4 Select files and add them to the play waiting list waiting list On the play waiting list select a file you want to remove and then click Files contained in the available files list the upper half of the right pane can be 2 added to the play waiting list the lower half You can add all files or only To remove all entries from the play selected files to the play waiting list as waiting list shown
102. he middle of the scale where a green vertical center line resides e The scale unit DAY HOUR MINUTE can be selected from the pull down menu The scale display range varies depending on the selected unit DAY Center line 15 days 30 graduations in all f 09 02 08 5 30 5 1 15 20 ooo LEL HOUR Center line 12 hours 24 graduations in all f 09 02 23 f 05 10 04 a PULLER EPP MINUTE Center line 30 minutes 60 graduations in all rrr 09 02 36 40 50 0 10 20 30 D ATR MMR e The time and date that corresponds to the vertical center line on the scale is shown on the digital time display on the left hand side of the scale In live mode the scale indicates the current date and time In playback mode the scale indicates the date and time time stamp when the currently displayed video was recorded The time and date information reflects fast forward playback or other operations The scale moves in increments of one graduation For example when the scale unit is set to MINUTE the scale slides every one minute e When the scale spans two days or two months the day or month is highlighted in red How to Use the Time Scale In playback mode you can move the playback point along the scale by dragging the scale to the left or right e You can advance the time by sliding the scale to the left or reverse the time by sliding the scale to the right
103. immediately updated to reflect your changes If you change the password you are prompted to confirm the password by reentering it In this case proceed to step 4 English 4 Enter the current and new passwords On the dialog enter the currently defined password into the CURRENT box and reenter the new password to the NEW box The password entered into the NEW box must be identical to the one you specified in step 2 Change password USER1 If your entered current and new passwords are correct the registration process is completed and the user registration list is updated to reflect your changes An error message appears if your reentered password does not match the one you specified If this is the case reenter the correct password Initial Set Menu Required user access level ID4 Deregistering an Existing User To deregister an existing user follow these steps 1 Choose a user On the user registration list select the user you want to deregister The selected user is highlighted in blue and the user s registration information appears 9 Click O Dee You are prompted to choose whether to proceed Click Yes if you are sure you want to deregister the user DYR Utility 2 OK to delete selected USER ID 3 Click OK Your specified user is deregistered and removed from the user registration list English 92 Initial Set Menu Required user access level
104. ing dialog and you can print the image at the full size by specifying the appropriate print options fy The printed image is automatically overlaid with the file name and time stamp e When no still image is displayed the fred and buttons are disabled e When you zoom in on an image you cannot save or print the image English 130 SANYO SANYO Electric Co Ltd 1AC6P1P3121 L9EAR WA 0706KP
105. ive video or the date time of recording for recorded video QUALITY AUDIO default ON Quality and audio settings Marked with A if AUDIO RECORDING is set to ON ALARM COUNT default ON Number of alarm events The system counts up to 99 999 alarm events after the maximum is reached the count is reset to 0 CAMERA TITLE default ON Depending on whether the connected DVRs are single channel or 4 channel either camera titles or DVR names are displayed as follows DSR M804 M814 camera titles DSR M800 M810 DVR names configured on the TITLE MOTION SET tab rather than those configured on the Tree Edit window under the Initial Set menu Q The camera titles displayed are those English 114 DVR Management Menu Required user access level ID4 lt BUZZER gt Specify which conditions should trigger the warning buzzer by selecting either the ON or OFF radio button for each condition ALARM ON default ON When an alarm condition is detected DISK FULL default ON When the hard disk runs out of free space This takes effect only when OVERWRITE is set to OFF D KEY IN default OFF When a button on the DVP s front panel is pressed WARNING default ON When any of the following has occurred e Hard disk failure e Fan failure e Recording error e VIDEO LOSS NON REC default OFF When an ongoing recording session is stop
106. l be automatically deleted from the tree list when OK is clicked for that group e Following deletion a confirmation message will appear e The initially configured WORKGROUP cannot be deleted Clicking OK will bring up the following dialog Select whether or not to reflect the contents configured in the Register DVR window on the user screen tree list DYR Utility i Do you want to copy DYR registration structure onto camera tree Yes No e Yes The current tree list is deleted anda new tree list reflecting the new settings is displayed e No The configured contents are stored however the tree list display remains the same Cancel Before you click OK you can cancel your changes by clicking this button Delete s Remove the registration information of DVRs or groups English 82 Initial Set Menu Required user access level ID4 Registering New DVRs You can register a new DVR by configuring the DVR s IP address either automatically or manually Auto configuration mode 1 Select auto configuration mode on the DVR s NETWORK SET screen On the NETWORK SET screen set ADDRESS SET to AUTO NETWORK SET ADVANCED gt DVR NAME DVRI IP ADDRESS 192 168 0 1 SUB NET MASK 255 255 255 0 The actual configuration screen differs depending on the DVR model 9 Select AUTO from TCP IP ADDR This activates the IP address
107. l list is reset to the default title English 80 Initial Set Menu Required user access level ID4 Mi Register DVR window accessible on the master computer only The Register DVR window accessible on the master computer only allows you to register or delete DVRs connected to the monitoring network Slave computers contact the master computer to obtain the DVR registration information e Before you can use the DVR Utility Software you must register DVRs connected to the network When you start up the master computer for the first time be sure to perform this initial configuration task e The Register DVR window displays the tree list and groups intended exclusively for DVR registration and management purposes When you edit the tree list and groups actually displayed on the user interface you must use the Tree Edit window rather than the Register DVR window For more information see P76 e By default the DVR Utility Software supports up to 1 000 DVRs connected to the network If you want to connect more DVRs to the network you can use the Options window to activate the network extension mode in which you can connect up to 4 000 DVRs For more information see P75 e When you are done click OK Your changes are saved and the configuration data is uploaded to the DVRs When you make changes and attempt to switch to another window without clicking the OK button a confirmation dialog appears Choose whether
108. l search The selected title bar is highlighted Initially the thumbnails in the thumbnail view are blank with their title bars 5 SUEK Esem indicating the time date and channel You are brought to the main window and number information only your selected video is played back in a single view layout In this mode you can 2 Click _PRevew use the same playback controls as in The software retrieves all alarm video playback mode files from your specified DVR and displays their first frame images in the t To change the camera thumbnail view in the To change the camera DVR you want to reverse chronological order search for alarms select a new camera on the 3 To page up or down the thumbnail tree list and click THUMBNAIL or double click the camera title of anew camera on the tree view i i list and respond to the confirmation dialog that A single page of the thumbnail view is displayed contains eight thumbnails You can display the previous or next page of the thumbnail view by clicking or Ke 47 English Downloading Recorded Video Video files recorded in DVRs can be downloaded to computers e When you download recorded video you define the download range by specifying its start and end points e You can download all the video files included within your specified download range this feature supports all recording modes manual timer and alarm e The download mechanism works on the entire DVR Beca
109. list represents the camera s as follows t When you are connected to a single channel DVR The list displays one camera for one DVR t When you are connected to a 4 channel DVR The list displays four cameras for one DVR If using commands such as record and playback that are applicable to individual DVRs executing the command to just one of the four cameras will cause the other three to automatically follow suit root Ee 1F Fl D YR 1 Initial Set Menu Required user access level ID4 Editing the Tree List The context menu that appears when you right click a camera or group title in the tree list provides you with various commands for editing the tree list You can do the following by selecting the appropriate command t Open or close a tree The tree list is hierarchical lower level tree nodes can be opened and closed by clicking the E3 E buttons on the left Alternatively you can expand or collapse tree nodes by right clicking on the root node folder or a group node and selecting Expand Collapse from the context menu t Create a group Right click on the root node folder or a group folder and select New Group from the context menu A new group folder appears at the bottom of the tree list with the default name of New Group You can give the new group your own name by typing it into the name box After typing in the group name press
110. load is performed thus start point conditions are met the download range starts at 00 00 on The operating mode indicator at the top the day and ends immediately before of the control panel indicates the timer the download is performed download status as follows lt Message text gt FROM TO i l EEEE TIME e Program displayed in orange Timer download scheduled but not P EELE EEE started standby TEES e Downloading displayed in red MIm 5 5 Timer download in progress You cannot modify a timer schedule while the timer download is in standby or in progress i e 5 To add a timer schedule You can repeat step 4 to define up to while the Program or eight timer schedules for a single DVR Downloading message text is displayed You must suspend the 6 Activate the individual schedules you timer download by clicking Stop want to apply before you can modify a timer schedule To activate a timer schedule so that the timer download is performed as scheduled select the check box in the SET section SET DYR NAME 1 N 1 D R 1 MON 65 English Using the Tool Menu Options Applying Changes to All DVRs in the Same Group Tips on Defining the Download Range After you have made changes on this window you can apply the new settings to all DVRs that belong to the same group To do so select the CHANGES ARE APPLIED TO GROUP check box before you click Appl
111. log opens that displays a list of referenced files 2 Select the menu file you want to broadcast and click Open The FILENAME box is populated with your specified file name The menu file you plan to broadcast must be stored on your computer s hard disk before you can broadcast it For more information see P102 3 Turn on or off the COPY TITLE MOTION SETTINGS check box This check box lets you choose whether to broadcast the camera title and motion sensor settings configured on the TITLE MOTION SET tab of the DVR Set window To broadcast the information select the check box 4 Click The menu file information is broadcast to all the DVRs and they simultaneously update their menu information 6 CLOCK SET Required user access level ID4 Broadcasts the Clock Set command to all the DVRs equivalent to using the Clock Set window under the DVR Management menu Clicking instructs all the DVRs to synchronize their internal clocks with your computer s internal clock English 6 SYSTEM UPDATE Required user access level ID4 You can broadcast the SYSTEM UPDATE command which is equivalent to using the System Update window under the DVR Management menu by doing the following Note that this broadcasts firmware updates to all the DVRs 1 Click Browse Choose which button to click based on the model of the connected DVRs Types of button For DSR M800 DSR M804 DSR
112. m the computer s internal clock in the format configured on Windows Title bar see P29 Displays basic information on the currently displayed video including the camera DVR titles and operating modes display the invisible part 1 SANYO DOWNLOAD Tree list see P23 Displays the titles of registered cameras and groups as a tree list When designating cameras or groups for various operations click titles from this list Time scale panel see P21 Allows you to specify the time range of video data you want to download Normally the time scale indicates the date and time of the currently displayed video Viewing pane see P25 The viewing pane normally displays live or recorded video When you perform a non monitoring operation or configuration task the appropriate information is displayed in this area Due to limited space lettering in the message window and title bar may be partially abbreviated In such cases move the cursor to the abbreviated area to complementarily English 16 Main Window Elements and Their Functions E Menu Bar The menu bar located along the top of the window contains six pull down menus When you click one of the menus you are presented with a list of commands you can use to perform various tasks such as switching the viewing pane layouts or configuring system settings Select M System Log Out Exit DVR Operation DVR List To Log out of
113. n uploaded To configure settings on other tabs as well Repeat the above procedure steps 3 to 5 When you make any change on a tab its tab index text turns yellow Click OK when you are done Configuration information is uploaded from all the tabs to the DVR and the tab index text returns from yellow to black When you make changes on any tab so that its index text turns yellow and attempt to switch to another window without clicking the OK button a confirmation dialog appears Choose whether to apply the changes by clicking the appropriate button on the confirmation dialog DVR Management Menu Required user access level ID4 To save the configuration To load a saved menu file information l On the DVR Set window click While your are editing configuration Open information on the DVR Set window you can i The Open dialog appears save the information as a menu file on your computer s hard disk or some other storage medium Look in E va swen00 iT Gnithe BVA Set window cllck Spee ee 2 Fave Desktop Diog The Save As dialog appears o My Documents s9 My Computer Save in va sw8000 cami 20040510 _083535 IG CAM _20050720_155931 My Recent cami _20050730_000458 Documents cam _20050730_002212 fe cami _20050730_101910 My Network File name TESTOO hal Places Files of type DSR M804 DSR M810
114. n place and try again to start the software Starting and Ending a Monitoring Session W Logging Into the System When the software has successfully started up you are presented with the Login window Enter your user name 1 and password then click or hit the Enter key If your entered user name and password are valid the main window appears If you fail to enter valid user name and password three times in succession an authentication error window appears In this case close the window and try again to start the software Mi Logging Out of the System To log out open the System pull down menu from the menu bar and then click Log Out 6 The currently displayed window is closed and you are returned to the Login window SANYO DVR Utility Software USER NAME D4 PASSWORD xz DVR Utility English 14 Starting and Ending a Monitoring Session Mi Exiting from the Software e To exit when working with the main nee Fal DYR Utility Open the System pull down menu and select Exit or click the Close button Vee DYR Operation E49 in the upper right corner of the window e To exit when the Login window is displayed Click r 4 at the bottom of the screen gy lo configure additional user names and passwords in addition to the defaults use the User ID screen which is accessible from the Initial Set menu For more information see P89
115. nd button allows you to initialize the DVR s hard disk s You are prompted to choose whether to proceed Click Yes if you are sure to initialize the hard disk s Continn Initialize HDD x Are you sure you want bo initialize HOD e When you initialize a hard disk all the data recorded on the disk are lost You should therefore store important data on another storage medium in advance For how to back up the data refer to the DVR s user s manual When you install an additional hard disk be sure to initialize it In this case you cannot selectively initialize a particular hard disk all the installed hard disks are initialized For how to install an additional hard disk consult your dealer Take extreme care not to turn off the power to the DVR during the initialization English 98 DVR Management Menu Required user access level ID4 INFORMATION 2 tab USED TIME Indicates the total operating hours of each hard disk as well as the total power on hours of the DVR 2 POWER LOSS Indicates when the most recent power failure occurred and when it was recovered as well as the total cumulative number of power failures 3 FIRMWARE VERSION Indicates the version of the DVR s firmware main sub No firmware version is indicated if the DVR is DSR M800 P 4 RECORDING TOP END Indicates when the first recording session started and when the last recording s
116. nd the timer recording and then select the ON radio button in the ON OFF area lt Example gt SAT vi 160 a Oo o SUN gt 22 00 2 OON OoFF In this example a timer recording is scheduled to start at 04 00 00 PM on every Saturday and continue for 30 hours until 22 00 on Sunday You can schedule only one timer recording that continues for more than 24 hours t To activate a timer recording schedule On this tab you can only define timer recording schedules To have the timer recording mechanism actually work based on your defined schedules you have to click the timer recording button on the control panel Oy a i EC m OfCUT OFF a 60a 06 The scheduled timer recording is put into standby and will automatically start when your start time conditions are met The title bar of the window shows the timer recording status with the appropriate symbol e Standby mes e Recording in progress O You must have user access level ID3 or higher to operate the timer recording button When you have finished configuring the settings on this tab click 4 and make sure that the tab index text turns yellow When you have finished your configuration task across all the tabs finally click OK Configuration information is uploaded to the DVR and the tab index text returns from yellow to black For more information on the command buttons see P103 English
117. nd time stamp is altered message appears in the dialog Tampering of date and time information can only be detected when the DVR from which video data was downloaded is DSR M810 P DSR M814 P and the firmware version is 2 30 00 or higher English 72 Initial Set Menu Required user access level ID4 The Initial Set menu provides access to four windows Options Tree Edit Register DVR and User ID Using these windows you can configure basic settings required to operate the system including network settings and system preferences The administrative user should use these windows to configure initial settings when starting the DVR Utility Software for the first time after installation On the menu bar click Initial Set to open the pull down menu and navigate to one of the windows by clicking the corresponding option E Options Window m i 3Com EtherLink XL 10 100 PCI For Complete v o e E Sogesssseaseasosssosssesseasesseasessos o LANGUAGE TV SYSTEM default NTSC default ENGLISH Choose the video standard either NTSC or Identifies the display language used PAL depending on the input signal throughout the user interface of the DVR specifications by selecting the appropriate Utility Software To change the display radio button oe select the appropriate radio Available options NTSC or PAL utton Available options English French Chinese Spanish German
118. nels x 4 sub panes can be viewed TER T fir NO VIDEO NO VIDEO NO VIDEO If you are using VA SW8000LITE you cannot access the multi view layout gt Whichever layout you use no video stream is displayed and a black placeholder with a specific message appears instead in the following situations e The specified channels carries no input signal VIDEO LOSS e The video is masked MASK e No camera is connected NO VIDEO These messages do not appear when you are connected to a single channel DVR English 26 Main Window Elements and Their Functions Switching the Viewing pane Layouts You can switch the viewing pane layouts at any time by clicking a control panel button or double clicking the viewing pane When you are connected to a 4 channel DVR Single view layout Four view layout CH1 fu y CHC B a B a Or double click Or double click Or double click Or double click the viewing the viewing the viewing the viewing pane pane pane pane Multi view layout Multi view layout The sub pane assigned to the DVR is The sub pane assigned to the DVR is displayed in the single view layout displayed in the four view layout CH1 x cn ce ze L Sub pane assigned to the DVR Video stream from camera 1 channel 1 connected to the DVR Alternatively you can select Display from the DVR Operation m
119. ng two options e GROUP Default This option provides a simplified view by displaying only the first file in a group rather than displaying the details for all of the split files If one group contains more than 100 divided files subgroups that contain up to 100 files are created and the first file in each subgroup is displayed e EXPAND Provides a detailed view by displaying the breakdown of all the split files ina group Whichever view mode you select the play list always display entries grouped by download session 2 START TIME END TIME CAM1_20050720_155931 07 20 05 15 59 31 07 20 05 15 59 36 CAM1_20050720_161839 07 20 05 16 18 39 07 20 05 16 18 47 CAM1_20050720_163231 07 20 05 16 32 31 07 20 05 16 33 08 CAM1_20050720_175232 07 20 05 17 52 32 07 20 05 20 24 13 oll oo EJ START TIME END TIME a brae t What is a group If a single source video file is larger than 600MB or contains any blank portions or any video data recorded by the alarm recording mechanism the source video file is automatically split into multiple files and saved as such while the download process is in progress The DVR Utility Software manages files split from the same video source file as one group This scheme makes it easy to play back download files because the files in a group are actually split files but can be played back as if they were a single file File grouping occu
120. ngle view four view and multi view 4x4 You can switch among these layouts at any time by clicking a control panel button or directly clicking the viewing pane Single view layout one camera at a time The single view layout provides a single view that displays the video stream from only one camera at a time You can select one of the cameras connected to a DVR by specifying the corresponding channel number The viewing pane defaults to this layout when you have logged into the system CAM1 LIVE 07 29 05 02 32 24 25 English Four view layout one DVR ata time The four view layout provides four views that can display up to 4 video streams from a single DVR When you are connected to a 4 channel DVR you can watch the video streams from all the four cameras connected to the DVR s channels 1 to 4 07 29 05 02 32 28 NO VIDEO NO VIDEO NO VIDEO When you are connected to a single channel DVR this layout behaves the same way as the single view layout Main Window Elements and Their Functions Multi view 4x4 layout multiple DVRs at the same time Live videos from a maximum of four DVRs can be displayed in each of four sub panes Even if Cameras are connected to a single channel DVR videos can be simultaneously viewed from four cameras as in a four view layout if the multi view layout is used Moreover by allocating the videos from a 4 channel DVR a maximum of 16 sub panes 4 chan
121. ntains the sound If the file at the playback start point has no sound recorded the sound recorded in any subsequent files may not be played back To start playback Click To fast forward or fast reverse the playback Click gt L during playback Each time you click one of these buttons the playback speed increases incrementally Speed increments x2 x7 5 x15 x30 x180 To make a snapshot still image Click tt during playback You can resume normal playback by clicking gt 2 To slow the playback When you pause playback and click ID the playback resumes at a x1 8 slow speed Each time you click the playback speed increases incrementally as you repeat clicking the button the playback returns to the original speed and then switches to fast forward mode Speed increments x1 8 x1 4 x1 2 To frame step the playback You can frame step the playback by pausing the playback and repeatedly clicking 6 To stop the playback Click ca to stop the playback and return to live mode To play back sound You can turn on or off the sound output by clicking D on the sound playback panel In playback mode you can use the sound playback panel the same way as when you are in live mode For more information see P33 English 42 Searching for Recorded Video Required user access level 1D2 3 4 You can search for video file
122. on each schedule by selecting the corresponding check box in the leftmost column Clear the check box for any schedule you want to suspend This feature is useful when you define several timer schedules and choose from them depending on your need D NO The timer downloads are performed in ascending order of the timer schedule numbers DVR NAME The title of the DVR to which the timer schedule is applied Since this window is intended to define timer schedules for a single DVR the same DVR name appears in all the rows FROM WEEK TIME Specify the start point of the download range day of the week time When you select DLY from the WEEK box in the SCHEDULE section use the FROM WEEK section to specify the download range start point e PREV Causes the download to contain video data recorded the day before the download is performed e APPT Causes the download to contain video data recorded on the same day the download is performed thus the download range starts at 00 00 on the day and ends immediately before the download is performed TO TIME Specify the end point of the download range time English 62 Using the Tool Menu Options 4D STATUS Displays the latest download results or current status e OK Download successful e NG Download failed e DL Download in progress e Download scheduled but not started Clicking STATUS displays the download log that contains the
123. ownloaded files Manual recording Timer recording DVR DVR configuration firmware management update etc Timer download scheduled download Search Record Manual recording timer recording Menu upload clock setting system update Tamper detection System Preferences Initial Set Register User ID Register DVR Tree Edit DA Ox AONAN OO IO Cc 2 p O c gt O c 9 dp Cc Broadca st O OJO O This menu item is only accessible from the Master computer The Tool menu is not available with VA SW8000LITE Access to these menu items can be configured by a user with access level ID4 through the Initial Set Options window Throughout this guide user access levels are indicated in page titles or somewhere else when referring to menu items or functions that require specific user access levels For example User access level ID3 4 means that the menu item or function is only available to users with access level ID 3 or 4 11 English Window Navigation When you have started the software and logged into the system you are first presented with the main window The main window is where you watch video during routine monitoring work and in addition it allows you to navigate to other windows where you can control or configure various aspects of the system a ALARM TIME DATE SEARC
124. pane t To check the total combined size of the files contained in the list The total size indicator 4 below the list shows the total combined size of all the files contained in the download list Example TOTAL Program 1 Time 0h 9min 248MB Approx Oh 3min Doo Doo Do Do Number of files File size in MB Playback time in minutes d Approximate time required for download in minutes t To batch download all the files contained in the list Click Download This batch downloads all the video files contained in the list For more information on the download process see P54 55 English Downloading Recorded Video Mi Playing Back Downloaded Video Files When you want to play back downloaded video files specify your desired video files on the Play List You can play back multiple video files in succession InterVideo Keyboard O Messenger microsoft frontpage Movie Maker O MSN MSN Gaming Zone O NetMeeting O Online Services Outlook Express Rainbow Technologies SANYO O VA SW8000 O CAM1_20040510_ CAM1_20050730_ CAM1_20050730_ O CAM1_20050730_ FILE OPEN D log O thumbnail FILE DVR Windows Media Player Windows NT iG 1 1 Click FILE on the control panel while you are working in the main window The Play List appears 2 Select the file view mode Specify how to list split files by selecting either of the followi
125. ped Zy When the DVR s buzzer has sounded you can stop the buzzer by pressing any button on the front panel When you have finished configuring the settings on this tab click and make sure that the tab index text turns yellow When you have finished your configuration task across all the tabs finally click OK Configuration information is uploaded to the DVR and the tab index text returns from yellow to black For more information on the command buttons see P103 115 English DVR Management Menu Required user access level ID4 6 MONITOR SET Tab On this tab you can control how the DVR s user interface should display video cp This tab is only displayed when you are connected to a 4 channel DVR EE English 116 DVR Management Menu Required user access level ID4 lt MONITOR SET gt SEQUENCE Default 1 Specify the interval at which to switch from one camera to another in Sequential Switching mode Valid range 1 to 30 seconds lt ALARM MONITOR SET gt DISPLAY default QUAD Specify which layout to use when an alarm has occurred Available options e FULL Uses the single view layout to display the video from the channel where the alarm occurred e QUAD Uses the four view layout to display the video from all the four channels including the channel where the alarm occurred 3 ALARM PRIORITY default LAST When you select FU
126. play waiting list are invalid 4 Display of appraisal results In the case of Simultaneous with playback Playback is started and the appraisal results are displayed in the color of the title bar of the video currently being played back e Blue When playback starts the title bar turns blue and remains blue until tampering is detected If the title bar is still blue when the playback ends it means that no tampering is found in the video file e White The title bar turns white if any tampering is detected during the playback e Green If a tampered frame is detected the title bar remains green and does not revert to blue even after the check moves past the tampered section If the title bar is still green when the playback is completed this means that tampering has been detected from the file 7a If tampering of date and time information is detected the display is as follows Title bar White File name Black Date and time information Red English 128 MP2 Viewer In the case of Prior to start playing back The top still image is displayed and tampering appraisal of all the files registered in the list is started The appraisal results are displayed in a dialog box prior to the start of playback lt If no tampering is detected gt lt If tampering is detected gt Bsa eth 3 xit SE Eada E DSR M814_20060523_1811 05 23 06 18 15 16 etigi DSR M814_20060523_1811 0
127. ptions H e f the download mechanism cannot find any QW the Timer Download video data within a download range which Mechanism Works is defined by specifying when it starts and ends it skips the corresponding timer schedule and generates an error The error information is written into the download log so you can review it later Before using the timer download mechanism you should confirm the following points e A confirmation dialog appears when the scheduled download start time is reached Choose either of the following two actions by selecting the appropriate button on the dialog TIMER DOWNLOAD oe 1 J START DOWNLOADING Cancel Close the window and start the scheduled download e Cancel Cancel all the scheduled downloads without passing control to the download mechanism If there is no response to the confirmation dialog within 15 seconds the system assumes that the user selects OK and proceeds with the download process The download process does not start if a user is connected to any of the affected DVRs when the download start time is reached You should disconnect from all of the affected DVRs when the download start time is reached even if you are currently viewing live video from the affected DVRs The timer download mechanism does not operate unless the DVR Utility Software is up and running with a user logged in You should not log out of the system or exit from the
128. r each channel of the connected DVR The motion sensor when enabled automatically detects an alarm condition based on the movement of a subject shot by the camera Q e This tab is only displayed when you are connected to a 4 channel DVR e To trigger the alarm recording mechanism with the motion sensor set ALARM TRIGGER to an option other than ALARM on the REC MODE SET tab 1 Preview _______ Apply _ 6 L__import pen Ke English 118 DVR Management Menu Choose a channel For example select the CH1 radio button if you want to configure the settings for channel 1 Set the sensitivity level of the motion sensor Select the appropriate option from the LEVEL drop down list Valid range OFF 1 high to 10 low Cl ic k Preview The preview pane displays a snapshot still image of the video from your selected channel Define sensing points by clicking on the preview pane On the preview pane click grid squares where to position sensing points To apply a sensing point to a grid square click the grid square once to remove the sensing point click the square again e Transparent Sensing point applied e Opaque Sensing point not applied You can apply up to 20 sensing points to the middle area of the preview pane where 20 grid squares are displayed ina Required user access level ID4 This system supports two
129. r use with the DSR M800 M804 M810 M814 series It plays back MPEG2 format video files saved from DVR onto a recording medium such as a computer s hard disk drive a CompactFlash card or a CD R W Main Features e Plays back a saved video file e For a video file that contains sound data you can playback the sound as well e Saves still images taken from the video file as JPEG files e Prints still images taken from the video file e Appraises tampering of video or date and time information E Hardware and Software Requirements MP2 Viewer requires the following hardware and software e CPU Pentium III BOOMHz or higher Pentium 4 1 7GHz recommended e RAM 128MB or more 256MB recommended Display XGA 1024 x 768 pixels 16 million colors or higher AGP graphics card with hardware overlay support PCI Express graphics board ora mother board with an on board graphic chip Requires the latest DirectX 9 0c compatible driver Operating system Windows 2000 Professional or higher Windows XP Professional recommended Sound Sound card with 48kHz stereo playback support A sound card is required to listen to the sound part in live or played back video E Installation When you install the DVR Utility Software the MP2 Viewer program is installed as well Thus MP2 Viewer does not require a separate installation task W Starting MP2 Viewer When video data is downloaded from a DVR MP2 Viewer is also saved
130. rs on a download by download basis File A Approx 1 500 MB Download TEONE r A A 1 i File A1 File A2 File A3 i Approx Approx Approx 600 MB 600 MB 300 MB English 56 Downloading Recorded Video 3 Choose a folder 4 Select files and add them to the play Click on a folder in the folder list the left waiting list pane The files contained in your Files contained in the available files list selected folder are displayed in the the upper half of the right pane can be available files list the upper half of the added to the play waiting list the lower right pane to which your selected view half You can add all files or only mode either GROUP or EXPAND is selected files to the play waiting list as applied shown below List column headings oe FILE NAME START TIME recording To select individual files and add start date time END TIME recording them to the play waiting list end date time On the available files list select a single file you want to play and then When the view mode is GROUP click If you want to play more the END TIME field shows the than one file repeat this step for all record end date time for the entire the remaining files group ur aaa e Tran c CAM1_20050720_155931 07 20 05 15 59 31 15 59 36 CAM1_20050720_163231 07 20 05 16 32 31 07 20 05 16 33 08 CAM1_ 20050720175232 07 20 05 17 52 32 07 20 05 20 24 13 VA SW8000 CAM1_2004051
131. s recorded in a DVR and play back them Wi Search Modes You can choose from the following three search modes Recording mode Search Mode Manual Timer Alarm Description recording recording recording Referenced page Searches for and plays back video files that O i match your specified date and time TIME DATE SEARCH O ALARM LIST Searches for alarm SEARCH events and displays an alarm list that lets you locate alarm events of interest and play back the video files ALARM associated with them SEARCH ALARM Searches for alarm THUMBNAIL events and displays a SEARCH thumbnail view of alarm recorded video files from which you can pick any video files and play them back O Supported X Not supported e You must have user access level ID2 or higher to search for recorded video e If the search results include any masked video files they are not displayed on any of the preview panes thumbnail views or playback panes and black placeholders with a MASK message appear instead 43 English Searching for Recorded Video Required user access level ID2 3 4 E TIME DATE SEARCH In this search mode you can search for and play back video files that match your specified date and time criteria This mode supports all recorded video files all recording modes To use this search mode display the live or playback video from the camera DVR you want to search for record
132. sh 94 DVR Management Menu Required user access level ID4 The DVR Management menu intended for use by an administrative user provides access to four windows Clock Set System Update DVR Info and DVR Set The DVR Set window has seven tabs through which you can fine tune the DVR operating conditions On the menu bar click DVR Management to open the pull down menu and navigate to one of the windows by clicking the corresponding option The DVR Management menu lets you select a camera from the tree list Settings configured on each window are uploaded to the DVR connected with your selected camera Mi Clock Set Window You can set the internal clock of your specified DVR through the following steps 1 Choose a camera DVR 3 If you have selected MANUAL set From the tree list select a camera the date and time manually connected to the DVR whose internal Use the spin buttons to set the date and clock you want to set The selected time camera is highlighted in blue 2 Choose from two setting modes AUTO MANUAL Seeeeneeseed qunnnnnnan Choose one of the two setting modes by clicking the corresponding radio button DATE MM DD yy TIME hh mm ss HHG E ES P iA iit i errr e The date can be configured DATE MM DD AY TIME hh mm ss within the range of January 1 _ e SUN _ E OA 2002 to December 31 2036 e The actual date format is determined by the e AUTO default corresponding
133. sion using the Disk Full Reset button In this case however the system behaves differently than when the ON radio button is selected in the OVERWRITE section on the window it exits from the overwrite mode as soon as the recording session restarts Thus if the disk runs out of space again the system stops the recording session again To remain in the overwrite mode you have to select the ON radio button in the OVERWRITE section on the window The Disk Full Reset button is only enabled when OVERWRITE is set to OFF and the hard disk runs out of free space This means that you cannot use the Disk Full Reset button if there is any free space on the disk 4 SERIES REC default OFF When multiple DVRs are connected in series via their SERIES REC terminals you can enable the Series Recording mode in which a recording session is automatically continued from one hard disk to another when the first hard disk becomes full and unable to accommodate the video data and so on When you use the Series Recording mode you have to specify how many minutes earlier than the hard disk becoming full the series recording mode should be activated Available options e OFF Disables the Series Recording mode e 1M One minute earlier e 2M Two minutes earlier e 3M Three minutes earlier The model DSR M800 does not support the Series Recording mode ALARM MODE default ENABLED By selecting
134. sition Delete Rename Delete Rename e A camera can be placed on any hierarchical level in the tree even on the top or lower EI levels e A group can contain another group placed immediately beneath it but you cannot include more than two groups in a single tree 79 English Initial Set Menu Required user access level ID4 t Duplicate You can duplicate a camera or group so that it belongs to more than one group You can also create two instances of a group and include one of them underneath another group To duplicate a camera or group copy and paste the camera or group title using the Copy and Paste commands on the context menu Delete Cut Pete Delete Rename Rename You cannot add more than one instance of a camera to the same group t Delete To delete a camera or group from the tree list select Delete from the context menu On the confirmation dialog that appears click OK Cut Copy Rename list is cleared e f you want to add a previously removed camera to the tree list again select the camera on the detail list and drag and drop it onto the tree list e When you remove a camera from the tree list the corresponding check box in the detail e You can delete a group only when the group contains no camera e When you remove all instances of a camera from the tree list the camera title configured on this window is lost and the title in the detai
135. software while any download is in standby or in progress If you do so a confirmation dialog appears If there are multiple download ranges defined downloads are performed in the ascending order of their numbers 1 to 8 67 English Using the Tool Menu Options Examples of Timer Download Settings Weekly schedule example selecting a setting that corresponds to a day of the week from the WEEK drop down list in the SCHEDULE section In this example the system automatically downloads the recorded video data that meets the following criteria from DVR 1 at 12 00 on every Monday 1 Recorded within the time range of 1 00 to 10 00 on Sunday 2 Recorded within the time range from 12 00 to 20 00 on the previous Monday rather than the current Monday because the WEEK drop down list in the SCHEDULE section and the FROM WEEK drop down list are both set to Monday 3 Recorded throughout the 24 hours 00 00 to 00 00 of the previous Tuesday Daily setting example selecting DLY from the WEEK drop down list in the SCHEDULE section In this example the system automatically downloads the recorded video data that meets the following criteria from DVR 2 at 20 00 everyday 1 Recorded within the time range of 4 00 to 18 00 on the day before 2 Recorded throughout the 24 hours 00 00 to 00 00 of the day before 3 Recorded within the time range of 4 00 to 18 00 on the same day 4 The downlo
136. some reason and displays a communication error message All authorized accessible DVRs X E ae Ranging Broadcast RECORD When Broadcast Range is set to Apply authorized accessible DVRs in configuration of limit accessible DVRs in the User ID window accessible broadcast ranges are listed on pull down menu so the following options are available see P94 e When All authorized accessible DVRs is selected Broadcast is possible to all DVR groups authorized for access e When a DVR group is selected Transmission is limited to only one selected group required user access level ID3 4 Broadcasts the Record manual recording command equivalent to one that can be executed by clicking the Record button on the control panel You can instruct all the DVRs to simultaneously start or stop recording video data by clicking _ Start Recording or ml Stop Recording TIMER RECORD required user access level ID3 4 Broadcasts the Timer Recording command equivalent to one that can be executed by clicking the Timer Recording button on the control panel Also you can click on or to have all the DVRs simultaneously turn on off their timer recording mechanisms English 70 Using the Tool Menu Options 4 MENU UPLOAD Required user access level ID4 You can simultaneously update the menu files on all the DVRs by doing the following 1 Click Browse A dia
137. stallation CD guides you through the process of installation ey When you install the DVR Utility Software the hardware key driver and MP2 Viewer playback dedicated application software are installed as well 1 Insert the Installation CD into the 4 The Choose Destination Location CD ROM drive of the computer screen appears Accept the default The Welcome screen appears location or specify another location and click Next 2 Click Next on the Welcome screen Accept the default installation folder The License Agreement screen unless your situation requires another appears location for example due to disk capacity limitation and click Next InstallShield Wizard lt lt If you want to override the default amp i eee enone installation folder for some reason click er i the Browse button and select a The InstallShield Wizard will install DVR Utility on your Garpialde Ta colina cick Nest different folder where you want to install the software InstallShield Wizard Choose Destination Location Select folder where Setup will install files Setup will install DYA Utility in the following folder To install to this folder click Next To install to a different folder click Browse and select another folder i Cancel 3 Click Yes in the License Agreement wi n d OW Destination Folder C Program Files SANYOW4 SW8000 Browse Read and accept the User License i po Agr
138. sterisk are accessible from the Control Panel as well see P19 e Commands available to a logged in user are determined by the access level assigned to that user The Required user access level column indicates the user access level s required to use the function e ID2 and ID3 access to Download Timer Download Save as JPEG and Print menu items can be controlled using the Options screen under the Initial Set menu For more information see P73 English 18 Main Window Elements and Their Functions Hi Control Panel The control panel contains buttons that provide one click access to the most common functions such as specifying the channel configuration switching the viewing pane layouts playing back or recording video as well as to various control configuration windows 1 Operating mode indicator for timer download e Program There is a scheduled timer download that has not been started yet e Downloading A timer download is ongoing 2 Layout selector buttons ID1 2 3 4 woes Os e sg Single view layout Four view layout 3 Sequence auto switch mode 4 Multi view 4x4 layout 3 Channel selector buttons 1ID1 2 3 4 Display channel selection 1 Zoom in on the currently displayed image Zoom out on the currently displayed image until it reverts to the original size Full screen mode 19 English Main Window Elements and Their Functions 5
139. tching Mode 36 Recording Monitored Video 37 W Manual Recording 37 Mi Timer Recording 39 W Alarm Recording 40 1 English Playing Back Recorded Video 41 W Switching to Playback Mode 41 W Returning to Live Video 41 W Working in Playback Mode 42 Searching for Recorded Video 43 W Search Modes 0000055 43 E TIME DATE SEARCH 44 E ALARM SEARCH 45 Downloading Recorded Video 48 Mi Downloading Procedures 48 W Specifying the Video Download Range 49 Mi Using the Download Window 52 W Downloading an Individual Video File Using Basic Controls 53 Mi Adding Video Files to the Download List for Batch Download 55 W Playing Back Downloaded Video Files 56 Saving or Printing Snapshot Images 59 Using the Tool Menu Options 61 Mi Timer Download 61 ME Broadcast ccc eee 70 W Tamper Detection 72 Initial Set Menu 000085 73 W Options Window 73 W Tree Edit Window 76 W Register DVR Window 81 Mi User ID Window 89 DVR Management Menu 95 W Clock Set Window 95 W System Update Window 96 Mi DVR Info Window 97 Mi DVR Set Window 100
140. the DVR information is automatically loaded without clicking the Import button INFORMATION 1 tab Initialize HDD 97 English DVR Management Menu Required user access level ID4 lt DVR information gt TITLE on DVR Camera titles configured on the DVR main unit or on the TITLE MOTION SET tab of the DVR Set window for a 4 channel DVR TITLE for display Camera titles configured for use by the system as configured on the Tree Edit window under the Initial Set menu These titles are used throughout the DVR Utility Software user interface 3 PICTURE QUALITY Recording quality levels supported by the DVR SUPER SUPER HIGH STANDARD 4 ALARM COUNT Cumulative total number of alarm recordings lt Hard disk drive information gt 6 DISK1 Total capacity of hard disk 1 DISK2 Total capacity of hard disk 2 D MIRRORING applies when there are redundant hard disks On off status of mirroring ES What is mirroring You can create a redundant mirror of a hard disk by installing an additional hard disk This enables mirroring in which the same video data are recorded into two identical disks at the same time Mirroring provides a fault tolerance benefit because when one of the two disks has failed resulting in a read write error you can continue to read the video data with the other disk Initialize HDD button This comma
141. the Option menu 125 English W Playback Controls Using the Playback Control Buttons on the Toolbar You can control the playback using the buttons on the toolbar Pitta E D a a 1 STOP Stops the current operation playback fast forward fast reverse slow play or pause STILL FRAME Pauses the current operation playback fast forward fast reverse or slow play and displays the current frame as a still image When a frame image is displayed you can step to the next frame by mouse clicks GB SLOW When a still image is displayed and you click this button you can switch to slow play mode at the x1 8 speed Each time you click the mouse the speed increases incrementally from x1 8 to x1 4 to x1 2 T 1 8 gt 1 4 gt 1 2 A REVIEW When you click this button during playback fast forward or pause you can switch to fast reverse mode 6 PLAY Plays the video at the original speed 6 CUE When you click this button during playback fast reverse or pause you can switch to fast forward mode MP2 Viewer Moving the Playback Point with the Slide Bar The slide bar indicates at both ends the start and end dates times for the played back video The slide knob represents the current position of the playback point and it moves from left to right as the playback proceeds Also you can move the playback point by dragging the slide knob 07 29 05 14 00 00 H
142. the system and return to the Login window Exit from the DVR Utility Software and close all its windows Show or hide the tree list Required user access level ID 1 2 3 4 ID1 2 3 4 ID1 2 3 4 Connect DVR Disconnect DVR Monitor a video camera Stop displaying the video streamed from a DVR camera ID 1 2 3 4 ID1 2 3 4 e Open File Open a file display the Play List window ID2 3 4 e Display Specify the viewing pane layout and channel set 1ID1 2 3 4 Multi Monitor Single Monitor Ch1 Ch2 Ch3 Ch4 Quad Monitor Sequence Full Screen e Zoom In Zoom in on the currently displayed image 1ID1 2 3 4 Zoom Out Zoom out on the currently displayed image until it reverts to the original size ID1 2 3 4 e Live Stop playback and switch to live mode ID2 3 4 e Play Start playback ID2 3 4 e Still Pause the playback to display the current video frame ID2 3 4 as a still image e Frame Frame step the playback ID2 3 4 e Slow Slow play the video at one of three variable speed ID2 3 4 levels x1 2 x1 4 and x1 8 e Forward Fast forward playback at one of five variable speed ID2 3 4 levels x2 x7 5 x15 x30 and x180 e Reverse Fast reverse playback at one of five variable speed ID2 3 4 levels x2 x7 5 x15 x30 and x180 e Alarm Search Navigate to the Alarm Search window ID2 3 4 e Download Navigate to the Do
143. tion and how the system responds lt Buttons that affect the computer s edit table gt Apply f e Clicking this button saves the changes made on the tab into the computer s edit table but does not send the data to the DVR e Once you have saved the changes the tab index text turns yellow indicating that the tab contains changes that have not yet been uploaded e f your changes include any error an error message appears when you have clicked this button Cancel x e Before you click Apply you can cancel all changes you have made to the tab by clicking this button e When there are changes that have not been uploaded because you have clicked Apply you can use this button to cancel the upload and reset the tab to the state it was in before you clicked Apply and the tab index text turns back black 103 English lt Buttons that control read write operations gt Import e When you click this button the system retrieves current configuration information from the DVR and activates all the tabs e You can also import the configuration information by double clicking a camera title on the tree list instead of clicking this button e When there are changes that have not been uploaded because you have clicked Apply you can use this button to cancel the upload and overwrite the tab with the imported information and the tab index text returns from yellow to black Open z e Using this button
144. tle of the camera connected to your desired DVR The title is highlighted in blue and the title of the DVR to which the camera is connected appears in all rows in the DVR NAME section ooe root om Biz a ROOMI CAMI CAM2 g If the DVR has any scheduled download the date is loaded and displayed on the window Modify the schedule settings as needed 2 Define the download start point In the SCHEDULE section specify the date of the week and the time at which to start the download When you want to schedule the download to occur at the same time every day select DLY UN z ele oH oH 3 Specify the destination folder The folder and file name of its destination are automatically assigned as shown below and the path name is displayed in FOLDER PATH You can accept this default destination unless your situation requires another location FOLDER PATH C Program Files SANYO VA SW8000 To override the default destination click Browse and select your desired folder from the browse list You can also create a new folder by clicking the NEW FOLDER button on the dialog You cannot specify a removable drive as the destination Define the download range by specifying the appropriate date time Depending on what you chose from the WEEK drop down list in the SCHEDULE section define by one of the following procedures When specifying the day of the week to schedule the download
145. to apply the changes by clicking the appropriate button on the confirmation dialog Window Elements and Their Functions DVR NAME TYPE IP ADDR MAC ADDR DYR 1 DYR 1 DSR M814 192 168 0 1 08 00 7B 81 22 8E TCP IP ADDR D AUTO 6 MANUAL Create List Cancel T Delete GROUP NAME DYR NAME D l New Group Set 3 81 English Initial Set Menu Required user access level ID4 IP address configuration mode selector Group name section DVR title section DVR tree list This tree list displays group nodes folders and DVRs that belong to each group When you change or delete the registration information of a DVR you can use the tree list to select the DVR or group DVR registration list This list displays the information on the DVRs that belong to a group selected in the tree list You can also use the registration list to select the DVR s whose registration information you want to change or delete e DVR NAME e TYPE model e IP ADDR e MAC ADDR Up down buttons You can move up or down a group or DVR in the list by selecting the group or DVR and then clicking this button oa Alternatively you can select a DVR or group on the tree list and drag and drop it to a new position 7 Command buttons Saves your change and updates the DVRs with the new settings If a group contains no cameras it wil
146. trol panel When you are connected to a 4 channel DVR the video stream from the camera that corresponds to your specified channel is displayed in the single view layout irrespective of the layout you have so far been in Channel selector buttons You can switch the channels only when the camera is connected to a 4 channel DVR Switch to the Video from Another DVR On the tree list double click the camera title of the camera you want to monitor The connected DVR is switched to and live video from the designated camera is displayed English 30 Watching Live Video Displaying Video in Each Sub pane in the Multi view Layout Assign video streams from the cameras DVRs to be shown in each sub pane of the multi view layout by the following procedure You can concurrently monitor four cameras even if your specified cameras are each connected to a single channel DVR q Click on the control panel The viewing pane switches to the multi view layout 2 Select one of the four sub panes by Clicking its title bar The selected title bar turns blue 3 On the tree list double click the NOVIDEO NO DEO camera title of the camera you want to monitor The sub pane displays the live video from your selected camera 4 Assign video streams to the remaining sub panes By repeating steps 2 and 3 above you can assign video streams to up to 4 sub panes When connected to a 4 channel DVR after selecting
147. ttons e DOWNLOAD NOW x e NO DATA The download failed because no video data were detected in the specified download range COMMUNICATION ERROR This button allows you to run a failed download immediately Select the download you want to run by clicking the corresponding entry on the download log and you are presented The download failed because of a with a window for manually starting the communication error download This window is already e CONTROL BUSY populated with all information required The download failed because a user was for running the download You can accept connected to the affected DVR the defaults and proceed with the e PC HDD FULL download by clicking Download The download failed because of e o insufficient disk space Clicking this button closes the dialog and USER CANCELED resets the Status indicator to The download was cancelled because i pma the Stop button was clicked Clicking this button closes the dialog but leaves the Status indicator intact 69 English Using the Tool Menu Options Wi Broadcast The Broadcast window contains five commands and allows you to broadcast the commands to all of the connected DVRs without having to specify individual DVRs as targets When broadcasting a command the system polls the connected DVRs at one minute intervals however if any DVR fails to respond within 3 minutes the system assumes that the DVR is not operating for
148. ty shortcut icon on the desktop Alternatively click Windows Start button point to Programs point to the DVR Utility group and then click DVR Utility The Login window appears DWR Utility Set Program Access and Defaults TH windows Catalog W Windows Update Programs fm DYR Utility 23 DYR Utility Accessories A Documents b fan Startup x v Adobe Reader 6 0 Settings Internet Explorer Search gt We MSN Explorer G Outlook Express s Remote Assistance Windows Media Player 8 Windows Messenger y Help and Support Run Log Off user1 Windows XP Professional Turn OFF Computer English Starting the software without the hardware key If you are using the Light Edition VA SW8000LITE which does not include the hardware key simply start the software When you have started VA SW8000LITE you are prompted to type in the serial number indicated on the CD ROM disc label Type in the correct number and the Login window appears YVA SWBOOOLITE Please enter Your Serial Number um a ae oe owca The dialog box that prompts you to type in the serial number appears once and only once when you start the software for the first time If the serial number dialog box appears when you are starting the Standard Edition VA SW8000 it means that the hardware key is not correctly plugged in If this is the case make sure that the hardware key is i
149. ughout the user e About Shows the version interface of MP2 Viewer information Supported languages English French Spanish German e ZOOM IN Chinese Japanese Zoom in on the displayed video see P126 e ZOOM OUT Restores the video to the original size see P126 e Full Screen Switches to Full Screen mode See P126 e Overlay Time Date on JPEG image Allows you to overlay the video with the file name and time stamp when saving the video see P130 lt Option menu gt 121 English MP2 Viewer Toolbar Contains buttons that provide access to the most common commands Opens a file displays the Play List window Saves prints a still image see P130 3 Provides playback controls See P125 4 ZOOM IN ZOOM OUT see P126 Search panel Searches the video file for a frame that matches your specified date and time For more information see P127 Sound playback panel see P126 Allows you to turn on off sound playback control the sound volume and select the output channel Slide bar Allows you to check the playback point with the slide knob position Also you can move the playback point by dragging the slide knob For more information see P126 Tamper Det see P127 If you want to check the video file for any tampering select the check box before opening the file Title Bar Displays the basic information on the displayed video including the file name playback mode an
150. unit to DAY and drag the scale it moves in increments of one day Since 30 days are displayed at a time you can advance or reverse the playback point by up to 1 month 30 days with a single drag e Instead of dragging the scale you can double click a graduation on the time scale to move the playback point to that position English Downloading Recorded Video 3 Once you have determined the start point click START POINT The download start point is established at the position where the playback point was residing when you clicked the START POINT button actually the date and time values of the time stamp displayed on the time display at that time are used as the values of the start point Then the START POINT button turns red A green band that indicates the download range appears on the scale The left edge of the band is marked with a red line that identifies the start point To reset the start point click START POINT again 7 5 14 00 ne THT SANYO j 27 29 05 LL EC i Click START POINT 4 F i famin SANYO EZ i PHOMA AMMUTAAN j Esrom Enopomnt C prevew DOWNLOAD J 4 The start point is established and a green band appears 4 Define the end point Define the end point in the same procedure as the start point Since the start point has already been determined you can only slide the scale to the left 5 Once you have determined the end point click END POINT 8 The do
151. use of this when you are connected to a 4 channel DVR the video files originating from all the four cameras are downloaded concurrently even if you specify the camera title of one camera In the default configuration the lowest user access level authorized to access the download mechanism is ID2 however you can use the Options window under the Initial Set menu to raise the lowest required access level so that users with user access levels ID2 and ID3 cannot access the download mechanism For more information see P73 Hi Downloading Procedures First specify the download range on the main window Then switch to the download window to proceed with the download process The download window allows you to choose from two download modes individual and batch lt Main window gt Specifying the video download range Define the download range by using the time scale panel and specifying the start and end points of the range Individual download mode You can specify a video file and download it individually after configuring and reviewing the download settings Batch download mode You can add video files to the download list so that you can later batch download them ZZ f you want to automate the download process based on timer settings use the Timer Download feature accessible from the Tool menu For more information see P61 English 48 Downloading Recorded Video W Specifying the Video Download Range
152. user authorized to download video files can also view all the video files during the download process and while working with the downloaded files even if the associated channel is masked so that the video cannot be displayed on the monitor Clearing the check boxes prevents users with user access levels ID2 and ID3 from viewing masked images this feature is useful when it is critical to ensure the privacy and confidentiality of masked video 6 AUTO CLOCK ADJUST TIME default OFF This feature automatically synchronizes all of the connected DVRs with your computer s internal clock To activate this feature select the ON radio button and specify the interval of auto synchronization Available options 1 2 3 6 12 24 hours This feature cannot be configured during the one hour period before or after Summer Time switching SEQUENCE default 1 When you are connected to a 4 channel DVR you can use Sequential Switching mode to monitor in turn each of the cameras connected to the four channels Here you can set the switching interval using the spin button For more information see P36 Valid range 1 to 30 seconds English 74 Initial Set Menu Required user access level ID4 Network Extension Mode By default the DVR Utility Software supports up to 1 000 DVRs connected to the network If you want to connect more DVRs to the network you can activate the network extension mode in whi
153. want to output the sound from English 126 MP2 Viewer W Searching the Video File for a Specific Frame You can search the video file for a frame that matches your specified date and time 1 Specify the date and time Specify the date and time to apply as the search criteria using the spin buttons on the search panel month day year hour minute second oF os fifo or fo The slide bar at both ends indicates the start and end dates times of the video file You have to specify the search criteria within this range Click 50 MP2 Viewer searches the file for frames that match your specified date and time and displays the search results You can use the search feature only when you are in stop pause or normal playback mode This feature does not support other playback modes fast forward fast reverse and slow play How MP2 Viewer displays the search result differs depending on the mode from which the search was initiated Stop or pause Displays the frame that matches the specified date and time as a still image Normal playback Moves the playback to the frame that matches the specified date and time and continues the playback from there 127 English Mi Checking Video Files for Any Tampering You can appraise whether or not video or date and time information of stored files has been tampered with Tampering of date and time information can only be detected when the DVR from whi
154. wnload window 1D2 3 4 e Save as JPEG Navigate to the window for saving the snapshot still ID2 3 4 image as a JPEG file e Print Navigate to the window for printing the snapshot still ID2 3 4 image e REC Start Start manual recording ID3 4 e REC Stop Stop manual recording ID3 4 e Timer Turn on or off the timer recording mode ID3 4 e Audio Configure the audio output channels ID1 2 3 4 Audio Mute 17 English Ch1 Ch2 Ch3 Ch4 Turn on or off the sound output ID1 2 3 4 Main Window Elements and Their Functions Select 3 DVR Management e Clock Set e System Update e DVR Info e DVR Set 4 Tool e Timer Download e Broadcast e Tamper Detection Initial Set e Options e Tree Edit e Register DVR e User ID Ver e Web Page e About To Navigate to the Clock Set window Navigate to the System Update window Navigate to the DVR Info window Navigate to the DVR Set window Navigate to the Timer Download window Navigate to the Broadcast window Navigate to the Tamper Detection window Navigate to the Options window Navigate to the Tree Edit window Navigate to the Register DVR window Navigate to the User ID window Go to the relevant Web page Displays the version of the software currently in USE Required user access level ID2 3 4 ID3 4 ID2 3 4 ID1 2 3 4 ID1 2 3 4 e Commands marked with an a
155. wnload end point is established and the END POINT button turns blue The right edge of the band that indicates the download range is marked with a blue line that identifies the end point To reset the end point click END POINT again Drag to the left to specify the end point gt i Ae P gt SANYO START PONT A J Click END POINT g ROP r S 1 14 10 00 50 0 1 20 30 j oo TT SANYO x MINUTE O a Sasae anani i i Ad English 50 Downloading Recorded Video t To define the start and end points using the mouse You can also use the mouse to define the start and end points of the download range To do so follow these steps A Point to the target point with the mouse Ss unas MMe ML Place the mouse cursor on a scale graduation J _cownoan J Click the right mouse button 4 A context menu appears i 0 40 50 i 10 20 i a a r aon im options Download end point J oomo y e Download start point a e Download end point 4 Select the appropriate option depending 0 40 50 10 20 on whether you are going to define the ALLILLAN HVTTIUVTIVT IUII start or end point J Your specified point is established as the start or end point the button color changes as described in the previous procedure and the band is marked at its left or right edge 6 To preview the video included in the download range You can play back the video files included in the
156. ws XP SP2 its firewall protection is enabled by default When you run the DVR Utility Software for the first time Windows XP SP2 displays a window where you can choose firewall options select Unblock so that your computer is not blocked from receiving traffic from the DVRs Windows Security Alert x To help protect your computer Windows Firewall has blocked some features of this program Do you want to keep blocking this program oo Name VA SW8000 Publisher SANYO Electric Co Ltd Keep Blocking Unblock Ask Me Later Windows Firewall has blocked this program from accepting connections from the Internet or a network If you recognize the program or trust the publisher you can unblock it When should unblock a program English 10 Menus and User Access Levels The system uses four access levels to authorize users Users are authenticated with passwords at login time Menu items accessible to a user are determined by the user level assigned to that user A user with access level ID4 can access the User ID window from the Initial Set menu and change the passwords and IDs for all users ID1 ID2 ID3 ID4 User level Monitoring Playback Recording Administrative user user user user User name default ID1 ID2 ID3 ID4 Password default 1111 2222 3333 4444 Monitor live video O Playback Date Time Search Alarm Search Save print snapshot images Save Download Play back d
157. y In this context a group means one of the DVR groups created on the Register DVR window rather than those created on the Edit Tree window i e the groups displayed in the tree list Your settings will be applied to all DVRs connected with the cameras that belong to the group Use the following tips when you define the download range e The download range must have its start point earlier than its end point Otherwise an error is generated e When you set the end point to 00 00 the system assumes 00 00 AM on the next day For example you can define a 24 hour download range that spans all video data recorded on your selected day of the week by specifying as follows FROM TO WEERK TIME TIHE MON oo oH oH oo e If you specify the same day of the week for both the recording date of video data to download and the date on which to perform the download i e for both the FROM WEEK drop down list and WEEK drop down list in the SCHEDULE section the system will download the video data recorded one week before e When you select APPT from the FROM WEEK drop down list make sure that the download range end point is earlier than the time at which to start the download Otherwise an error is generated Valid Download start time 22 30 Download range 6 00 thru 22 00 Invalid Download start time 18 00 Download range 6 00 thru 22 00 English 66 Using the Tool Menu O
158. y installed DYRA Utility Before you can use the program you must restart your computer C No will restart my computer later 9 Make sure that shortcut icon has been created After rebooting your pem computer make sure that a the DVR Utility shortcut Eds DWR Utility icon is displayed on the desktop You can double click the icon to start the DVR Utility Software t How to uninstall the software To uninstall remove the DVR Utility Software open the Add or Remove Programs window from Windows control panel Select DVR Utility and click the Remove button A When you upgrade to the new version of the DVR Utility Software accept the option to remove the old version in the confirmation dialog displayed during the installation of the new version Then the old version will be automatically removed English 8 Setting Up the System Once you have completed the installation process you should set up your monitoring system to make it up and running as outlined in this section This section simply describes basic procedures for more information see the descriptions given on the referenced pages Starting Up the Master Computer and Configuring Initial Settings As outlined below start up the Master computer and configure settings that are required to make the system up and running 4 Start the software see P13 Double click the shortcut icon on the desktop to

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